Five minutes of hell..

I'm sure those of you who don't like short stacking will be grinning..


***** Hand History for Game 2235032445 *****
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 24, 08:24:41 ET 2008
Table Harvest (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ( $19.50 USD )
Seat 2: haukis ( $101.00 USD )
Seat 3: bearsRus ( $25.90 USD )
Seat 4: spda ( $47.32 USD )
Seat 6: Fishfresh ( $71.59 USD )
Hero posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
haukis posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Dealt to Hero [ 8c 8h ] (just me and the big blind here)
bearsRus folds
spda folds
Fishfresh folds
Hero raises [$3.00 USD]
haukis calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, Tc, 6h ] (not great, but two handed I still expect to be good)
Hero bets [$4.00 USD]
haukis raises [$96.50 USD] (ack. I don't have a read on this guy. Can I fold to a pot size bet here?)
Hero calls [$11.50 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
Hero shows [8c, 8h ]
haukis shows [Qd, Td ]
haukis wins $36.10 USD from main pot
haukis wins $81.00 USD from main pot

The very next hand...

***** Hand History for Game 2235033653 *****
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 24, 08:25:41 ET 2008
Table Harvest (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ( $0.00 USD )
Seat 2: haukis ( $117.60 USD )
Seat 3: bearsRus ( $26.90 USD )
Seat 4: spda ( $47.32 USD )
Seat 5: Le_Samourai ( $26.65 USD )
Seat 6: Fishfresh ( $71.59 USD )
haukis posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
bearsRus posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Le_Samourai posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Dealt to Hero [ Qc Kh ] (ok, ok)
spda calls [$1.00 USD]
Le_Samourai checks
Fishfresh folds
Hero raises [$4.00 USD]
haukis raises [$12.00 USD] (dammit, not again.. is he pushing his luck after the last pot?)
bearsRus folds
spda folds
Le_Samourai folds
Hero raises [$16.00 USD] (the problem with short stacking is when you are forced to call in these uncomfortable situations)
haukis calls [$7.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 5d, Js ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
Hero shows [Qc, Kh ]
haukis shows [9s, As ] (my call is valid given his cards, but it's still painful)
haukis wins $40.85 USD from main pot

And again the next hand...

***** Hand History for Game 2235034607 *****
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 24, 08:26:50 ET 2008
Table Harvest (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ( $0.00 USD )
Seat 2: haukis ( $137.95 USD )
Seat 3: bearsRus ( $25.40 USD )
Seat 4: spda ( $47.32 USD )
Seat 5: Le_Samourai ( $24.65 USD )
Seat 6: Fishfresh ( $71.59 USD )
bearsRus posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
spda posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Dealt to Hero [ Jh Qh ] (oh no another hand I feel I have to play)
Le_Samourai calls [$1.00 USD]
Fishfresh raises [$4.00 USD]
Hero calls [$4.00 USD] (flatting the raise - maybe this is a bit tilty, and only justified if I have a big stack for the implied odds)
haukis folds
bearsRus calls [$3.50 USD]
spda folds
Le_Samourai calls [$3.00 USD] (hooray, in cheap and multiway with my suited connectors)
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 7c, 7h ] (Hmm, overcards, flush draw, back door str8)
bearsRus checks
Le_Samourai bets [$5.00 USD]
Fishfresh calls [$5.00 USD]
Hero calls [$5.00 USD] (bleh, maybe I just push here but he isn't folding a pair of tens)
bearsRus folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
Le_Samourai bets [$15.00 USD] (crap, crap, crap, another dog position where I have odds to call)
Fishfresh folds
Hero calls [$11.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
Le_Samourai shows [Jd, Tc ]
Hero doesn't show [Jh, Qh ]
Le_Samourai wins $51.30 USD from main pot
Le_Samourai wins $4.00 USD from main pot

Ok, I'm not too upset about how I played those three hands. But then this happened about five hands later..

***** Hand History for Game 2235036836 *****
$100.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, October 24, 08:29:03 ET 2008
Table Harvest (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Hero ( $20.50 USD )
Seat 2: haukis ( $138.95 USD )
Seat 3: bearsRus ( $22.40 USD )
Seat 4: spda ( $46.32 USD )
Seat 5: Le_Samourai ( $54.45 USD )
Seat 6: Fishfresh ( $61.59 USD )
Hero posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
haukis posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
Dealt to Hero [ Ah 5c ]
bearsRus folds
spda folds
Le_Samourai folds
Hero calls [$0.50 USD] (idiot.. raise it or dump it..)
haukis checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, 3h, 4s ] (look ma, I have a gutshot!)
Hero bets [$2.00 USD]
haukis raises [$5.00 USD] (get the picture and fold Jimbo)
Hero calls [$3.00 USD] (crap, crap, crap)
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ] (ok, maybe my ace kicker is ok)
Hero bets [$6.00 USD] (stab... idiot)
haukis calls [$6.00 USD] (warning, warning)
** Dealing River ** [ As ] (that's a baad card, because it puts my crap kicker back in play against other aces)
Hero checks
haukis bets [$8.00 USD] (dump it, dump it, dump it)
Hero calls [$8.00 USD] (you muppet)
haukis shows [4d, 7s ]
Hero doesn't show [Ah, 5c ]
haukis wins $38.00 USD from main pot

So what do you think I did after that monumental blunder.. I walked away, right? Wrong. I thought I would exploit my "dumping lots of chips on the table" image, and bought in for a max $100. Fortunately I managed not to do myself any more damage and escaped a little later when a network outage cut off my connection :-)

All up it could have been worse, and I hope I have learned a valuable lesson about identifying tilt.