Frustration

Remember in my first post, i mentioned poker can cause extreme frustration.... well tonight was one of those occasions.  I arrived at 235 Casino in Manchester at about 11:30pm & left at 5:30am.  Now thats 6 hours of playing poker, and in those 6 hours i can remember playing a total of 6 hands. I'm sure i played more hands than that but i must have literally seen a flop cos i was in the blinds & then folded to any action cos yet again i had not hit anything!!  Looking down at hands like 9,2 7,3 6,2 8,4 6,3 9,5 time after time AFTER FRIGGIN TIME !!!  Jeeeeeeez!  There were about 6 or 7 times when i thought about just calling it a night & going home but i stuck it out.  After those 6 hours, i was somehow a huge £25 in profit ! Wooooo! hahahaaa!   Although to be honest, ANY profit is a huge bonus after a night like i had!

Ok, the hands i can actually remember.  I raised a lady called Val all-in on a K,Q,5 (2 clubs) flop when i had 6c7c, she called the extra £40 with A10 (no clubs) and a 6 on the river meant i won the hand. How she called my all-in was a little strange to me, but hey-ho!    The next hand i remember i had KJ in the small blind & called a raise to £4. I actually hate the way i played this hand from start to finish, so i'm just going to quickly tell you the outcome.... the flop comes KJ10, original raiser C-bets, there is one caller, i raise enough to let them both know i'm not folding, original raiser folds & caller goes all-in, i have to call even though i know i am behind, he turns over Q9 and i sigh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FFS!

This is the sick hand of the night, i had to reload for another £150 after the previous hand & have literally not played a hand for about an hour. I pick up KQ of diamonds which looks absolutely huge compared to the other million hands i have seen all night. I have straddled to £2 and a pretty solid player makes it £10, there is one caller & i flat call too.  Flop is 10,J,A rainbow.... Nice, i have just flopped the absolute stone cold nuts.  I do my best impression of someone who has yet again missed the flop & check. Original raiser makes it £20, the caller folds, i have a little look at his stack, he has £75 behind so i call (I'm 90% certain he has A10 or better so he will be getting the rest of his money in on the turn). The turn is a 4, i check, he shoves the rest in & i snap call.  The river is a Queen & he turns over AK so the queen on the end means we are splitting the pot cos we both have broadway.  Sit there for hours, play like 2 hands and then happen to flop the nuts in a biggish pot only to end up chopping it.... FRUSTRATING!!    After that i bluffed a 3 diamond board against a guy who was happy with his profit for the night & took a pot off another lad when i turned two pair & check raised him as there were 3 diamonds out. Unfortunately he folded but these two pots got me back into profit for the night.

The funny part is that at 5:20am some guy comes & sits down for the last 10 mins before the casino closes. In those 10 mins he flopped quads against a guys overpair, he rivered the nut flush in a massive pot against 2 opponents & then turned a straight in another all-in pot!  He sat down with £30 & 10 mins later he had about £450. Absolutely ridiculous!  MUST BE NICE!!!!

Right, with that i am signing off !  The morning ended well as my favourite butty van has returned in Birchwood so i got a bacon & egg barm on the way home!!