Consistency and I Need to Make Up.

Before I start, for those of you haven't read it, check out Grayday's Poker Blog. It's an unintentionally hilarious look into the mind of one of the CPMG's most beloved cash players.

I played the CPMG Heads Up tournament last weekend and didn't do too well.  I know this comes as a surprise to a lot of you.  I drew Nautica Brian as my first opponent which meant I was going to have to plan an overly agressive game.  As predicted, he raised every button and got in a bunch of three bets as well.  He stabbed me early when he bet a flush draw and got there and I paid him off.  I had two pair and wasn't 100% if he had a big pair or made his draw.  I battled back, raising preflop and flopping trip J's.  He shoved on a gutter and missed.  I had to do a lot of three betting and donk betting to try and keep him from running over me.  I finally slow played myself out of the tournament.  He limped with K3 off, I had AA and checked in instead of raising.  Flop came K-8-3.  He check raised me and I shoved, he snaps and I am out.  I think I did well, if the cards had held up I'm pretty sure I would've beaten him. 

After that (while waiting for cash) I decide to go to Nautica.  I sit at a new $1/2 table with $160.  The first hand I decide to play is 97 off.  I am in the cutoff, early raiser makes it $15.  Three people call before me.  Well, fuck.  I call.  Flop is J-10-8 offsuit.  First guy bets $50.  Two folds.  Guy to my right shoves in $110.  I shove over the top.  First guy tanks and finally calls.  They both show J-10.  Turn brick, river is a J and I watch two people hit a two out miracle and split my stack.  I decided not to bother rebuying and headed home until the cash game at Linda's started.  The cash game at Linda's went very well, and I recovered $91 of my previous losses. 

That Saturday I decided to hit Rivers Casino with Special K.  We had all weekend to kill so I could play unrushed poker.  I sat in on a $1/3 whilst waiting for a $4/8 to open.  I opened weak, raising several pots preflop and being bet off my hands on the flop.  I was down $100 when I hit a streak.  I flopped a couple sets and big two pair hands and got paid.  After three hours I was +$500.  They were just opening a $1/3 HA table ($500 max) so I decided to go take a shot with my profits.  Whoops.  I got eaten alive.  I flopped a straight flush draw, turned to pair, and lost $300 when the wrong card paired on the river and the guy who had grossly overplayed AAxx made a better two pair.  I floundered for a while and gave up, taking my last $200 in profit and heading back to $1/3.  I sat at a new table and stacked off in the first orbit.  I was sitting with a guy who was making it $40 preflop every hand.  I finally called a preflop raise in position with QJd.  Flop comes 10-9-2 off.  He throws a hundred at it, I shove on him, guy behind me calls and so does he.  Q on the turn and river a brick.  He shows J-10, but the idiot between us had called $40 preflop with 9-2 and flopped two pair.  Disgusted, I left.  I fidgeted around at $4/8 for a while until a $5/10 limit O8 game opened.  I sat in there and ran my $215 stack back up to about $500.  We had a drunk guy at the table with a VPIP of 100%.  He called everything and didn't care if he won or lost.  I also witnessed the worst live beat I've seen at Rivers.  It would've won the Bad Beat Jackpot had it been hold'em.  Guy to my right flops quad 6's and jams, betting the whole way.  Drunk guy runs him down on the river with a gutshot straight flush (neither makes a low) and drunk guy scoops a monster. 

K and I decided to take this weekend off of poker.  I have quite a few games going the next couple weekends (including TK's $100 deepstack) so I guess I could use a weekend to get my head straight.  I'm not really mad about my play in either game, I think I'm playing decent enough to win.  I just keep running into people who are getting horribly lucky.  If I can figure out how to dodge one and two out miracles I'd be OK.