Losing my bankroll to pay debts (TRIP REPORT; LONG)

lexxor · #1 04-24-2007, 03:41 AM

(my english sucks, eat my shorts)

Im beginning with a story, to let you know how it started to end.
Three weeks ago i drove my buddys car into a tree. Long story short: im now sitting on a mountain of debts which is 4k high (4k euro = 5.4k$). Unfortunately i dont have any money (Yes, im a bum)
So the only money ive got is the money in my pokerstars account, which is like ~2k.
One week ago i made the worst decision (knowing afterwards), but it sounded like a real
chance to get away from my debts.

A buddy called me a week ago:

"Yo, next week on sunday theres a big tourney running in the casino in hannover, its buyin is
1050"

"Eh, yea but i dont have the skills to play such a tourney"

"It doesnt matter, if youre making it into the money your debts are gone."

"lemme think, i'll call you later"

2 hours later i gave him my okay.
The reason i agreed was that i thought i can make it, because there are only 50 entrants and almost
60% of them are fish. rich fishs who like to spew away money.

I cashed out my whole bankroll, so i was able to pay the buyin and to play cashgame if there are
some soft games going.

Last sunday my buddy and i drove to the Casino Hannover, suddenly i had a real strange feeling
and i was about to throw my plans over the bridge, but my buddy formaly forced me to play it
and i again agreed to play that DAMN tourney. I registered, went to my place at the table
just to see Katja Thater (shes from Team Pokerstars) is sitting right next to me. (damn, i knew my feeling was right.)
When the tourney started i was reaaallyyy tight, i didnt play any pots and just observed my enemies for like an hour, but then the key hand appeared:

Everyone folded to Katja on the button, she looks at her cards and raises it up to 4bb im looking
under my cards just to see pocket aces (you know where this is going to end).
I raised it up to 16bb to make it look like a blind defense, the big blind folds and katja tanked for a minute and called.
we're seeing a flop of 993 and i check for the intention of a c/r. she bets half the pot
and i INSTASHOVE it (it still had to look like bluff), she looked at me and asked: can you beat T9?
i grumbled and she called, i cant improve and im out on 30th.
FFS, why does it always happen to me?

I obviously ran on monkey-tilt then, going to the bar drinking some glasses full of jack daniels.
My buddy came with some advice that i played great, bad luck, etc etc.. All this nonsense [censored].

After losing half of my bankroll nothing didnt matter anymore, because im more unlikely as before to pay the debts now.
So i went to the cashgame tables and recognised someone on the 5/10 table, which i know from earlier casino visits. hes such a fish.
a fish with toooo much money, he already had 5k at the table. "Thats juicy"
and i took the rest of my roll to the table, either all or nothing.

I played my solid TAG and was able to make a few bucks nothing big, tho. I went to 1,2k then down to 800 and back up to 1k, so i was nearly breakeven the first hour, then this hand happened:

The fish i recognised raised it up to 40eur and i knew his range was very wide (I wont tell
my hand, see it as a little quiz BBV), so im 3betting him to 140eur to take the pot immediately
hes tanking and goes all-in. WOOHAY! I didnt have to think long to make my decision, because
i knew im very often in front of his range. so i throwed the rest of my stack over the white line, and the flop got dealt: 8h 2d 3h, if i remember correctly, but im sure a diamond was in it, i missed the flop but i had two overcards and a backdoorflush isnt impossible either, the dealer burnt a card and the turn came 6d(!!). I now had 15 outs, 9 to my flush and 6 for my overs, i was very angry seeing the river showing a 2 of hearts not letting me improve my hand.

The fish flipped over As 4d, and i mucked, leaving the table immediately.

God damn, hes such a lukieplaya.