sorry no reads

5/10 heads up

I get 9 ,6 on the button.
I raise, BB calls.

flop ist K ,5 ,7 (2sb)
BB bets, I raise, SB calls.

turn is the 7 (3BB)
BB checks, I bet, BB calls.

river is the 3 (5BB)
BB checks, I bet...

LOL! WOW! yeah, that's exactly how I tilt too.

It's like you are trying to yell to the villain "FOLD!! PLEASE!!" But after the flop you should really just be telling yourself to just check/fold.

Not that bad.

You never win it by checking on the end.

The rest of it is pretty creative though.

Win it?

He calls and 9 high is good?

ugh.

i got to beat it in my head sometimes.

You didnt play it that bad. You want to contantly be aggressive heads up, especially with any draw.

OP:

Do you ever find yourself trying to be to cute, and too thoughtful in your play instead of just sticking to the basics?

I have found that over the past few weeks I have been in a downswing I just couldn't get over. I went back over a lot of hands where I had lost money. I found there were a lot of hands where I tried to get too fancy with and ended up losing a good deal of cash on. I think if I had just played the hand straight up I would have saved a lot of cash.

Anyways, I got back to just playing straight up poker this afternoon, and have hit a nice 60bb upswing. Figures that when I try and think and play crafty I lose, and when I play "Idiots Guide to Poker" I am doing well.

Gary Carson has a good name for this: Fancy Play Syndrome. he thinks, for example, that people check too often hoping for the check-raise and end up losing money.

I think Mike Caro originated that term. I think Carson did what he often does -- he 'borrowed' it.

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gary carson was a fag