Learned something tonight: Humility.

FortunaMaximus · #1 06-13-2006, 01:19 AM

The price: one buy-in.

Close to the bubble. I'm getting short. Complete with Q9, two limpers.

Board comes QJx, two diamonds. Fire a PSB at it. One caller. Figure I'm leading at this point.

Turn comes a 9, pairs me up. Even better. Toss the rest in, pot's already bigger than my stack. Same caller, flips over K9, two diamonds. Oh, good. Rivers a K.

My comment: "nh donk", close table, steam a bit. Been there, right?

This is the new part though: Went back. looked at the HH, realizes he's priced in. Oops.

Found the table, apologized to him, wished him luck the rest of the way.

It's a wonderful game. Intense though.

Lesson, for me: Absorb the times it doesn't go your way, because, you know what? It evens out.

Stay humble on the tables, all, and treat your opponents with respect. You'd expect the same, wouldn't you.

GL.

Mi_T_Sharp · #2 06-13-2006, 01:27 AM

Hopefully, you will realize that it's much healthier for your mind, body, and bankroll to simply say, "nh gg" or nothing, and then close the window. If you react the same way to your legitimate and bad beats, they all just sort of blend together, and you can just move on to your other tables. Controlling your emotions will also allow you to realize when the beat you took actually wasn't a bad beat at all. I play my best game when I am interested, focused, and calm during both bad beats and my own sucking out.

FortunaMaximus · #3 06-13-2006, 01:38 AM

Thanks. That's pretty spot on, and yes, I'm starting to notice the blending effects in that regard, also.

I'm generally a nice guy at the table, for the most part. That one hurt more than it should've. So what, right? I'm over it. <chuckles> If that's the biggest thing I have to worry about at this point, it's solvable.

Much appreciated.

BadgerPro · #4 06-13-2006, 02:11 AM

He's still a donk. If he's playing that hand he has to push the flop.

Vraket · #5 06-13-2006, 09:02 PM

I UTG raised KK 4bb with top 25 stack and 100 people left and this megadonk called.

Flop came 44Q I bet he called, I checked he bet, I reraised he pushed and I called and he turned over 84. I said "nh" and closed the window and it felt way better than flaming him for calling preflop with 84 (soooooooted).

Just felt like sharing~