Showing posts with label do not chase the butterflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label do not chase the butterflies. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

A Brief Look at Getting off Tilt

Coming down off a bad tilt is rather similar to sobering up from a night of binge drinking. Things like taking a shower or eating food might help a little, but ultimately time is the only cure... time and chasing loses:

the guru 11 posts the small blind of $100
trex313 posts the big blind of $200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gamblegambel [Qs Qh]
Ptalco folds
gamblegambel raises to $450
Genius28 folds
p_c4Libr4ted folds
the guru 11 folds
trex313 raises to $1,450
gamblegambel raises to $3,700, and is all in
trex313 calls $2,250
gamblegambel shows [Qs Qh]
trex313 shows [Kc Jc]
*** FLOP *** [6d 6s Ac]
*** TURN *** [6d 6s Ac] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [6d 6s Ac 8c] [8s]
gamblegambel shows two pair, Queens and Eights
trex313 shows two pair, Eights and Sixes
gamblegambel wins the pot ($7,497) with two pair, Queens and Eights

LucLongley posts the small blind of $100
gamblegambel posts the big blind of $200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gamblegambel [Kh Th]
Ptalco folds
Genius28 folds
p_c4Libr4ted folds
LucLongley raises to $600
gamblegambel raises to $4,616, and is all in
LucLongley has 15 seconds left to act
LucLongley calls $4,016
gamblegambel shows [Kh Th]
LucLongley shows [Js Qs]
sviskon stands up
*** FLOP *** [7h 8s 9s]
*** TURN *** [7h 8s 9s] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [7h 8s 9s Ah] [Jc]
gamblegambel shows a straight, Jack high
LucLongley shows a pair of Jacks
gamblegambel wins the pot ($9,229) with a straight, Jack high

LucLongley posts the small blind of $100
gamblegambel posts the big blind of $200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gamblegambel [Js Jd]
Ptalco folds
PiMaster raises to $500
Genius28 folds
p_c4Libr4ted folds
LucLongley raises to $22,993.50, and is all in
gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act
gamblegambel has requested TIME
gamblegambel calls $4,900, and is all in
PiMaster has 15 seconds left to act
PiMaster has requested TIME supposedly pi had JJ too
PiMaster folds
LucLongley shows [Ah Qd]
gamblegambel shows [Js Jd]
Uncalled bet of $17,893.50 returned to LucLongley
*** FLOP *** [5s 3h Tc]
*** TURN *** [5s 3h Tc] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [5s 3h Tc 9c] [4d]
LucLongley shows Ace Queen high
gamblegambel shows a pair of Jacks
gamblegambel wins the pot ($10,697) with a pair of Jacks
p_c4Libr4ted: A