Sooo, I get AKs in 5/10NL on UB in EP I make it 25 to go, get raised 50$(BigBlind) fine...I call. No one else calls, Flop comes AcKh8s..The Big Prick(aka BB) bets out 100$, I quickly bet(no raise). Turn comes 4s..NICE...i got the top to pair along with nut flush draw. Big Prick goes all-in $570 I have him covered +about 200$ and I call. River comes 8h. Big Prick turns over A8c..what? BOAT!! Ofcourse, we've all been bad beat...but this one hurts man, the pot was well over a grand. The reason I say I need help is since this I've really lost focus -220..also I chase tooo many flush and str8 draws. This is undoubtedly the weakest part of my game, that I just cant focus out. Please help. Cursing me out is welcome!!
Take some time off. A few weeks back I was there too. I started pushing bluffs too hard, and playing marginal hands. I lost an all in bet with AA pre-flop. Opponent had AK and made a flush. My biggest problem was making big crying calls when I knew I was beat. I took some time off, and now I'm back on my game and kicking some serious ass. I don't know if it's just cooincidence but I seem to have my most intense rushes after big losing streaks.
I would like to analize the hand real fast.
Preflop, BB raised to $50, calling no problem there.
My problem is your slow playing the flop, top two pair, and you only called the $100. If I had 2 pair on the flop I would have sensed this as weakness, so when I see a flush develop on the turn I am going to go big to make you pay to see it, thinking I had the best of it, 2 pair. Going
all in may be a little extreme, but would go at least pot size.
My feeling is if you raise on the flop, you would have a chance to fold on the river if he goes all in there. This may not have saved you any of your cash, but maybe.
You HAVE to re-raise him on the flop. You knew you had him beat, so you have to protect your two pair from getting beat on 4/5th street.
You NEVER slowplay two pair, much less so in NL. Also, you don´t want to chase str8 and flushes in NL, that´s a big time money burner. If you like to chase, go play Omaha.
You said you´ve really lost the focus beeing down 220. Was that a typo? Beeing down 220 in 5/10 NL is next to nothing, it´s not even 1 hand with a normal sized pot. I´m sometimes down that much by just folding when I absolutely hit nothing but have to post the blinds.
i dont think he played it all that bad to be honest...given the circumstances he out outs to win even he was slowplaying a little....the other guy flopped 2 pair and in this case....i dont think a reraise on the flop would have any effect on the hand...the other guy would have called or just reraised again all in...
he lost to a 2outer on the river...just a tough beat...
I feel that if he had raised on the flop he would not have been put all in on the turn. And when the 8 hit the river he would have had an oppertunity to fold when the guy went all in.
Slow playing before and after the flop cost him the chance to make a good fold. Heck if he raises on the flop, and then bets the turn he may get the other player to lay down before the 8 hits the river.
even if he had raised on the flop...and just for agruements sake...the other guy just called the raise...turn is a sh-it 4...so now what happens...i can tell you A8 aint going anywhere...so AK bets out and again sake of arguements...A8 calls...river is the dreaded 8...A8 goes all in....is 2pair with top kicker going to fold with what (well over 500 in the pot already)...you really gonna put the guy on trip 8's?....
not nitpicking and i know there are a lot of people on here who can analyze a hand far better than me...but on this hand...nothing was gonna change either way...A8 guy raises 50 preflop with a trash hand...and fires out a pot sized bet after the flop...he wasnt going anywhere especially when he was on the other end of his computer thinking he had the best hand...
