My QQ got large 3-bet by a tight player and I made the correct fold pre against AA and TT, would have flopped top set on 4Q4 9 J board, to triple up early on. If that had happened, I probably would have been up $500 for the day instead of being down $600. just one of those days…
Later, I got KK twice.
in one hand I 2-bet to $20 my KK in late position to get called by QT in BB who proceeds to flop trips, TT9 flop.
checks to me, I c-bet $35, he calls.
Turn is another 9. Board is TT99 two clubs. I don’t like it
He checks to me. I think if he lead, I might have thought about folding. He checks.
I think about checking behind, it doesn’t make any sense for me to do so, I beat the board. I continue, put out $80 into pot of $115. He tanks tanks tanks, then calls the $80 with another $115ish behind. I have villain covered.
River comes an offsuit 5. If I was ahead before the river, I’m still ahead now. He looks like he’s about to stick that $115 in the pot, but then he hesitates just for a split second. He then proceeds to go all in.
This makes me think that he’s nutted, and was wondering if the best value extraction method was to check to me to let me hang myself. I mean, I know we already know the outcome, but can I call with an overpair on a 2paired board with a safe river, or do you think I should have checked back the turn for control?
There was some sort of a silver lining though: walked to the bar of the casino as I needed a drink, I met this one dude just chilling by himself with a beer, just spacing the fu** out. Sat next to him at the bar. Exchanged some conversation, apparently he was down a sh**ton from table games, like 2x my loss or more.
One thing led to another, he said that he would love to smoke some pot, so I offered to smoke him out in my car. did some toking in the parking lot, listened to some Killers (random CD that a passenger left behind back in the day, but some songs are quite good if I may say)
32 y/o, He talked about the one that got away, and of course that struck a cord with me. I won’t get too into it, for his privacy’s sake, just in case he reads this.
But anyways, maybe it’s because I’m a few years from reaching thirty, but it seems like everyone (maybe like, 75% of people) after the age of i dunno, 23 or 25 hits a hard dose of reality and depression. Is that an incorrect estimate? Some people’s depression is like, skin deep, which is sh**y on it’s own, I know. But some people’s sadness and depression goes like, much much further, to a really really dark place. And for some reason, I feel like I understand either’s plight, I mean really understand them.
I’m gonna try to put in some weekday hours to try and make up some of the damage. GL all