NL25 - Reality check - Am I a SpewDonk ?

automaton_22 · #1 08-26-2007, 07:35 PM

Hey all.
This is NOT intended to be a bad beat post, I hope it is more of a disaster aversion post.

I have lost 5 huge hands that I thought I had played well over the last thousand five hundred hands. My confidence has taken a bit of a beating, with these hands and flow-on tilt.

I am TAG ish, 21/20/4, and getting more aggressive all the time.

I want to run them by you to see if:

1. My bet sizing is flawed: could I have avoided these feltings by pricing out Villain in any way?
2. I could have minimised my loss in any other way.
3. I am generally too enthusiastic to get my chips in.

Am I getting unlucky or am I a donkey?

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HAND ONE

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $30.14
UTG+1: $24.60
CO: $90.44
Button: $37.73
Hero: $45.43
BB: $20.67

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
3 folds, Button raises to $1, Hero raises to $3.5, BB folds, Button calls.

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($7.25, 2 players)
Hero bets $8, Button raises all-in $34.23, Hero calls.

Turn: 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($75.71, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $75.71)

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($75.71, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $75.71)

Results:
Final pot: $75.71
Hero shows Kh Ah 
Button shows 7s 9s 

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HAND TWO

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
4 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $33.54
UTG: $30.14
UTG+1: $24.6
Button: $24.65
SB: $39.19
Hero: $30.09

Pre-flop: (4 players) Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
UTG calls, Button calls, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($1, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, Button checks.

Turn: J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($1, 4 players)
SB bets $0.75, Hero raises to $2.5, UTG folds, Button raises to $4.25, SB calls, Hero raises all-in $27.34, Button calls all-in $20.15, SB folds.
Uncalled bets: $5.44 returned to Hero.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($33.9, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $54.05)

Results:
Final pot: $33.9
Button shows 6c 6h 
Hero shows 4d 5d 

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HAND THREE

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $14.40
UTG+1: $19.05
CO: $31.61
Hero: $25.30
SB: $28.45
BB: $7.63

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
2 folds, CO raises to $1, Hero calls, SB calls, BB folds.

Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($3.25, 3 players)
SB checks, CO checks, Hero bets $2.25, SB calls, CO folds.

Turn: Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($7.75, 2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $6, SB calls.

River: 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($19.75, 2 players)
SB bets $5, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: $29.75
SB shows 9h 7h 
Hero doesnt show 8c 9c 

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HAND FOUR

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $39.85
Hero: $29
UTG+1: $19.05
Button: $25.22
SB: $18.64
BB: $54.78

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is CO with 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
UTG folds, Hero raises to $1, Button folds, SB calls, BB calls.

Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($3, 3 players)
SB checks, BB bets $1.5, Hero raises to $3, SB folds, BB calls.

Turn: 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($9, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $7, BB raises all-in $50.78, Hero calls all-in $18.
Uncalled bets: $25.78 returned to BB.

River: 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($59, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $59)

Results:
Final pot: $59
Hero shows 6h 6c 
BB shows Td 9d