Worse Net Loss of My Career (7/18/2011)

I just finished up a session tonight down -$1350 in only 4 hours of play.  This was the worst net loss I have ever experienced in a single night live.  I was up over 2k on the month going into tonight, now it's around +$900.

I was starting to get things going winning the last 9 out of 10 sessions until the nightmare came.

I was fine with the way I played, it's crazy how it happened so fast.  I started off down -$350 just losing every single hand I was involved in.  Running into 4 3-bets pre, obviously all KK+. 

Then came a huge all in hand.  Villain committed $500 all in with a dry flush draw on a 8 4 3 board.  He got their on the river and my QQ could not hold.  I was already down -$850 at that point.

I then took a nap and got and decided to put in another 3-4 hours if I felt better.  I woke up recharged and ready to go.

I immediately found a great table.  There was a deep stack maniac on my immediate right.  I had seen him isolate $15 pre with 78 off and then call a $120 limp re-raise with the 78o.  He flopped a straight draw and shoved (lol wtf).  I then saw him bluff $300 into a king high board with a gutshot.  This was a guy where TPGK is pretty much an auto-stack, considering his range and tendencies.

I was soon dealt TT UTG.  I raise to $20, two callers, including the maniac who completed from the BB.

BOARD:  8d 8h 5s 

I then cbet $40, one fold, maniac re-raises $120 on top.  I'm definitely fine getting it in here.  The question is whether I want to shove now or call and basically stack on any turn.  I decided to call.  I could have got it in on the flop, but I felt he had so much garbage in his range.  I was stacking any turn with the exception of a 4 or 9

TURN:  7

Maniac goes all in.  I only have $300 left, I call.  I didn't think the turn really mattered.  Well it did, he turns over 69o, hitting the fucking gut-shot on the turn.

I know any other missed turn and he is making the exact same move, so I don't hate my play.  90% of the time he doesn't get the gut-shot and shoves the turn with complete bull-shit.

So there you have it.  After that hand I was down -$1350 for the night.  I use a -1k stop loss so I immediately left the casino after that.  It's a shame because it was a great game.  I just start to get tilted when I have lost over 1k for a night.  It rarely happens.  The last time I actually used a stop loss and left the casino was May 12th (looking at my spreadsheets).

It was certainly not my night and time to just cut my losses and regroup.  I guess there wasn't much of a choice anyways, I came into the casino with $1500 and left with $150 in my wallet.  I could have held the seat and borrowed money from a friend, or drove home to get money, there are a lot of people who would have.  But this is part of the reason I only bring 2-3 buy-ins to the casino.  It acts as a natural stop loss.

This is a dark day indeed.  All I can do is get to bed at a decent time tonight, work out tomorrow, and get focused for the sessions this week.  I'm a little disgusted at the moment, but feel in control.  When I lost the last hand I didn't flip out or anything, I calmly walked away.  I am proud of that.  I'm not as shaken as I thought I would be if someone were to say to me before my sessions that "I would lose $1350 tonight in 5 hours". 

I think in this time of crisis it is important keep in mind what is best for the investors of Baglife Corp.  Tonight I felt the stop-loss was the correct decision.  That's all for now.  Every day will be a battle this month, it'd be a cool story to hit the lottery one night like my opponents. 

-bag

Comments

[Lucypher]

At least you prevented yourself from losing more knowing you were in not in the right state of mind to continue. It is low moments like this one that you will learn a lot about yourself. It hurts to lose big. Spend a few days regrouping. Think about your game. It seems like you are on top of your game and had a really bad night. Discipline and self control. These are two of your best tools to enable you to continuously beat the fish over the long haul. A poker life will always have ups and downs. You gotta learn to manage the downs and how they effect you. Hang in there. You will turn it around soon. Good luck.

[baglife]

Lucypher,

Thanks for the advice, I'm not throwing in the towel yet. It really will be a test to see how I respond to such a downswing.