Been a frustrating week of poker. I'm probably up a little bit so it could have been worse but none the less I needed today off. I was definitely chatting inappropriately and going a little crazy in PLO8 ring games and some MTTs. Losing control pops up from time to time for me. It's more infrequent now than in the past but I obviously still need to work on it.
Aces:
I've had little success with AA and have been running into them a lot. The worst was the Stars 55$ Rebuy.... 45 paid and 46 left. UTG raise, button reraise half his stack. I hold AA in the BB and shove it. Button calls with QQ and spikes it on the flop. Instead of a top 8 stack I'm gone. I don't even make the measly min cash, next time I'll "Stall 101" it and then shove, just in case :).
Aces:
Cake's new 109$ Deepstack. Only 53 runners and 10 paid (WAT!). 4 handed UTG raises and I shove J9o in BB (I have him 2 to 1). He snaps with AA, okay. I chip up and again I'm chip leader. Same guy raise UTG and I ship over him with K10o in SB. He snaps with AA again. 4 realz? Well I haven't got AA all tourney and now I'm HU with a different guy and he raises his button. I finally get AA and shove it and he snaps with QQ and flops a Q. Real.
I have learned something this weak, the hard way twice. I was deep in the FTP 33R (Final two tables) and stars 162$ 50k (Final two tables). FTP rebuy I raise in CO with AKo and button 3 bets it. This is easy reraise and I'm not 4 bet folding so I shove it in. I mean I'm opening in a steal position near FT and he is re-stealing OTB right? Wrong, he tables AA. In the Stars tournament I raise in LP with AQcc and button 3 bets me. Again, just from the situation I think he could be raising me wide and re-stealing near the bubble. I shove and he calls with AKo. For some reason after I OPR the guys and they are both big time losing players. I should have OPR'ed them before I shoved (oops!). Anyway, if a bad player is 3 betting you deep near a FT, he has it, just fold. GL all......