Quote Originally Posted by Blinky
Some thoughts:

Try to avoid giving away what happened in your little intro-sentences. It may affect the analysis.
I know, but I suppose one of the reasons I made this thread is to let off some steam. I'm sure you know the feeling when you hit a downswing.

#2 - river c/r is quite ballsy, but I can understand it given the read.
Really? I actually thought this was a great spot for check-raise. If he has me beat, then so be it. I would call his push anyway. And besides, I hardly ever check-raise the river which I think is a leak. I just hate giving up value when they check behind and I have the nuts...

8. I don't play for stacks preflop with JJ unless I have a decent read or opp is very short stacked. Here, opp is short but against someone who 3-bets preflop, you should be thinking AK+ (maybe AQ)/AA/KK/QQ.
The point is that given his stats (38/25), and the fact that I had reraised him a few times before, how often do you think he'll push this with a hand I can beat? I really don't know and that's why I'm asking. Perhaps I didn't give him enough credit here.

9) is fine cuz he's short. Ask yourself if you could lay it if the money was deeper, however.
In a multiway pot? Definately. However I tend to overplay my big pairs in spots like this when I'm on a downswing.

11) I don't know about raising 88 utg... when you get so many callers I think it's time to slow down unless the table has been rolling over to cbets or you flop your set. Cbet is a probable spew here.
I don't know either, because some people say you should raise any pp in any position and some say you shouldn't. I've been trying to mix it up and sometimes limp and sometimes raise. I really don't know which is the best way. Solid players will spot a set if I limp and hit, but maybe I should just focus on getting the money from weaker players. I tend to give people way too much credit when I shouldn't and not enough credit when I should.

17) eh whatever. Flush on flush happens. Did you have a read saying that this guy liked to open with suited aces? I tend to call river rather than push but I'm weak-tight.
I know it happens, and if we both happened to flop it I wouldn't mind. However when he plays it like a flushdraw I think I should just call it. And yeah, I'm pretty weak too, but only when I shouldn't. When I should, I tend to be too aggressive and lose my money. And no, I didn't have a read except he was pretty aggressive at least preflop. Not that it matters anyway because I usually just play my cards.

My leaks:

1. Being too passive when I shouldn't (ie. not raising TPTK or something like that in small pots because I don't want to lose my stack with them. Hello, you can fold if they reraise you!

2. Not thinking about what the opponent might have. I make my decicions way too quickly and pay off obvious flushes etc.

3. Cbetting too much and especially cbetting calling stations. I always think that maybe they'll fold this time. But they won't!

4. Playing when on tilt (I thought I could control myself but lately I've lost a few buyins because of that).

And many others which I don't happen to remember just now. The point of this reply is to just remind myself that even though I happened to have a great start at NL100 I still suck. That's all.