I was recently trying to convince my mom that poker is a game of skill. However, given the way I've been running the past 24 hours, that might be increasingly difficult.
I played a lot of poker in the past 24 hours. I would guesstimate probably 16 out of the past 24 were spent at the table. During that time I did not get many big hands; I was actually pretty card dead. Sadly, the majority of the big hands I did get ended up with me shipping it when some stupid card hit that massively saved my opponent. I guess it's a win that I did not lose more than I did given the fact that I was card dead and running bad, but that is not much consolation. I guess it also reaffirms my faith in the fact that Foxwoods is the free money store, but again...little consolation.
Hand 1: I have about $200. Get dealt 9d7d which is the best hand I have seen in quite awhile (I had been seeing variations on a theme of K2, Q3, J5, etc.). Better yet, I have position. I pray to hit the shit out of the flop...and I do, though not in the way expected. Flop comes 7x7s9s. Preflop there had been a $12 raise called multiple ways so the pot is already pretty big (standard mo at the Foxwoods 1/2 tables: someone will raise between $11-$15 preflop and get called by at least 4 people trying to suck out or not realizing how dominated they are...or what dominated even means). Original raiser bets about $50....and gets raised...folds around to me...I shove. Original raiser folds. Re-raiser calls and flips over Ts8s. I'm sure you can guess what happened next. I don't even remember which end of the straight flush hit. I just remember the dealer giving someone else the pot.
Hand 2: This was not a two outer, but it was me shipping it when I was pretty far ahead, so I'm including it. I get dealt JdTd in middle position (I'm sensing a pattern with all these suited connectors/gappers)... I have about $150 behind. Again, there is some kind of raise called multiple ways...the pot has about $50 in it. I flop a flush (don't remember the cards but they were all smaller than T). I bet slightly less than pot...fold, fold, fold, fold. Get called by the table calling station - big surprise. Turn is a blank. I push all in for my last ~$100. Get called again. At this point I am praying for no diamond. River is a diamond. Guy called me all the way down with Kd5c....not even the Ad!!! Nice hand, sir...no wonder I've seen you buy into this table for about $1000.
Hand 3: The last hand I played at Foxwoods this trip. 7c3c on the button (yes, I played that for $2). Have about $150 behind. Limped family pot. T73 rainbow on the flop. Table lucksack bets out...I raise. He calls. Turn is a blank. Check, bet, call. Oh look, a shiny Ts on the river. He checks to me and I just know he has a T. I stupidly decide to push my last $70 or so out of frustration. I certainly did not think he would fold if he had a T. People can't even lay down TPTK at a casino, let alone trips. He calls and turns over T9o. Nice hand...and no, the turn did not give him any kind of straight draw. He just played that good.
This sounds a little bitter and I suppose I am. How do I run so bad? Very frustrating.
