This is just an interesting little swing of events I had playing earlier. The situtation is I'm playing at UB, a couple of tables at same time. On one of the tables, first hand I get, AA. I'm playing .10/.25 NL. I'm in the BB. a couple of people limp in, but I when it comes back to me I raise to $2.00. I get one caller. Flop comes K 6 4, two spades. I hate getting outdrawn, so I don't fool around, I push all-in ($25.00). He calls. The turn and river mean nothing. He turns up KK, good for a set of Kings. Needless to say, I'm down $25 immediately. I would have played it the same way again. I don't have any doubts that I played this hand the right way. If somebody gets KK and they get a K on the flop, well that is just tough, and I'll lose. I was a little shocked, but I tried to recover.
I tighten up my game a little, fearing that the 'tilt' could possibly be setting in. When I lose a big pot, bad things tend to happen, so I tried very hard to be even more selective with my starting hands. Over at a different table, a few hands later, I pick up QQ. I'm in a early position, and I raise $1.50 or $2.00 (can't remember). I get 2 callers. Flop comes something like 7 6 4. First guy checks, I raise to $7, hoping to take down the pot immediately. The man following me calls, then the initial man who checked re-raises to $14.00. I'm a little concerned here. I've already invested nearly $10.00 in this pot, and I've already had my AA chewed up earlier. I check his stack, seeing he has about the same as me ($25 before hand). The other guy only has another 4 bucks to throw in. I really didn't want to call or raise, but I felt the odds of getting beat by AA or KK were slim. I didn't think they were holding pocket pairs that hit a set. I decide I can't get intimidates or fear losing again, I go ahead and push the rest of my money in (another $10 or so). The short stack calls with the rest of his $4 or so and then the raiser calls my all-in. The turn and river help nobody. I don't feel so good, my cards flash-up, and then flash 'winner.' Needless to say, I'm throw a couple of fists in the air and try to figure out how I won the hand. I got back to hand history and see that the short stack held AJ, he was merely drawing for his ace. The big stack had JJ.
Hands like this always make you feel good that there are people out there who are willing to give you their money. Personally, I'm not sure I really liked how I played this hand or not, but I just thought the only that that was going to beat me was AA or KK, and it turned out neither player had these cards. I wouldn't have pushed all in with JJ, and I would have folded pre-flop with AJ. I don't understand their play, but hey, they put me up $10, down from $25.
Anyway, I'd just thought I'd share this interesting turn of events. Usually, when I start losing, I don't stop. When I start winning, that tends not to stop either during the session, but today was different.
