Posted by Junelli 10:28 AM
Unfortunately, my winning streak has ended. I gave back $180 last night at Northside's $1-$2 NL game. I was up as much as $375 at one point, but then caught a cold run of cards that had my big hands run into bigger hands.

e.g - I put a guy all-in on the flop with top two pair. He called with a gutshot, and caught it on the river to win about $200 from me. From there things just sort of went downhill (see previous "tilt" articles).

I did however, flop an open ended straight flush draw (J9c with a flop of 8Tc). First to act bet 1/2 of the pot, and was called by two other players. I called in position (the cut-off seat). The turn was a Qc giving me the Queen-high straight flush. I slowplayed the turn, and the river brought another club (putting 4 on the board). I got action from one player, and took down a nice pot. Plus I won $50 for the high hand. Woo Woo!

I feel very good about my game these days. I'm getting better about my money management, and my losses are much smaller than they used to be. I've finally started to understand that my poker career is one big game, and wins/losses on any given night don't really matter much in the grand scheme of things. If I can avoid chipping-off that last $120, that's an extra $120 I have in my pocket for next time. This has helped me get up and walk away when I need to (rather than wait until I'm broke).

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Posted by  Dr Fro, at 1:26 PM, July 07, 2005  

You still can't convince me to play J9s (see previous posts)

Very painful memories of that hand. I dont even play it on the button in an unraised family pot. No way.

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