Pockmarked

Pocket pairs, aka "pocks", are funny things. They're strong holdings, but they don't always hold up. Last night, all three of my pocks bit the dust. They definitely caused my session to be pockmarked :-) 

This is an excerpt from my June 17, 2014 post, back in my cash game days. Last night, I had pocket royalty twice (pocket kings once, pocket queens once), and lost both times to split aces. To add insult to injury, I missed outlasting the late registration period by less than a minute, earning me another 0th place.

style flavor buy_in  entry players entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE   174000  26000       6      60   15     -        0

delta: $-200,000
MTT NLHE balance: $22,515,668
2020 balance: $15,293,343
blue distance: $1,976,000
balance: $77,101,353

Pockmarked

Pocks are generally a very good holding in 6 max. Last night, I got pocks 9 times, but only won 2 of those hands. Pockmarked! Here's my tale of woe:

 -328 Jd Jc 2017\0508\a hand 17
 -372 3d 3s 2017\0508\a hand 33
  260 5d 5s 2017\0508\b hand  4
   24 6s 6c 2017\0508\b hand 11
 -266 Ts Tc 2017\0508\b hand 18
  -56 3h 3s 2017\0508\b hand 25
 -287 Jh Jc 2017\0508\b hand 53
 -166 2d 2s 2017\0508\b hand 66
-2074 Tc Ts 2017\0508\b hand 77

Fittingly, the pocks I had the biggest loss with came on my last hand of the session. I was a 71.26% favorite before the flop, a 69.70% favorite after the flop, and an 84.09% favorite after the turn. However, my opponent filled a gutshot straight draw on the river, and that was all she wrote.

style flavor buy_in entry players hands entries paid place winnings

MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    36      54   15    21        0
MTT   NLHE    45000  5000       6    77      97   24    39        0

delta: $-100,000
MTT NLHE balance: $3,298,548
2017 balance: $1,219,525
balance: $12,637,355

Pockmarked

Pocket pairs, aka "pocks", are funny things. They're strong holdings, but they don't always hold up. Last night, all three of my pocks bit the dust. They definitely caused my session to be pockmarked :-) All things being equal (which they almost never are), you should be dealt pocks once every 17 hands. With the number of hands I typically play a night, I can expect to get pocks at least 3 times per session. Last night, all three of my pocks were royal, but that didn't help me. Here's the tale of woe:

- on hand 13, I was dealt pocket jacks, and folded to a big river bet on a board of Kh Ts Tc 7s 8s; I lost $2,000 on the hand

- on hand 15, I was dealt pocket queens, and folded to a big river bet on a board of Kd 2d Kh 3s js; I lost $9,000 on the hand

- on hand 65, I was dealt pocket kings, went all in with them on the turn, and lost to a three of a kind, eights, on a board of Jd 8d 8c 5h 4h; I lost $24,825 on the hand, hit the felt, and decided not to reup a second time

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 65 hands and saw flop:
 - 7 out of 8 times while in big blind (87%)
 - 3 out of 7 times while in small blind (42%)
 - 25 out of 50 times in other positions (50%)
 - a total of 35 out of 65 (53%)
 Pots won at showdown - 1 of 5 (20%)
 Pots won without showdown - 4

delta: $-100,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,227,663
balance: $9,285,366