Timmah120
Rock Star
Silver Level
Wish I could post the actual details, but Bovada won't let me export or copy/paste, so here it is. This was the last hand of my session (I already told myself I was going to stop before the cards were dealt). I was having a great session and had some information on the villain...he liked to shove with marginal holdings and wasn't paying any attention to what I was doing (frequently calling me down when I clearly had the best hand throughout the game). I was ~$7.00 up in a 2 cent/5 cent game for the session. I kind of knew I had what was most likely the best hand on the flop. I put him on a pair. This action was soul crushing after such a great game.
So, here goes:
I'm UTG+1, villain is on the button. I'm holding A10 of spades. I raise to 15 cents, dealer calls, and the big blind calls. I admit this is a bit of a stretch playing this hand, but I consider myself disciplined enough to fold if I don't connect well.
To the flop: 10 hearts, A diamonds, 2 diamonds.
Big blind bets 45 cents. I hit hard with top two pair and want to get some money in the pot to take odds away from diamond draws (this is my thinking anyways). I raise to $1.50. Dealer shoves all-in for $8.66. Big blind folds. I think for a bit...this guys has been known to do this on draws and top/middle pairs. A small chance he might have trips. I make the call, and the dealer turns over A hearts and K spades for top pair/top kicker. If I'm thinking about this right, he has only three outs at this point: kings (and A won't help him...it'd give me a boat).
Turn comes: J hearts. Now I'm a bit nervous because he picked up the queens now for a total of 7 outs.
River comes: K diamonds.
He makes top two pair and takes all my profits for the session and then some. Ugh.
Question: should I have folded to his shove, given my (correct or not) reads on the player and his style? Did I play this hand okay and just got really unlucky? Should the villain have shoved?
Also, any advice on how to handle these situations from a mental standpoint? I understand it will happen to me, but my goodness, so hard to deal with...
So, here goes:
I'm UTG+1, villain is on the button. I'm holding A10 of spades. I raise to 15 cents, dealer calls, and the big blind calls. I admit this is a bit of a stretch playing this hand, but I consider myself disciplined enough to fold if I don't connect well.
To the flop: 10 hearts, A diamonds, 2 diamonds.
Big blind bets 45 cents. I hit hard with top two pair and want to get some money in the pot to take odds away from diamond draws (this is my thinking anyways). I raise to $1.50. Dealer shoves all-in for $8.66. Big blind folds. I think for a bit...this guys has been known to do this on draws and top/middle pairs. A small chance he might have trips. I make the call, and the dealer turns over A hearts and K spades for top pair/top kicker. If I'm thinking about this right, he has only three outs at this point: kings (and A won't help him...it'd give me a boat).
Turn comes: J hearts. Now I'm a bit nervous because he picked up the queens now for a total of 7 outs.
River comes: K diamonds.
He makes top two pair and takes all my profits for the session and then some. Ugh.
Question: should I have folded to his shove, given my (correct or not) reads on the player and his style? Did I play this hand okay and just got really unlucky? Should the villain have shoved?
Also, any advice on how to handle these situations from a mental standpoint? I understand it will happen to me, but my goodness, so hard to deal with...