The Shark Tank

I haven’t even loaded it into PokerTracker yet, I was not that enthused about reviewing my session. I finished the night with a fairly short 30/60 session where I got hammered from beginning to end. I played exactly three big pots and got crushed in all three. First, I flopped the nut flush and got a ton of action on the turn from JJ who made a set on the turn. The river paired the board and I knew I was toast. I check-called to see what I already knew. I don’t have any problem with my play there because I don’t see folding even though I was pretty sure I was best. There was probably a slight chance of flush over flush. The second big hand I remember in detail. I held and three bet a loose middle position raiser from the cut-off. Both blinds called (!) and the original raiser also called. The flop was pretty good for me, coming down . With top pair and a flush draw, I figured to be a big favorite and we wound up capping it between me and the big blind with the MP player coming along for the ride. The turn was the and the big blind led out again (he had capped the flop). Now the middle position player came to life and raised, so I figured I had to be behind and just called. To my great delight, the big blind 3 bet and the middle position player capped. I figured I had to be looking at set over set and prayed to whatever heathen deity I think exists for a club. The river was the beautiful , giving me the nut flush. Big blind still leads, middle position just calls now and I raise. To my delight, the big blind 3 bets and I cap with glee. The middle position player comes along for the ride. To my horror, the big blind revealed for the straight flush draw that hit their two outer. They were obviously fine to cap the flop, but their turn play was a bit baffling. I was mad at myself because I didn’t see that the straight flush was even possible. Given the action, I might have capped anyhow, but I was seriously annoyed that I didn’t see that it was something that could be possible. Finally, I three bet with TT and the same guy with the straight flush cold capped. That was a terrible sign. The flop was T76 and the original better raised the capper, indicating that he probably had an overpair too. I three bet and the original better capped. So far so good. The turn was a king and it took four more bets to convince me that perhaps he had KK and not AK or AA. The river paired the 6 and just gave me a better second best hand. I did limit the pain on the river to one bet, but the damage was done. I scrubbed off more than $1,000 in about two orbits and decided perhaps this night was not working out too well. I also lost a little earlier in the day in a less dramatic fashion. I wouldn’t be surprised if I dropped $2,000 over the course of the night. I guess I’ll fire up PokerTracker tonight and inspect the damage. Disgusting.

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