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Posted Fri May 09, 2008 10:39 am GMT by blah730235
Over the last couple months my poker game has improved alot by reading up about holdem, playing alot of hands and reading people's thoughts on these forums. I keep examing my plays for leaks etc. so I can keep improving. I'm still having trouble however with what is probably my biggest leak - getting caught up in a hand and not playing how I know I should play the hand. Here's an example...
I've seen the main villian slowplay a good hand, call down with a pair, he hasn't suggested that he chases draws (i.e. call flop, call turn, fold river on a drawy board) he sees alot of flops and almost always limps preflop as well. I wrote down these notes on him after about ~ 40 hands
Hero is on the button with   in 10$ NL 9 player holdem, stack sizes all ~ 10$
2 limpers 4 folds, hero limps, sb folds, bb checks
***Flop***   
checked to hero, hero bets .35, bb calls, rest fold
(At this point I'm almost sure villian range is: Kx, 4x, small PP, theres a small possblity he has a hand like Q7, or a flush draw(unlikely). I'm praying he has the kings so i can stack him if the flush hits)
***Turn*** 
bb checks, hero bets 1$, bb calls
(I came up with this play after bb checked: I would make a pot sized bet on the turn extracting value out of his small pair/Q7 hand if he had that then I would shove the river and he would call if he had the kings and fold if he had the other. If he had a higher flush so be it but it seemed unlikely that he did. This way I would get value out of him with most of his range. If another diamond came down I would have to re-evalute but I figured the risk was worth it.)
***River*** 
bb shoves, Hero??
(Here the villian has come out of his passive mode, my notes on him line up, and I know he has Kx or 4x. I don't know why but I ended up calling him here and he flipped over that King.)
Enter Leak #1 - I got caught up in the hand and made a move I knew was wrong.
Enter Leak #2 - Now my next hand is dealt and i'm still running the hand over and over in my head, asking myself why I did not fold. Instead of playing a good poker game I start playing a so-so poker game or even worse I start playing a stupid poker game. Now the rest of my poker session and maybe even the next poker session - I don't play well and usually quit after I make enough stupid moves to realize I need to quit.
What really bugs me is this is only 10$ NL how bad is it going to hinder me if I play higher stakes? Anyways I was wondering if anyone had advice on the following?
- Relaxing during the middle of a big hand in order to make good sound desicions
- Letting mistakes go so you can countinue to play well
Note: I don't wish to discuss any part of the hand except the river, yes possibly I could have shoved the turn, bet more here or there, put him on a different range, but I am not concerned with what could have been a slightly better move. I am concerned with not makeing obvious bad mistakes like I did on the river.
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Posted Fri May 09, 2008 10:59 am GMT by kingetje
well, at least you know you made a terrible call on the river.. thats a start
| Quote: | | - Relaxing during the middle of a big hand in order to make good sound desicions |
you should be relaxing and in good mental shape before a SESSION, not just one hand... to play your best
| Quote: | | - Letting mistakes go so you can countinue to play well |
this is definitely an experience thing.... i used to flip my wig after one beat/big pot that i lost... these days... not so much
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