The road to my first bracelet

Up by 690BB, yeah!!!!! I had my best victory on saturday morning’s session. Lost 25BB. So why a victory? After 20 minutes into the session, and thanks to “The eightfold path to Poker enlightment”, I realized I was in my C game. Isn’t that great? You suck and you know you suck, so you still suck but you suck less just by knowing you suck. Saturday was my last day 2 tabling. So I immediately checked both “sitout next blind”. But after one hand, I unclicked. Lets reassess this. Losses so far: 30BB, big deal. two flops X-X-whatever and the guy I isoed had K-X, A-X. Tables: table 1, aggro to my left, let’s get outta there, table 2, fine. Concentration: ups!!! not much, cuban coffee not doing its job. Let’s play another 20 minutes and we’ll see. 50BB down, big deal but I am really in my C game. Last orbit. Dealt a pair of red nines, flop comes all diamond, the turn, another diamond gives me 3rd flush and villain, a straight ace high with no diamond in his hand. Don’t know why he bet the river. So yes, it was a victory. I got out in time.

Last session of the week was not that great but no disaster. 3 tabling for second time with a vpip of 23 on table 1, 26 on table 2 and 30 on table 3. That means that I ended up playing 3 tables at the same time a lot. I might have screwed up a few hands but I am keeping this review for tonight’s coaching session.

Here is a memorable hand

Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold’em – 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BTN: $11.20
SB: $9.90
BB: $6.25
UTG: $12.70
Hero (MP): $19.75
CO: $19.40

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is MP with J J
UTG raises to $0.50, Hero raises to $1.50, 4 folds, UTG calls $1

Flop: ($3.15) 8 J J (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($3.15) Q (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $1, UTG raises to $3, Hero calls $2

River: ($9.15) 9 (2 players)
UTG bets $4, Hero raises to $8, UTG raises to $8.20 all in, Hero calls $0.20

Final Pot: $25.55
UTG shows Q A (a flush, Ace high)
Hero shows J J (four of a kind, Jacks)
Hero wins $24.30
(Rake: $1.25)

Here is a scary hand. Kids, don’t do this at home. I sure won’t do it again.
Villain had been 3betting almost every time I tried to iso a weak player, obviously aware of this. Time to teach him a lesson. lol because for some reason, I completely ommited the fact that he could have a hand.

Poker Stars $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold’em – 5 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

SB: $10.40
BB: $10.00
UTG: $8.25
Hero (CO): $10.00
BTN: $17.85

Pre Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with K Q
UTG calls $0.10, Hero raises to $0.50, BTN raises to $1.50, 3 folds, Hero raises to $2.50, BTN raises to $3.50, Hero calls $1

Flop: ($7.25) Q 2 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $3.50, Hero raises to $6.50 all in, BTN calls $3

Turn: ($20.25) 6 (2 players – 1 is all in)

River: ($20.25) 7 (2 players – 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $20.25
Hero shows K Q (a flush, King high)
BTN shows K K (a pair of Kings)
Hero wins $19.30
(Rake: $0.95)

Plans for this week: Finishing elements of poker, finally got it (why does a book need 2 weeks to travel from California to Montreal, Canada? Gas is expensive these days, may they went back to using horses). Finishing the video serie “Coaching tree”. And finally, I really need to do more “hand reading practice”. 10 hands a week is really not enough.