Back to Losing, and Tales from the Blogger Table

Yes, it's true. I put in another 3 hours two-tabling 1/2 last night in an attempt to work off my bonus, and I wound up dropping $53. I don't know what the problem is -- data-mining will commence tomorrow -- but I did notice a few key numbers last night for the 600-odd hands of 1/2 I've logged.

VP$IP: 17%. A little tight, not terrible though I suppose.
Pre-flop raise: 7%. Decent.
Post-flop aggression: Can't remember the exact number, but I believe it was around 2.5 [Edit: actually it's a tad over 4]
Won $ When Seeing Flop: 24%
Won $ at Showdown: 56%

The first three numbers are historically accurate for my style, perhaps slightly underneath where they usually are, and the last number is usually closer to 60%, but that's not such a large difference. The fourth number, however, is way, waaaaaaay off. Typically, my Won $ When Seeing Flop percentage is around 35%. The current number is below that by a third. Is it just a case of variance?

As far as leaks go, I seem to be having issues with AQo, AJs and AJo again, although there's some variance at work as well, as I am a combined 0 for 12 with those hands, and I know for a fact that my AJs last night made trips on the turn, only to fall to a rivered flush. I need to look at those hands more carefully to see where I may be leaking chips.

Table selection is also a problem. I hopped between a total of 6 or 8 tables last night, and I once again encountered some very, very tight tables. Tables where most flops were taken heads-up or 3-handed. Ugh. That's not what 1/2 is supposed to be about! Too many bonus chasers. I may move to a different limit to finish off the rest of the bonus.

A little after 11:00, I gave up on 1/2 for the night and decided to open up a $25NL table to see if I could double through once and halve my losses. Within about ten minutes of sitting down, Daddy joined the table. Then Helixx sat down. Before you could say "I've got the Hammer", the table turned into a full-blown blogger table:

Seat 1: me
Seat 2: DonkeyPuncher
Seat 3: Daddy, later Poker Penguin
Seat 4: Joanne
Seat 5: Dr. Pauly
Seat 6: Drizztdj
Seat 7: non-blogger
Seat 8: non-blogger
Seat 9: helixx
Seat 10: Poker Nerd

It's been a long time since I've sat at the blogger table. It was nice to play with all those folks and blow off some steam from a losing day, but dammit I wanted to rape some fish! At least I finished in the black.

I do have to share a rather amusing hand that occurred with a non-blogger. Yes, yes, it's a rare hand history posting. It's the chat which makes this hand priceless.

$25 NL Hold'em - Thursday, March 03, 23:44:22 EDT 2005
Table Table 36603 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 6: Spdfrk ( $23.7 )
Seat 7: LesiW911 ( $31.03 )
Seat 8: death_hand ( $21.45 )
Seat 1: asphnxma ( $24.65 )
Seat 10: SCBeach ( $25.5 )
Seat 2: Joshbo283 ( $16.25 )
Seat 3: SnailTrax ( $33.3 )
Seat 9: He1ixx ( $22.6 )
Seat 5: Dr. Pauly ( $27.65 )
Seat 4: Joanne1111 ( $25 )
asphnxma posts small blind [$0.1].
Joshbo283 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to asphnxma [ 7c 8c ]
SnailTrax folds.
Dr. Pauly folds.
Spdfrk folds.
LesiW911 calls [$0.25].
death_hand calls [$0.25].
He1ixx folds.
SCBeach calls [$0.25].
asphnxma: I have 7c 8c.
asphnxma: should I call?
Dr. Pauly: raise
LesiW911: yes
LesiW911: all in
asphnxma raises [$1.4].
Joshbo283 calls [$1.25].
LesiW911 folds.
LesiW911: dam
death_hand folds.
SCBeach folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, Qh, Ah ]
LesiW911: XXXX u have nothing
asphnxma: XXXX, I don't have anything
asphnxma: what do I do?
LesiW911: all in
LesiW911: push him out
asphnxma checks.
Joshbo283 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9d ]
asphnxma: hmm, I have a gutshot now
asphnxma: is that worth a bet?
asphnxma checks.
LesiW911: dude all in
Joshbo283 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
LesiW911: stop meessing with josh's head
asphnxma bets [$3].
LesiW911: cal
Joshbo283 folds.
asphnxma shows [ 7c, 8c ] a pair of queens.
asphnxma wins $6.6 from the main pot with a pair of queens.
Dr. Pauly: LOL
LesiW911: lol
Joshbo283: mother XXXXer

=D I suppose I could have bet out the flop, but it was more fun the way I played it.