TxScorpion
Rock Star
Silver Level
Hey gang...
Played a couple of sessions over the holiday weekend that kind of threw me for a loop. Thanksgiving night I played a $1/$3 session where the entire table was limping in preflop so I figured it would be an easy night of sorts. Every decent hand (9-10s for example) I got where I was first to act I raised hoping to only see maybe one or two callers but instead I got 3-4 sometimes 5 callers!! I c-bet the flop hoping to run off a few more callers but they're going nowhere! Now I have a BIG problem because I raised preflop with a good but not great hand and I keep firing at the pot but the people at the table aren't buying what I'm trying to sell them. And on top of that, I'm spewing chips because I missed th flop and now I'm on what is considered to be an absolute bluff! I eventually bust out but i felt good because I played great in spots but the cards didn't go my way.
Another session I had few days later where again the entire table is limping into the pot and instead of raising preflop, I limp in too! God forgive me but I did this with ALL of my premium hands!! I pretty much cleaned up at the table but by poker standards I played like complete crap!
Why is it that when I played the hands how I was supposed to by open raising into pots,c-betting on the flop etc I spew chips like a faucet but when I play like a complete donkey (a bit harsh I know) I was able to run over the table with relative ease? Another thing I noticed was that if my premium hands missed the flop, it was easier for me to muck them considering how cheap it was to play them in the first place. Whereas had I raised pre-flop then c-bet regardless if I hit the flop or not I'm kind of pot committed because of the money I've already put in the pot and I want to see the outcome.
Played a couple of sessions over the holiday weekend that kind of threw me for a loop. Thanksgiving night I played a $1/$3 session where the entire table was limping in preflop so I figured it would be an easy night of sorts. Every decent hand (9-10s for example) I got where I was first to act I raised hoping to only see maybe one or two callers but instead I got 3-4 sometimes 5 callers!! I c-bet the flop hoping to run off a few more callers but they're going nowhere! Now I have a BIG problem because I raised preflop with a good but not great hand and I keep firing at the pot but the people at the table aren't buying what I'm trying to sell them. And on top of that, I'm spewing chips because I missed th flop and now I'm on what is considered to be an absolute bluff! I eventually bust out but i felt good because I played great in spots but the cards didn't go my way.
Another session I had few days later where again the entire table is limping into the pot and instead of raising preflop, I limp in too! God forgive me but I did this with ALL of my premium hands!! I pretty much cleaned up at the table but by poker standards I played like complete crap!
Why is it that when I played the hands how I was supposed to by open raising into pots,c-betting on the flop etc I spew chips like a faucet but when I play like a complete donkey (a bit harsh I know) I was able to run over the table with relative ease? Another thing I noticed was that if my premium hands missed the flop, it was easier for me to muck them considering how cheap it was to play them in the first place. Whereas had I raised pre-flop then c-bet regardless if I hit the flop or not I'm kind of pot committed because of the money I've already put in the pot and I want to see the outcome.