LACKING DISCIPLINE
I had a belting week at the cash tables and had run my account up to 2.8K - I ordered a withdrawal for 1500$ last Friday and played a few more cash games on Friday evening. Two sick beats in two different 3/6 games(one 3-outer and a runner) all but put paid to the money beyond the withdrawal. But I was happy enough this little spell at the cash tables was more of a treat than anything else and I still had the price of a computer winging its way to my Neteller account.
When I returned from home I opened Neteller to find that the transfer had not been processed. I contacted the customer services department of my gaming account and discovered that they would require money laundering documentation from me before processing any further transactions. When I totalled the sites withdrawal time along with the length of time it would take for me to acquire and submit the requisite documents I realised it would be at least another week before I saw a single red cent of my cash in my Neteller account.
Thus the "Fuck it" philosophy came into play and I bought into a 10/20NL game with the whole 1500 hoping to crack 3k before calling it a night. If I went busto I went busto...I'd be out 200 quid(what an inane point-of-view, I really need to treat profit with as much respect as I do deposits).
Anyway as things turned out I played well but still went busto...
Ok its 10/20$ NL and we are six-handed I have about $1400 and I am in the cutoff with the 5d6s. UTG($1500...a player on tilt who has been losing all morning at a number of levels) limps. The player to his left(Stack is circa 3.5k...he isa very capable but somewhat loose player) limps also. THe action is on me and I smooth call. The button folds and the small blind pays the extra $10 and the BB dutifully checks.
Flop
[5 players-$97]
3d 2h 4d
Bingo for me! The action is checked around to me and lead for $100. The two players in the blinds both fold and UTG smooth calls. The decent player(Villain) reraises to $300. A checkraise from late position seemed very suspicious to me so I decide to belt the pot and reraise to $900 - There is something going off in the back of my head telling that I don't want a threeway allin draw to the river here...but at the same time I have the stone cold nuts at the moment....
UTG then raises allin. I'm not overly surprised or worried by this.
The villain then deliberates for a while before shoving his chips in the middle. I didnt expect this and I decide to call.UTG has the Kd7d for a flush draw and the Villain has 4s4c for top set.
Turn[3 players-$4193.46]
2c
Balls Balls Balls....... the villain has hit one of his outs to fill a house and have me drawing dead to the river.
River
[3 players-$4193.46]
6c
I apppreciate that I was a slight favourite in this spot and that its never really a bad thing to tank the nuts if you're getting action. However I'm wondering whether it would have been more prudent to have simply called Villains reraise...after all I wasnt guaranteed to keep either player in unless they had substantial racing material.... and even with the nut straight I was aware that it was quite possible that someone had flopped 2 pair or a set in that spot, especially with it being an unraised pot...I suppose at teh end of the day I did get great value on my hand, however part of me feels that a degree of caution may be warranted when you may be treading a very fine racing line...
Having said all that these issues wouldnt be of any relevance had I been sufficiently bankrolled for that level...so it brings me me back to my reasons for starting this blog.
I'll move to 50$ Stts and develop a bankroll of 2500$ at which time I will begin playing $1/2 NL and then work my way up. No more 'reward' play.

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