AK Blues

I played the PS 1k Tuesday (and the $100 rebuy) in addition to 3-tables of cash. I definitely didn't feel that sharp as my timing just seemed to be off the whole session. In addition, I ran quite poorly in the cash games, losing a large flip, and taking two pretty bad beats. Playing poorly and running poorly can be a deadly combination in a hurry. I dropped just under two buy-ins playing cash and an additional $1,359 in tourney fees, making tonight my second largest loss to date.

Not exactly the way I wanted to end my first week.

A few of the larger hands. You might notice the trend that I did not win many of these.

Rabbit_hunter just owned me tonight:

Classic flip: Rabbit had been playing very agressively and so I felt like I had to reshove my AK here (against some opponents I would consider a fold) as I knew I would be losing equity otherwise. Unfortunately, could not win the flip.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2174639

Big semi-bluff: I am very happy with the way I played this hand as I almost timed out on the turn deciding whether to shove or muck. I decided that AQ, KQ or some kind of big draw was more likely than AA or a set, based on his flop smooth call and big turn raise. I made the correct decision and got my money in with 70%+ equity. Unfortunately, 70% is pretty far from 100%. Just a sick river. This hand really hurt as I had already been losing and this hand ended my session.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2174621

AK < AQ: I played a little bit of capped NL today, which means that only $600 from each person can go into the pot on any given hand. Got it in here with AK against AQ, but my opponent spiked a Q. Just not my night.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2174723

The hand which sent me to the rail in the PS 1k Tuesday:

AK no good: my opponent's shove here is very questionable, but I was happy to see it sitting with AK. Unfortunately, he had 33 and was a slight favorite in this flip.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?2174653

Bottom Line for Week 1: +$9,171