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[QUOTE="CuttleFish, post: 1825631, member: 84262"]
Hi All,
 
Had to post this.  Last night I had a poker epiphany!
 
It was late in the game, second from last hand of the night.  2/3 NLHE local live cash game.  5-handed.
 
I played this one hand so badly that I think I made every mistake in the book.
 
Starting stacks
Button - $ 180
SB - $ 110
BB - $ 140
Hero - $ 270
Villain - $ 340
 
SB posts $2
BB posts $3
Hero looks at J 7o and thinks, oh well, its only $3, why not.  Posts $ 3
Villain- Raises to $13
Button calls
SB calls
BB calls
Hero thinks, oh well, Im valued in now, why not and calls.
 
Flop J J 4 rainbow.
 
SB checks
BB checks
Hero thinks, great, ive hit big, i'll slowplay this one....and checks.
Villain raises to $20
Fold, fold fold
Hero calls $20
 
Now $105 in pot.
 
Turn card a 2.  A nothing card.
 
Hero continues his brilliant slow play move and checks.
Villain goes all in.
Hero calls.
River card 10
Hero has JJJ 10 7
Villain hs JJJ 10 A
 
Villain takes down the pot.
 
On the way home, everything I have learned and read about poker came flooding back.
 
Bad starting hand selection.
No positional awareness.
No awareness of others ranges.
No proper bet-sizing.
No plan for the hand.
Slow playing.
Etc etc etc.
 
All of a sudden everything made sense!  I had no one to blame but myself for that situation.  I lost the lot and deserved to lose every cent.
 
I had always thought the main reason for not playing less than average starting hands out of position was that it was a way to waste your chips of you didnt hit.  I now realise it can be even worse when you do hit!  
 
This was without doubt the best $270 I have ever spent.
 
One hand and I know a lot of things have now clicked.
 
I'm a happy man  :)
 
Cuttle Fish.
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