So, I don't tilt much these days, and when I do, I can usually recognise it quickly and minimise the damage.
Not so last night.
The evening started badly - me and the gf were in bickery mood and I was a bit annoyed. I'd been looking forward to playing poker, and hopefully regaining the £50 or so I was down for the weekend with a good 2-3 hours session at the £50NL 6max tables at CryptoLogic-Network.php>CryptoLogic-Network.php>Crypto. Unfortunately, there were major disconnection issues on PokerPlex, and although I don't think I lost more than a few blinds as a result, it just got me more annoyed. The the following hand happened:
I raise in MP with KQo and the BB calls. Flop is xJT rainbow. He donk bets maybe 2/3 the pot, I call. Turn is a rag, he bets out again (and again I am not getting pot odds, but I have overs and the nut OESD) so I call again. River is a King; he then pushes, 80+bbs, AND I CALL. Wtf. He shows down JT and I lose all but a couple of quid. With TPGK.
Anyway, CryptoLogic-Network.php>CryptoLogic-Network.php>Crypto is showing no sign of stabilising, so I decide to quit and play some 6max $25NL at Stars to let my aggression out on some weak passive fishies. And it all goes great for a while - I quickly find myself up almost 3 buyins, playing a more fun aggro game (about 29/21 rather than 24/14) and enjoying myself. But then...
There is another big stack on the table where I am sitting pretty on $75. He's okay - 40/10, plays competently post-flop, but not exactly a shark. I get the chance to take a good pot off him - and his second pair make 2 pair on the river and knocks $20 off my stack (I had TPTK and was, correctly, absolutely certain I was ahead until then). From then on, I am riled, and despite getting good cards pre- and post-flop, I donk off hand after hand to this guy who, every time, has the hand one step up the ladder to what I'm holding. This isn't too bad; but I am calling re-raises and playing over-aggro because I still haven't calmed down.
Eventually, I see my last $31 disappear to this guy when my two pair loses to his rivered straight - of course, most of my money goes in when I'm dead, and I gg him and leave the table. I should have reloaded, and on a normal day I'd have confidently expected to take a lot of his new-found winnings back, but not this time. Combined with mistakes and bad beats on my other tables, I had gone from 3 buyins up to, ultimately, 1 buyin down - and this is at a game I'm genuinely way better than.
I've had worse days, and I've played worse, but the unique combination of annoyance, aggression, bad beats and calling like a teenage girl has left me still huffing and puffing about the sheer aggravation as I sit at my desk at work 13 hours later.
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Not so last night.
The evening started badly - me and the gf were in bickery mood and I was a bit annoyed. I'd been looking forward to playing poker, and hopefully regaining the £50 or so I was down for the weekend with a good 2-3 hours session at the £50NL 6max tables at CryptoLogic-Network.php>CryptoLogic-Network.php>Crypto. Unfortunately, there were major disconnection issues on PokerPlex, and although I don't think I lost more than a few blinds as a result, it just got me more annoyed. The the following hand happened:
I raise in MP with KQo and the BB calls. Flop is xJT rainbow. He donk bets maybe 2/3 the pot, I call. Turn is a rag, he bets out again (and again I am not getting pot odds, but I have overs and the nut OESD) so I call again. River is a King; he then pushes, 80+bbs, AND I CALL. Wtf. He shows down JT and I lose all but a couple of quid. With TPGK.
Anyway, CryptoLogic-Network.php>CryptoLogic-Network.php>Crypto is showing no sign of stabilising, so I decide to quit and play some 6max $25NL at Stars to let my aggression out on some weak passive fishies. And it all goes great for a while - I quickly find myself up almost 3 buyins, playing a more fun aggro game (about 29/21 rather than 24/14) and enjoying myself. But then...
There is another big stack on the table where I am sitting pretty on $75. He's okay - 40/10, plays competently post-flop, but not exactly a shark. I get the chance to take a good pot off him - and his second pair make 2 pair on the river and knocks $20 off my stack (I had TPTK and was, correctly, absolutely certain I was ahead until then). From then on, I am riled, and despite getting good cards pre- and post-flop, I donk off hand after hand to this guy who, every time, has the hand one step up the ladder to what I'm holding. This isn't too bad; but I am calling re-raises and playing over-aggro because I still haven't calmed down.
Eventually, I see my last $31 disappear to this guy when my two pair loses to his rivered straight - of course, most of my money goes in when I'm dead, and I gg him and leave the table. I should have reloaded, and on a normal day I'd have confidently expected to take a lot of his new-found winnings back, but not this time. Combined with mistakes and bad beats on my other tables, I had gone from 3 buyins up to, ultimately, 1 buyin down - and this is at a game I'm genuinely way better than.
I've had worse days, and I've played worse, but the unique combination of annoyance, aggression, bad beats and calling like a teenage girl has left me still huffing and puffing about the sheer aggravation as I sit at my desk at work 13 hours later.
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