Ajax meet Big Chick
I am still obsessing over last night's poker losses. This makes seven games in a row that I have lost (basically all seven in which I participated). I have finished in the top three in less than half of those (three games). I know luck is always going to be a factor but this is ridiculous. Did my fellow players get that much better or do I have no idea what I am doing?
Short-stacked, holding ace-jack with a shit flop and no sign of aggression from anyone else on the table, I think I made the correct move pushing all in when a second ace came on the river. But that doesn't change the fact that the chip leader easily called with ace-queen. Was I supposed to hold off because he had position (as dealer he was acting last)?
Clearly, it didn't help that two other players tripled B. up on the very first hand when he pushed all-in with pocket queens.
This game kills me. Last year's consistent top-two performance filled me with hubris, as I believed I understood how to use aggression, momentum and a rudimentary understanding of the odds to crush those around me. One year later I am mired in self-doubt, struggling to remember what missteps I made over the course of a mere three hours.
The fact that I cannot recall much before that final hand is probably part of the problem.
Short-stacked, holding ace-jack with a shit flop and no sign of aggression from anyone else on the table, I think I made the correct move pushing all in when a second ace came on the river. But that doesn't change the fact that the chip leader easily called with ace-queen. Was I supposed to hold off because he had position (as dealer he was acting last)?
Clearly, it didn't help that two other players tripled B. up on the very first hand when he pushed all-in with pocket queens.
This game kills me. Last year's consistent top-two performance filled me with hubris, as I believed I understood how to use aggression, momentum and a rudimentary understanding of the odds to crush those around me. One year later I am mired in self-doubt, struggling to remember what missteps I made over the course of a mere three hours.
The fact that I cannot recall much before that final hand is probably part of the problem.