Death by a Thousand Cuts

[Big Dan]

The worst form of "run-bad" – death by a thousand cuts.

1st hand UTG dealt AhQh – bet 3xbb – 2 callers – flop is 4c5c6c – c-bet ½ pot – 1 fold, other player shoves...

3rd hand UTG +2 dealt 9c9h – folded to me – bet 3x bb – one caller – flop KsKcJh – check – opponent bets 2x pot...

4th hand early middle position – dealt 10hJh – UTG limps, I limp – 3 others limp – flop Ac2s4c – checked around – turn is 5h – checked to BB who bets pot...

On button I’m dealt JcQc – folded to me – I bet 3xbb – SB calls – BB calls – flop is 3h7hAh – I check – SB bets pot...

Three hands later I’m dealt JcJs, folded to me – I bet 3Xbb – 2 callers – flop is AhKh3s – c-bet pot – 1 fold – next player shoves...

And on it went for 2 hours – I’d be dealt a decent starting hand and lead out or call a bet or re-raise only to have the flop render my hand virtually worthless.

No one big loss but a series of little ones like that that ate up 2 buy-ins.

[rrumsey]

3rd hand why didnt you cbet?

hand 4 what position you in?

and dude you realize that its beyond great that people are playing this horrific? like you do get that right?

note these idiots and play them a lot

[Daragh999]

Hand 1 is pretty horrible IMO, wetest board imaginable and your c-betting into two people without even a backdoor out.
Hand 3 as stated before me c-bet to avoid this problem???
Hand 4 you lost 1BB..........
Hand 5 how are you checking before the SB when you have position? Easy board to c-bet as well.

better than losing 2 buyins in 1 monster potten to a sick beat, you get more bang for your buck this way.

[Tyresias]

You can't act first on the flop on your button.

[Hughes4]

Originally Posted by Tyresias

You can't act first on the flop on your button.

He was just checking what was going on, not checking

[nitzilla]

In a game like this have you considered opening for 4X or even five? Also I as well see no reason to lead otf hand 1 and even a nit like me would bet 99 on a kkj board.

[rrumsey]

can we change the thread title to death by a thousand leaks?

[Tyresias]

Originally Posted by rrumsey

can we change the thread title to death by a thousand leaks?

[5carab]

Originally Posted by rrumsey

can we change the thread title to death by a thousand leaks?

This is the best post you've ever written AINEC.

[Big Dan]

can we change the thread title to death by a thousand leaks?

Point taken (and very funny as well -- yes, I can laugh at myself -- that was an absolute gem). In my defense, however, let me say that I had been running very badly for three days -- best hand preflop -- worst hand by the river, over and over again. While I don't necessarily go on full blown tilt, running badly like that affects my game by making me play way too conservatively. I am working on that but it ain't easy. When running normally my game is tight pre-flop but extremely aggressive once I enter a hand.

Last night -- flop a set of J's -- I bet the pot on every street and one player called every bet -- he rivered a flush and when the cards were shown it revealed he chased a 5 high flush all the way to the river. When I'm not running bad I love this type of player and the sharks at the table (as much of a shark as you will find at a .02/.05 table anyway) immediately chowed down on this guy -- when he showed down what he had been chasing against all pot odds it was like chum in the water.

Fortunately, the fog started lifting after that and within in 20 minutes I had run my stack to plus $3.50.

My point is, my leaks tend to occur when I'm running badly -- no so much, when I'm not.

Let me thank you all for pointing them out (not being sarcastic here) because had you not done so I would never have ended up plus for the night as I did work on plugging the holes as best as I can (Rome wasn't built in a day) -- perhaps that is what turned things around.