http://blog.flopturnriver.com/dalecooper.php en http://backend.userland.com/rss092 http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/705/Adventures-in-Sucking http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/690/The-Great-Question-Of-Our-Time http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/685/An-Update-in-Disgust http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/684/He-Loves-The-Slop--Eats-It-Up http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/681/Weekend-Poker-Pro-Movie-Watch-Salad-Cake-Headrush http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/665/Weekend-of-Aces-aka-Slapping-Phil-Ivey-Around-is-Fun http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/655/Mixing-It-Up http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/646/Ground-Control-to-Major-Tom--Commencing-Countdown-Engines-ON I was playing a pretty LAggy game at a typical loose/passive table. I got AdKd in the small blind, and the first two players limped; cutoff min-raised, button called. So now I was staring at a six-way pot where every single player was going to call if I didn't fix the situation. I re-raised to $5. I figured this would be sufficient to win the $2 or so in the middle, and if not I was prepared to push most flops since the cutoff only had $14 behind. Like I said, pretty LAggy. Well everyone folded but the cutoff, who just called. The flop was king high but all hearts. I pushed, the villain called - with AhJd. Just hideous. As you can guess, he caught his flush. And there went $20. Or as I like to think of it, a -$40 swing (since that's how much more I would have had if I had won). Behold the power of negativity. Different table, a while later. I raised to $1 with AcTc. One player called and then one of the blinds re-raised $1. I couldn't think of folding for the min-raise so I called, even though I had him pegged for QQ+. The other player called as well. The flop ..]]> http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/594/Anatomy-of-a-Meltdown http://blog.flopturnriver.com/post/dalecooper/556/I-Remember-When-I-Remember-I-Remember-When-I-Lost-My-Mind