Big loss

So the pre-Vegas poker has not been very good. I've played 2 more sessions since my last post and they were -300$ and -1200$. Very rough start. The first session was a 1-3 NL game and basically just called a couple raises preflop with pairs and suited connectors trying to hit a flop. Missed Everything. Went tap with 7h 7s when the pot was raised to 15$ preflop with 3 other players. 60$ in the pot, flop comes out 2c 3h 5c. I check, next player bets 30$, next one insta calls, next folds and so the pot is 120$, i move in for 150$ total, making a 120$ raise. I thought i was good at that point. First player goes all in over the top. He has 4c 3c. I know i'm behind. Club turn and club river. I wish i had the 7c to bad beat him. lol

Next session.
In the first couples hands, pot is raised to 30$ preflop, with one caller, i pick up 9c 9h in BB, so i call. Flop comes out 3c 9s Qc. 90$ in pot. I check, pre flop raiser bets 50$, i make it 125$. So you know, this is the same player i lost the big 2300$ pot last session. Pretty weak raise, but i gave him AQ or something like that, so i wanted a call and only had 200$ left behind. Turn comes 2c and i didn't want to give a free draw with the Ac so i moved in. Turns out i was wrong when he insta-called with Kc Jc. Try to pair up, no good. Rebuy.

Little later on, reloaded 100$ in chips a couple times, in for 1000$ now and i have 3oo$ or so left. I Pick up AA in middle position with no limpers and raise to 25$. Folded to SB, he raises to 75$ total, and i just flat call. Flop comes J J 3. He bets 150 and i go all in for 80$ more and he calls. He shows QQ. AA holds.

Made a good call on this hand ... i think
Earlier on in the night. I pick up JJ UTG and player to my left raises to 15$. Couple people call and when it gets to me, i just call. Flop comes out Ah Qs 5c. We check to raiser, he bets 15$ again. I'm the only caller. I'm just thinking he either flopped nothing or like 2 pairs. Turn comes a 6c. I check, and he checks behind me. That when i start to think i'm good. River comes a 5. I check again, and he fires 55$ into a pot or about 90$. I thought i was good, and my instinc was that i was good. So i called, but i fealt like it was a pretty lose call, I really gave him something like 10 10 to 8 8. Something like that.

This is the other pot of the night. I pick up As 10s in fairly early position and i limp for 5$. Couple more limpers and the SB raises to 25$ total. I call and 2 others call. Flop comes out Ah 7d 4c. The SB bets out 40$ into a pot of maybe 110$. (At this point, i really think i got him beat, i think this is where i made the mistake, i should have raised here.) I call, next guy calls, other folds. Pot is now 230$. Turn comes 2d. SB bets 100$, i call, and then other player says, i got 325$. SB insta-folds. I know this player is cappable of making a move like this. He obviously can see that i'm not that strong because he knows i would have raised by now. He starts talking shit and telling me to fold and then when i start to show that i really am thinking of calling. For some reason he stops.(I'll explain later) I really think i'm ahead at this point and that he is bluffing that i call 225$ more. The River comes Ad. He miscounted and has 50$ more so he puts it in after i check. I call and he shows 4d 5d. (On the turn, he was all confident, and he says it was because he thought he had 3d 5d, which would give him a straight on the turn. I'm not sure if thats true, or if he's just saying that. Either way, i think being in his spot i would have done the same play. He was very confident and when he finally looked at his hand, he noticed he only had a pair, flush draw and straight draw, he stopped talking and stopped offering to show me his hand. That helped me to call.) The pot ends up being about 1100$.


So thats my start to the new year. I just wonder how this thing would look like if those guys missed thoses 2 draws in the big pots. If i win that 2300$ pot and the 1100$ pot. How different my confidence would be and how much i would be looking forward to the next game. Right now, i'm going to take a couple days off. I played a tourny with some friends on PStars, 20$ buy-in, over 1000 peoples and finished 19th. That fealt good, i'm learning from these guys because they're sick in tournys. Just learning, hopefully i can do it on my own also.

Until next time ....