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It cost me £5 last night to learn a lesson that might have saved me thousands.
The venue was set, the nibbles were layed down, and the fridge was full of beer, all set up nicely for the game of No Limit Hold 'Em round a friends house. £5.00 buy in, re buy-ins before an hour, second place wins money back, and winner takes the rest.
Although I was going in blind to their different styles of play as I hadn't played with any of the nine players before, I did know quite a lot about some of their personalities. For example, I knew that two of the nine players were ridiculously competitive with each other, and I knew that another one of the nine looked a lot more stupid than he actually was. So I felt that I had a very small advantage of the table, especially being The Future Poker Star!
A quick $5 sit 'n go on Pokerstars for a warm up before I left was in order, which using a combination of extreme concentration and a dash of luck, was won. I'm up on the night and feeling good.
The tactic for the live game was to sit back, relax, and go in when I had the better hands. I thought that I would let everyone else knock each other out while I collected on the hands that I should collect on. I checked twice when I had a straight ace high knowing that the only other player on the table would raise to the roof. He did, nearly bankrupting himself as I more than doubled my chips.
Then it all started going wrong! I was far and away the chip leader, with my new "don't mess with me" table image, when I decided to get the drinks flowing. The rum, the vodka, the beers...
Without thinking I made two stupid mistakes. I raised most of my chips to put someone all in with my pair of kings without noticing the flush draw staring at me on the table which put me on the small stack, then went all in on the next hand with two queens! Why the hell did I do that? The caller had two aces (one in his hand and one on the flop) and that was me for the night!
The SNG on Pokerstars softened the financial blow, but I should have gone to bed last night on a high.
So the lesson I have learned is this: Don't drink while playing poker!
Is a bit of dutch courage good for your game? Or does it just give you false confidence?
Thursday, 13 December 2007
What I Learned Last Night
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4 comments:
I've learned this EXACT same lesson in the EXACT same situation. You get drunk, and think since you know more about poker than your friends, then you can beat them. Unfortunately, it always ends just like you've described it!
Yes I think you might be right there. I'm going to steer clear of getting drunk while playing for the time being.
Another trick is to give the impression that you are drunk...maybe come into a game acting a bit drunk, with a drink in your hand...in reality, of course, it's your first drink!
Ah ha! Little beauty!
Now that's the kind of stuff we are after people. I guess that this trick would work at a table once on an all-in raise early in the game.
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