Result, NOT !

Travelled into London to play at the club. I didn't set off till about 9pm and the journey was going OK until I came upon the Highbury area just after 10pm. As far as I could tell, a Brazil vs Sweden friendly at the Emirates stadium had just finished and it was chaos. That delayed me by about 30 mins but, in fact, the Omaha game hadn't started anyway when I arrived at 10:30 or so.

I was really hoping for a good result. Perhaps just feeling the need for a result was in itself a bad mental state to be in. Certainly I wasn't playing my favourite free-wheeling aggressive style. It worked out in the end to be a pretty expensive session but I did not feel I played particularly badly.

I didn't feel I was outrageously unlucky either, but it's true that I lost several big pots that were quite even in odds. On another night, perhaps I may have won those and gone on to greater things.

I had bought in for a total of £500 and pulled up another £500 when that was exhausted. I had played the first £500 in smaller pieces but I decided to play the second £500 as a single buy-in. Mentally I was looking to get a double up, and it was that attitude which cost me on the last hand I played. It was definitely a hand I played in a gambling style.

I had AdKdTs7h and just called the £2 blind pre-flop. the flop was Qd9h8d putting a straight on board if anyone started with JT. I had the nut flush draw, two overcards and a up&down straight draw as well as backdoor high-end straights. I had plenty of that flop I felt.

I checked, looking to check-raise. A loose player on my left bet most of the pot, called in one spot, and now I re-raised the pot, called by the loose player. I think a straight is a real possibility but so is a set and in fact with this player certain weaker holdings as well.

Unfortunately, the turn was a blank. I checked, and now he bet the pot. It seems pretty likely he has the straight, but with a draw to the nuts and the prospect of doubling up, I decide to stick it all in now. He calls and has the straight with no back-up. The river was an Ace, so no flush and no split.

I reluctantly stuck to my 2-buy in rule, and called it a night.

I suspect I will lay off the Omaha for a while. My Omaha game is weaker than my Hold'em and it's also probably the case that the Omaha game is tougher as well.

In fact, last night there was a juicy £2/5 NLH game at the club that I probably should have played instead.