Thursday, November 24, 2011

Two heartbreak hands

Last night, I played the best I've ever played to lose $80,000. Two heartbreak hands did me in. If the first had gone my way, I would only have lost $9,700 on the night. If the second had gone my way, I would have won $7,800 on the night. If both had gone my way, I would have won $78,100 on the night. Here's what actually went down:

heartbreak hand #1 (hand 19): I was dealt 3c Ac, and hit the nut flush on the flop. I went all in on the river, and lost to a full house which had been made on the turn. I had been almost a 2-1 favorite after the flop. I spent $34,000 on the hand, and lost a pot worth $70,300. The only thing that prevented me from hitting the felt was the fact that I had more chips than the winner at the start of the hand. I hit the felt the very next hand, and reupped for the max.

heartbeak hand #2 (hand 38): I was dealt 5c 7c, and hit a straight on the turn. I went all in, and got one caller. The caller was on a flush draw, and made his flush on the river. I had been almost a 4-1 favorite after the turn. I spent $37,000 on the hand, and lost a pot worth $87,800. There's no way the player who ended up winning the pot should have called my all in bet. He had to put in $30,400 to do it, so he was getting less than 3-1 pot odds, and only had a 1 in 4 chance of hitting his flush.

That's poker, though. The improbable happens! I played those two hands exactly the way I wanted to, and have no regrets.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 100 hands and saw flop:
- 9 out of 14 times while in big blind (64%)
- 7 out of 14 times while in small blind (50%)
- 41 out of 72 times in other positions (56%)
- a total of 57 out of 100 (57%)
Pots won at showdown - 8 of 20 (40%)
Pots won without showdown - 7

delta: $-80,000
balance: $2,627,385

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