Mind Games

Originally posted by Harrier88
Those were misclicks, though, weren't they?

Do you have any other reasons to question your cognitive abilities recently? Btw, how is Covid, are you completely over it by now?

I'm not so sure they were really misclicks — in one case it was a misread.
I stood pat on a 9, against another pat, who then drew one.
I potted, and called the raise. Potting was the mis-click — I intended to bet small as a blocker.
Calling the raise was total stupidity.

I'm a long way from over Covid, although the symptoms are diminishing — except for the headaches

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
I'm not so sure they were really misclicks — in one case it was a misread.

It happens to the best of us. I've done a few Badugi misreads myself in the past.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
I stood pat on a 9, against another pat, who then drew one.
I potted, and called the raise. Potting was the mis-click — I intended to bet small as a blocker.
Calling the raise was total stupidity.

I sometimes like to play check/call in those situations, which may allow me to pick up some bluffs by opponents who would have otherwise folded, while still denying the more tricky players the opportunity to muscle me out of the pot after floating all the way to the end with an incomplete draw.

Looks like Covid hit you pretty hard, but nice to hear that the symptoms are slowly starting to fade away. Take it easy, I hope you won't have too much work to do next week.

Originally posted by Harrier88
Take it easy, I hope you won't have too much work to do next week.

Considering I'm retired, "not doing much" is fairly easy

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Wow! Nice Fold

BB Showed KK

888Poker, Hold'em No Limit - $0.05/$0.10 - 6 players

UTG: $9.06 (91 bb)
MP: $15.00 (150 bb)
CO (Hero): $11.45 (115 bb)
BU: $10.00 (100 bb)
SB: $16.60 (166 bb)
BB: $21.44 (214 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.15) Hero is CO with 3♠:K♠:
UTG raises to $0.40, MP 3-bets to $1.20, CO (Hero) folds, 2 players fold, BB 4-bets to $2.70, UTG 5-bets to $9.06 (all-in), MP 6-bets to $15 (all-in), 1 fold

Flop: ($20.87) 2♣:3♣:5♣: (2 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: ($20.87) 3♥: (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($20.87) A♠: (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $20.87 (Rake: $1.04)

Showdown:
MP shows A♦:A♥: (a full house, Aces full of Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 93%, Flop: 58%, Turn: 76%, River: 100%)

UTG shows A♣:K♥: (two pair, Aces and Threes)
(Equity - Pre-Flop: 7%, Flop: 42%, Turn: 24%, River: 0%)

MP wins $19.83

That's a crazy fold. Folding AKo should be a lot easier in a situation like this.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
Considering I'm retired, "not doing much" is fairly easy
One might think so... but often, it doesn't work out that way in practice.

Sometimes I'm busier than ever on my supposed days off. I imagine it can be like that in retirement too.

Originally posted by Harrier88
One might think so... but often, it doesn't work out that way in practice.

Sometimes I'm busier than ever on my supposed days off. I imagine it can be like that in retirement too.

I generally plan what I'm going to do for the day.
Then just do nothing

I joined in the last 20 seconds of late reg.

I have 12.5 BB, and I'm 483rd of 669 with 207 paid.

We'll see how it turns out.
At least I'll make it to the end of late reg

83rd of 473 (still 207 paid)
PokerStars, $9.80 + $1.20 - 7 Stud H/L Limit - 1,250/2,500 (500 ante) - 8 players

Seat 1: 32,282 (13 bb)
Seat 2: 93,734 (37 bb)
Seat 3: 18,582 (7 bb)
Seat 4: 28,693 (11 bb)
Seat 5: 138,505 (55 bb)
Seat 6: 41,195 (16 bb)
Seat 7: 109,677 (44 bb)
Seat 8 (Hero): 61,862 (25 bb)

Third Street: (4,000) Hero is in Seat 8
4♠:A♣:2♣: Hero bring-in 750____Hero calls 4,250____Hero calls 5,000
Xx Xx 4♦: UTG raises to 2,500____UTG 3-bets to 7,500____UTG calls 2,500
Xx Xx Q♣: UTG+1 folds
Xx Xx 7♣: MP calls 2,500____MP folds
Xx Xx T♥: MP+1 folds
Xx Xx 9♣: LP folds
Xx Xx 3♥: CO calls 2,500____CO 4-bets to 10,000
Xx Xx Q♠: BTN raises to 5,000____BTN calls 5,000

Fourth Street: (46,500) (4 players)
Xx Xx 4♦:A♥: UTG bets 2,500
Xx Xx 3♥:7♦: CO calls 2,500
Xx Xx Q♠:5♦: BTN calls 2,500
4♠:A♣:2♣:5♣: Hero calls 2,500

Fifth Street: (56,500) (4 players)
Xx Xx Q♠:5♦:5♠: BTN bets 5,000____BTN raises to 15,000____BTN calls 5,000
4♠:A♣:2♣:5♣:3♦: Hero calls 5,000____Hero raises to 20,000
Xx Xx 4♦:A♥:8♠: UTG raises to 10,000____UTG calls 9,282 (all-in)
Xx Xx 3♥:7♦:T♦: CO calls 10,000____CO calls 10,000

Sixth Street: (135,782) (4 players, 1 all-in)
Xx Xx 3♥:7♦:T♦:K♠: CO bets 5,000____CO calls 3,195 (all-in)
Xx Xx Q♠:5♦:5♠:K♦: BTN calls 5,000____BTN calls 5,000
4♠:A♣:2♣:5♣:3♦:8♥: Hero raises to 10,000

Seventh Street: (163,977) (4 players, 2 all-in)
Xx Xx Q♠:5♦:5♠:K♦: Xx BTN bets 5,000____BTN raises to 15,000____BTN calls 3,862
4♠:A♣:2♣:5♣:3♦:8♥:8♣: Hero raises to 10,000____Hero raises to 18,862 (all-in)

Total pot: 201,701

Showdown:
Seat 8 (Hero) shows 4♠:A♣:2♣:5♣:3♦:8♥:8♣: (HI: a straight, Ace to Five; LO: 5-4-3-2-A)
Seat 7 shows Q♥:6♠:Q♠:5♦:5♠:K♦:Q♦: (HI: a full house, Queens full of Fives)
Seat 1 shows 6♥:5♥:4♦:A♥:8♠:A♦:J♦: (HI: a pair of Aces; LO: 8-6-5-4-A)
Seat 6 shows 4♣:2♠:3♥:7♦:T♦:K♠:2♦: (HI: a pair of Twos)
Seat 8 (Hero) wins 100,850
Seat 7 wins 100,851

I see you're in 28th place now, during the fourth break. I'm barely hanging on to around 200th, just about where ITM would begin.

Best of luck! To both of us, though things are looking a lot better for you right now.

Maybe there's something in late reg after all

Originally posted by Harrier88
Best of luck! To both of us, though things are looking a lot better for you right now.

Hang in there!

for $24.55

and I forgot to post it here

Can I ever be forgiven?

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Finished 114th

for $24.55

Not bad, but you can'st see you're nickname on the picture.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

It was Talk Like a Pirate Day Today

and I forgot to post it here

Can I ever be forgiven?

You arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre forgiven.

I'll be playing this today, however I'm going to reg within the last minute.

This might not be the best strategy, since a lot of the time the tables have loads of people playing incorrectly. Even so, it's what I plan to do.

Didn't make it very far.
Had a pat T facing a better one.

That's to bad. Maybe you had a better change if you played from the start. Hopefully the next tournement will go better

Originally posted by SDK1987
That's to bad. Maybe you had a better change if you played from the start. Hopefully the next tournement will go better
Thanks,
Of all the WCOOP tournaments I've played so far this year, the only one I cashed was the one I registered late.
Tomorrow is the next one — $11 NL 5-Card Draw

Hands and boards
888Poker, Omaha H/L Pot Limit - $0.02/$0.05 - 6 players

UTG: $0.88 (18 bb)
MP: $3.29 (66 bb)
CO: $1.00 (20 bb)
BU: $7.96 (159 bb)
SB: $6.84 (137 bb)
BB (Hero): $5.00 (100 bb)

Pre-Flop: ($0.14) Hero is BB with 3♠:2♣:A♦:2♥:
UTG calls $0.05, 1 fold, CO checks, BTN calls $0.05, SB calls $0.03, Hero raises to $0.25, UTG calls $0.20, CO 3-bets to $0.98 (all-in), 1 fold, SB calls $0.93, Hero calls $0.73, UTG calls $0.63 (all-in)

Flop: ($3.89) 5♣:3♦:3♥: (4 players, 2 all-in)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.56, SB calls $2.56

Turn: ($9.01) A♣: (4 players, 2 all-in)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.46 (all-in), SB calls $1.46

River: ($11.93) 4♣: (4 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $11.93 (Rake: $0.71)

Showdown:
BB (Hero) shows 3♠:2♣:A♦:2♥: (HI: a full house, Threes full of Aces; LO: 5-4-3-2-A)
(Equity - Turn: 52%, River: 75%)

SB shows 5♠:9♦:4♦:A♠: (HI: two pair, Aces and Fives)
(Equity - Turn: 8%, River: 0%)

UTG shows 3♣:4♥:A♥:9♠: (HI: a full house, Threes full of Aces)
(Equity - Turn: 34%, River: 25%)

CO shows K♥:Q♠:7♦:K♠: (HI: two pair, Kings and Threes)
(Equity - Turn: 6%, River: 0%)

BB (Hero) wins $10.37
UTG wins $0.85