Joe The Pro

Poor play

I haven't tilted for a long time, but for some reason, my poor play in this one following hand set me off. I think it was because I was so angry that it was MY bad play that lost me the hand and not HIS.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

Button ($100)
SB ($65.15)
BB ($118.50)
JoeThePro ($141.30)
MP ($105.50)
CO ($156.45)

Preflop: JoeThePro is UTG with Qd, Jd.

JoeThePro raises to $3.5, 1 fold, CO calls $3.50, 3 folds.

I'm UTG with a speculative hand and I've got a good stack so I open raise standard. The CO calls who also has a deep stack.

Flop: ($8.50) 2s, Js, Qc (2 players)

JoeThePro bets $7, CO calls $7.

I hit a great flop and I know my hand is best. I think CO would have repopped with QQ or JJ preflop so only hand that beats me is 22. At this point I want to make the pot larger, so I make a nearly pot size bet.

Turn: ($22.50) 6s (2 players)

JoeThePro checks, CO bets $16, JoeThePro calls $16.

The turn card is not great as it completes a flush draw. I still feel that my hand is the best, but I'm not willing to play a huge pot. Check/Call.

River: ($54.50) 8c (2 players)

JoeThePro checks, CO bets $40, JoeThePro calls $40.

The river is a safe card if he doesn't have the flush. Here I believe I should have done a blocking bet. After taking long to call the turn bet, if I think long again on the river and then bet out 30 no one is going to reraise me but a very high flush draw (the long think on the turn makes him think I may have hit the flush and am contemplating a checkraise and a sudden bet out on the turn could confirm this suspicion). Even some low flush draws might not reraise but if I was, I could release. Instead, In my head, I was thinking, I'll call anything up to 40. Unfortunately, for me, he bet exactly what I said to myself I would call.

Final Pot: $134.50

Results in white below:

JoeThePro has Qd Jd (two pair, queens and jacks).

CO has 7s 5s (flush, jack high).

Outcome: CO wins $134.50.

Within 2 orbits of the same short handed table, 2 other guys flushed out on me and I paid them off, making me even more angry and then this hand came up on another table. I played it so bad. UTG is very LAG.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (5 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG ($116.15)
MP ($197.10)
Button ($184.35)
SB ($124.65)
JoeThePro ($100)

Preflop: JoeThePro is BB with Qd, As.

UTG calls $1, 3 folds, JoeThePro raises to $4.5, UTG raises to $14, JoeThePro calls $9.50.

UTG has a very high VPIP so he limps with many cards. I'm almost sure that my AQ is better than his limping hands. I'm surprised when he reraises me but I want to see if I catch the flop.

Flop: ($28.50) 9d, 5s, Th (2 players)

JoeThePro checks, UTG bets $28.5, JoeThePro raises to $78, UTG calls $49.50.

LAG UTG bets pot and I've seen him bet pot on missed cards, so I push him all in figuring if he has a pocket pair I'll still have 6 outs.

Turn: ($184.50) 4c (2 players)

JoeThePro bets $8 (All-In), UTG calls $8.

River: ($200.50) 6d (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $200.50

Results in white below:

JoeThePro has Qd As (high card, ace).

UTG has Ks Ad (high card, ace).

Outcome: UTG wins $200.50.


When you tilt, your aggression factor goes over the roof. At least I was able to restrain myself and recognize the limp reraise UTG trick and wanted to see a flop (at this level big UTG limp/reraise usually means AA, KK or AK while a min reraise usually means AK or pairs). When I missed I should have dropped my cards but instead I spewed.

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