3rd session on RVP
I think I learned a big lesson last night. I should have quit when I was ahead. I started out with $9.29 and after about an hour of playing I was up to $10.91. I was so excited about being ahead. I had put off playing for so long because part of me was afraid I was going to lose and end up with less than I started with. I really wanted to end the night on a positive note. Up to that point I don't think I played poorly. I won with good hands. I didn't bluff and I took time to make the right decision.
There was one hand early in last night's session that I did not play well. I was dealt a pair of Ks, I raised and several people folded. Another K came on the flop and I raised again, some people called. Nothing on the turn or river helped me. The pot was up over a dollar. I think I bet again and the guy to my left raised on both the turn and the river. When the cards were revealed he had a full house. He must have made it on the turn and I didn't catch it, because I saw the size of the pot and overestimated the strength of my hand.
There was also a hand where I got very lucky. I had been folding alot of bad hands before the flop and then I was dealt a pair of 3s. I was afraid I was becoming predictable so I called from an early position know that several people behind me would fold. On the flop, came a pair of 6s. Not a great hand but I stayed in the hand. Nothing came on the turn and then a 3 came on the river. I had a full house and I won the pot. I'm sure the guy I beat felt the same way I felt when I got beat earlier. Rotten. I don't want to get in the habit of doing that though. I don't want to get lucky and win a huge hand with sorry starting hands. I want to play very good starting hands.
Anyway, back to how our story ends. After I managed to win over $1.50 for the session, I guess I got a little cocky and started playing poorly. Pretty soon I was below what I started out with and not happy at all. I felt like a real idiot. I played poorly. I didn't pay close enough attention to what the new players come in were doing and I lost some big hands. In a matter of only a few minutes I had lost all my winning plus some. I went on to play about an hour, hoping I would get good cards and end the night on postive note, but I had to give in as much as it hurt and cut my losses. I ended the night with $8.70.
Last night I learned, not to play too long, I spent 2.25 hours playing and I could have easily quit when I was ahead. I learned that I should play extra close attention to new players. Everytime someone new comes in I have to establish a reputation for tight play for that new player. Maybe losing last night wasn't such a bad thing after all. It was bound to happen sooner or later. If it had happened later, it might have been an even more costly lesson. I have got to learn to control how to respond to winning and not get carried away and becoming blind to the situation.
There was one hand early in last night's session that I did not play well. I was dealt a pair of Ks, I raised and several people folded. Another K came on the flop and I raised again, some people called. Nothing on the turn or river helped me. The pot was up over a dollar. I think I bet again and the guy to my left raised on both the turn and the river. When the cards were revealed he had a full house. He must have made it on the turn and I didn't catch it, because I saw the size of the pot and overestimated the strength of my hand.
There was also a hand where I got very lucky. I had been folding alot of bad hands before the flop and then I was dealt a pair of 3s. I was afraid I was becoming predictable so I called from an early position know that several people behind me would fold. On the flop, came a pair of 6s. Not a great hand but I stayed in the hand. Nothing came on the turn and then a 3 came on the river. I had a full house and I won the pot. I'm sure the guy I beat felt the same way I felt when I got beat earlier. Rotten. I don't want to get in the habit of doing that though. I don't want to get lucky and win a huge hand with sorry starting hands. I want to play very good starting hands.
Anyway, back to how our story ends. After I managed to win over $1.50 for the session, I guess I got a little cocky and started playing poorly. Pretty soon I was below what I started out with and not happy at all. I felt like a real idiot. I played poorly. I didn't pay close enough attention to what the new players come in were doing and I lost some big hands. In a matter of only a few minutes I had lost all my winning plus some. I went on to play about an hour, hoping I would get good cards and end the night on postive note, but I had to give in as much as it hurt and cut my losses. I ended the night with $8.70.
Last night I learned, not to play too long, I spent 2.25 hours playing and I could have easily quit when I was ahead. I learned that I should play extra close attention to new players. Everytime someone new comes in I have to establish a reputation for tight play for that new player. Maybe losing last night wasn't such a bad thing after all. It was bound to happen sooner or later. If it had happened later, it might have been an even more costly lesson. I have got to learn to control how to respond to winning and not get carried away and becoming blind to the situation.
posted by Jerry | 5:37 PM
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