On tilt.

[elipsesjeff]

I was on the bubble again in a SNG, I was the big blind and I was dealt J9o.

The flop came 78d 10c. I wanted to watch out for the flush draw so I bet the pot of 600 chips and had one caller. The turn came it was another 10, but no diamond. I pushed the guy all in, he was already low with under 300 chips while I was at 1500 or so. He called and the river came up another 7 but no diamond. He turns his card over and it was 10-6o.

What was he doing calling a pot sized raise with worth 75% of his stack with top pair and no kicker? GAH!!! I was lucky to get third after that while I put this sap into chip lead.

Just venting. Any suggestions on how I could have played this better?

[Humphrind]

I was on the bubble again in a SNG, I was the big blind and I was dealt J9o.

The flop came 78d 10c. I wanted to watch out for the flush draw so I bet the pot of 600 chips and had one caller. The turn came it was another 10, but no diamond. I pushed the guy all in, he was already low with under 300 chips while I was at 1500 or so. He called and the river came up another 7 but no diamond. He turns his card over and it was 10-6o.

What was he doing calling a pot sized raise with worth 75% of his stack with top pair and no kicker? GAH!!! I was lucky to get third after that while I put this sap into chip lead.

Just venting. Any suggestions on how I could have played this better?

You get that a lot in tournaments. Sklansky talks about it in his book. This is a major point of tournament play. You should try to steal the small stacks blinds carefully. He is short on chips and any hand he sees may be worth going all-in over. He had top pair, he probably felt this was as good as he was going to get, regardless of the kicker.

I have adjusted my game in this situation. When it is checked around after the flop, I try to bluff, but while deciding how much to bet I say to myself, "If someone pushes all in on my bluff, will I be pot commited?" If the answer is yes, I either bet less or don't bluff / steal.

He got lucky and that sucks, but it happens all the time.

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I was delt in a tournament, I called a small raise to see the flop.

Flop

He bet, I raised, he re-raised all-in. He flipped over .

I had him. His trip 6s were nothing against my trip 8s.

He got runner-runner to hit a backdoor flush. It made me mad. I got knocked out in 4th position and just out of the money.

My response to my situation is, "That sucks, oh well. Them's the breaks."

[elipsesjeff]

I'm still mad over this bad beat. I just cant seem to get over it. Oh well, I should wait to play until tomorrow, maybe i'll be over it then.

[gabe]

your cards werent sooted. duh.

[Schmitty]

How much was the buy-in?

[SmackinYaUp]

If you're on tilt the best way to recoup your losses is to go join a NL ring game with a buyin that is about the size of 1/2 of your bankroll and try to double up through repeated bluffing.

[Estrop]

If you're on tilt the best way to recoup your losses is to go join a NL ring game with a buyin that is about the size of 1/2 of your bankroll and try to double up through repeated bluffing.

Lol. I was with you til "If you're on tilt the best way to recoup your losses is to go join a NL ring game with a buyin that is about the size of " - then I realised you WERE actaully serious.

[elipsesjeff]

Well, I got a couple suckers fishing but other than that no dice.

[SmackinYaUp]

If you're on tilt the best way to recoup your losses is to go join a NL ring game with a buyin that is about the size of 1/2 of your bankroll and try to double up through repeated bluffing.

Lol. I was with you til "If you're on tilt the best way to recoup your losses is to go join a NL ring game with a buyin that is about the size of " - then I realised you WERE actaully serious.

Dead serious.

[hazelblue]

Smack, that's some crazy advice, but it actually worked for me.
I made back 90% of my buy-ins I lost because of it.
Where did you come up with this idea? Especially since it goes in the face of conventional bankroll management?

[vqc]

DUDE thats horrible advice. You will end up losing money in the long run.

[a500lbgorilla]

Wow. I can't even wrap my brain around that idea.

You're on tilt and playing outside of your bankroll doing nothing but trying to pick up pots based on aggression alone? Yes, this tactic will win money, but it has variance too.

And what if no stakes exist where we can sit with half our bankroll :P

-'rilla

[Sed]

And what if no stakes exist where we can sit with half our bankroll :P

Then obviously you need to give me the excess....

- sed

[dsaxton]

If you're on tilt you should buy into some game that is so big you can recoup your losses just through a few blind steals. If you get called, just double up and recoup your losses.

[SmackinYaUp]

Im sorry that was horrible advice!

Heres what you do. Buy in to a huge game with your entire bankroll, wait for any two suited cards, and push allin on the first flush draw you get. Hopefully you can double up your entire bankroll! If not, well, just call them noobs for calling with an overpair and go take out a loan against your house and try again.

1 times outta three this will work, so if you have a car, a house, and a bank account, you can double up off one of these.









And to whoever tried my last advice - shame the fuck on you. I cant believe you did that. Good job though, you have some big hairy balls. Not that I was lookin, Im just sayin...


So dont listen to anything Ive said in this thread except for this sentence.