- The aggression by the other players was relentless... felt like a boxer on the ropes waiting and waiting for a way to escape.
- I played nearly every big pot in position.
- I raised with only solid hands.
- Seemed like every continuation bet got raised and I had to lay it down when I hit nothing but air.
- When I flopped the goods, I didn't get any action... which led me to believe that my opponents were not spotting my tentative/passive play... they were simply getting the deck to fall in their favor. Then betting it to the max.
I ended up down only one buy-in for the session... still hard to believe considering how it felt like I was getting pounded into oblivion.
But why only one buy-in? I think these were the keys:
- I didn't tilt... there was one hand in particular that led me to believe this. I was up against a player who had been abusing me all night. The board read T47JQ (unpaired, with no flush possibilities), so the nuts was AK. I held K9TT and had full control of the hand on the flop and turn (I bet, he called). I led out with a 1/2 pot-sized bet on the river, hoping for a call... but I got raised by the pot limit! Wtf!?! This guy hit runner runner? I wanted to call so bad, but felt that there's no way this guy's going to raise the pot without AK here. AK is a fairly common holding (have seen many split pots with AK) and too many donks will call with K9. Maybe I got bluffed, but I doubt it... and saved 1/2 of a buy-in there. I'm pretty sure I make a snap call there out of frustration in past sessions.
- I waited patiently for the goods. Late in the session, I hit a monster on the river against the aforementioned player. The board read 7782Q. I held QQ85, he held A874. Yeah, I got lucky and his slow play on the flop backfired... but I waited it out before putting the money in good. Gosh, I was running so bad there, I was almost expecting him to turn over 77xx.
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