Heads-Up Heartbreak...
I have been playing a ton of heads-up matches over the last several months. I bet 80% of my poker play has become heads-up sng matches. I normally like to play the turbos in the 11 to 33 range on Full Tilt.
I feel I have +EV in the majority of these matches and my historical performance in these things has shown this until recently when a bad run ending with me playing too high a limit and TILTING have vanquished my efforts over the last year. I wasn't distraught until the dreaded one outer bad beat stuck two forks in my eyes and made me vomit in my mouth. It is the type of hand that hurts down deep and makes you question whether you even want to go to Tunica in January to play in the WSOP circuit events.
I'll have to save up to send you all a dollar for listening to this. I know bad beat stories suck but I have to get this one off my chest.
The other night I had been stewing since I got all my money in 3 times earlier in the night with the best of it only to lose all 3. One was in a HU SNG where I had the guy dead in the water and he came back on me to win. I shouldn't have been playing at the limit I was playing at but after 10 hands I knew I could outplay the guy. Anyways...
I sit down with the last bit of money I have in a HU SNG after removing most of my roll to get ready to go to Tunica in January.
First hand comes and I get dealt the AhKh. I am the button and I pot bet and get a quick call from my opponent. I immediately feel like I am ahead and when the flop comes Jh10h8h I know I am ahead.
I bet the pot again and get a reasonably quick call.
The turn card comes the 7d. I am hoping the guy has turned a big hand with this card. His play to me is smelling like he was playing a draw so I bet the pot again.
Here I am screaming to this guy that he is dead in the water and he takes a few seconds longer to call my 3rd pot bet in as many rounds.
The river comes the 9h. I check hoping the guy bets into me. He jams and I call.
He shows me the As7h and I get felted by a one outer.
He was 23% preflop. 4% on the flop. 2% on the turn.
Ouch!!!
I feel I have +EV in the majority of these matches and my historical performance in these things has shown this until recently when a bad run ending with me playing too high a limit and TILTING have vanquished my efforts over the last year. I wasn't distraught until the dreaded one outer bad beat stuck two forks in my eyes and made me vomit in my mouth. It is the type of hand that hurts down deep and makes you question whether you even want to go to Tunica in January to play in the WSOP circuit events.
I'll have to save up to send you all a dollar for listening to this. I know bad beat stories suck but I have to get this one off my chest.
The other night I had been stewing since I got all my money in 3 times earlier in the night with the best of it only to lose all 3. One was in a HU SNG where I had the guy dead in the water and he came back on me to win. I shouldn't have been playing at the limit I was playing at but after 10 hands I knew I could outplay the guy. Anyways...
I sit down with the last bit of money I have in a HU SNG after removing most of my roll to get ready to go to Tunica in January.
First hand comes and I get dealt the AhKh. I am the button and I pot bet and get a quick call from my opponent. I immediately feel like I am ahead and when the flop comes Jh10h8h I know I am ahead.
I bet the pot again and get a reasonably quick call.
The turn card comes the 7d. I am hoping the guy has turned a big hand with this card. His play to me is smelling like he was playing a draw so I bet the pot again.
Here I am screaming to this guy that he is dead in the water and he takes a few seconds longer to call my 3rd pot bet in as many rounds.
The river comes the 9h. I check hoping the guy bets into me. He jams and I call.
He shows me the As7h and I get felted by a one outer.
He was 23% preflop. 4% on the flop. 2% on the turn.
Ouch!!!
posted by Huntsvegas Poker at
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