Session 1 is neither a success nor a failure

Posted by RipCity

January 9, 2008

So I finally got sit down and play some 6 max .05/.10 NLHE today after I got done with classes. It was my first real session in a while and I felt I played pretty well despite coming away a small loser for the day.

The most interesting hand of the day came when I was forced to muck AA post-flop. I was in the small blind and there were two limpers and I pumped it up to .50 only to get called by three players. This was unusual for this table, which was relatively tight for a micro stakes NLHE spread. I was sick when the flop came down 8c9sJc, basically the worst possible flop for two aces, albeit two black aces. I was out of position and elected to bet rather than just check and not know where I’m at when one of the players behind me inevitably bets. I bet 1.50 into a 1.80 pot. This was my biggest mistake of the hand. If I had to do it over, I would have bet much less so when the guy two behind me made it 4.90 total, I wouldn’t have lost so much. The only three hands the guy could have had were a set of 8s, 9s, or jacks so I dumped the aces after much thought. This is a step in the right direction for me because two months ago I probably would have snap-called with aces because, hey, aces are unbeatable….right? Other than that, not too much excitement other than I was able to get a guy to commit all his chips with TT on a queen high board (I was holding the queen). I felt that was a good enough note to end on. Now, homework time!

By the way, if you haven’t checked out the Isaac Haxton vs. Joe Sebok thread in the NVG forum on 2+2, you should definitely go there right now. Good times! I fall in the middle of the “math in poker” argument. Clearly, math is essential in being able to make solid decisions but it certainly isn’t everything and I agree with the Sebok camp that some of Haxton’s plays, while +EV, may not have been the best decisions for trying to win a tournament. My opinion is that +/- EV decisions are more applicable in cash games because there is no threat of death like there is in a tournament. You can afford to take a slight advantage because if it doesn’t work out, you can just rebuy. In a tournament, the situation is completely different. But what do I know? I’m just a typical micro donk.

Hopefully tomorrow is somewhat profitable (any profit would be nice after a losing session). I’m certainly not going to get to 1/2 by breaking even in micro stakes! More later.

RipCity

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