Re: Year of terrible luck

Just a little catch up as I haven't been blogging. It's been a strangely terrible year.

Yesterday in horse I lost 3 times with a set to a straight or a flush in stud. Not stud 8. Stud. Wtf. Hold'em lost a king high flush to ace high. Just brutal.

Hand of the day yesterday was 800-1600 stud 8 had 3 kings on 4th street and had a low draw at the table pounding it up with me capping it 4 handed. Although betting after that slowed, that round put 32,000 chips in the pot. Ultimately no one made the low, I never made the boat, and one of the callers showed 3 hearts rolled up for a flush to take the whole thing down.

Playing stud 8 today (starting stack 7500). First hand at the table started w 4 wheel cards and wound up with jacks up losing to kings up. Then had 3 low pair lose to jacks up. Start of yet another brutal day. But at least the limits are low so there's time to play. Luck has to even out right?

Finishing round 1 with about 60% of my stack.

Round 2 tides changed a little. Made Ts full of 3s on 5th street. Someone had a high draw they loved too much and someone had a made 8 that looked good enough to cap it. I actually smooth called the fourth bet on 5th street hoping to induce a 6th street cap, which did happen along with a river cap. Crazy pot. Sad to split it with the low, but back to just above starting stack.

Then lost a flush to tens full held by the victim of the previous hand and then rivered a 4h into an A2469K with 4 diamonds. A low diamond is the whole pot. A 4h is sad. And we're back to 5200.

It is very difficult to describe stud 8 on a card by card basis. Our only Big Hand we start with an ace showing and ace three under. We limp and then slow play calling a raise, getting two people into the pot. Slow playing is very hard and dangerous in a hi-lo game. We began betting on fourth Street and continue on fifth when we paired the Q we hit on fourth, and continued to bet on sixth when they finally fold giving us the whole pot. Well, it worked that time.

We end round 2 with 7575. Muzzle above water!



All the best,