insolitude
Rock Star
Silver Level
So I'm playing PS .01/.02 NLHE and this user comes to the table, says he is a kid playing with daddy's account until a tournament starts...and proceeds to go ALL-IN for like 30+ minutes straight. This kid had to re-buy $5 a couple of times, and I am not sure who was at the table first -- so I don't know if he was up or down at the end...probably down.
Anyway, I had been having a pretty good night. Before this kid came around I was building myself out of a hole (where I just couldn't catch a single flop), and had build up from -$20 to -$8. Here are the hands I played against this kid:
AA vs. 54o = $4.46
KQx vs. 87s = $5.30
AA vs. 39o = ($5.00)
JJ vs. KQo = ($8.79)
KTo vs. KQo = ($4.99)
KTo vs. 84s = $4.52
JTs vs. K2o = ($5.00)
My Net = ($10.12)
Of course, I *** SHOULD HAVE *** left the table after I won the first two -- because at that point I was out of my hold, so I should have just quit and gone to bed.
But I'm sure you all can guess that I didn't -- and I now find myself back at the bottom of this hole. It's not crippling, but it sucks to lose all of my progress...especially because I know it's going to take me a hell of a lot longer to make back that $ than it took to lose it.
So what are the lessons to be learned? Is it best to avoid this kind of player altogether? Obviously the table was full the entire time, and of particular note is that I was very much OOP -- like 2-3 seats to his left.
Is my problem just a simple lack of discipline? How could I have better played this session? I guess my thoughts are:
* I should have left with the satisfaction that I met my goal for the night (to dig myself out of a hole)
* If I stuck around, I should have left after losing with AA
If any of you have any additional thoughts, please do let me know...because I sure as hell want another shot at this kid if I ever find him again.
Or do I?
Anyway, I had been having a pretty good night. Before this kid came around I was building myself out of a hole (where I just couldn't catch a single flop), and had build up from -$20 to -$8. Here are the hands I played against this kid:
AA vs. 54o = $4.46
KQx vs. 87s = $5.30
AA vs. 39o = ($5.00)
JJ vs. KQo = ($8.79)
KTo vs. KQo = ($4.99)
KTo vs. 84s = $4.52
JTs vs. K2o = ($5.00)
My Net = ($10.12)
Of course, I *** SHOULD HAVE *** left the table after I won the first two -- because at that point I was out of my hold, so I should have just quit and gone to bed.
But I'm sure you all can guess that I didn't -- and I now find myself back at the bottom of this hole. It's not crippling, but it sucks to lose all of my progress...especially because I know it's going to take me a hell of a lot longer to make back that $ than it took to lose it.
So what are the lessons to be learned? Is it best to avoid this kind of player altogether? Obviously the table was full the entire time, and of particular note is that I was very much OOP -- like 2-3 seats to his left.
Is my problem just a simple lack of discipline? How could I have better played this session? I guess my thoughts are:
* I should have left with the satisfaction that I met my goal for the night (to dig myself out of a hole)
* If I stuck around, I should have left after losing with AA
If any of you have any additional thoughts, please do let me know...because I sure as hell want another shot at this kid if I ever find him again.
Or do I?