Mountaineer

I went to Mountaineer yesterday and lost $200. The day started well. I made some money when I hit a flush and then I stacked a guy when I made a higher full house. After that, my play went down hill. Two big mistakes (one medium mistake really and one huge one). The first mistake was when I had 55. There was a raise and a caller. The raise wasn't that big and I should have called to see if I could catch a set. Of course a 5 came on the flop and I would have made a full house on the river. I should have called that original bet, but that isn't too big of a mistake. The next mistake I made. I had KK and made a raise PF. I got one caller. The flop came 429. Nothing scary here, so I be the pot. I was raised and I called. I should have slowed down here, what can this guy have? The turn was a blank so I pushed all-in. He had 42 for 2 pair. I completely married my KK. I forgot small hand/small pot. After his raise. I should have slowed down. What was he going to call with that I could beat. Actually I thought he was making a play at the pot and he would fold. He wasn't.

After I got home, I reviewed my previous posts about mountaineer and I found much more insightful posts from earlier this summer. I need to go back and read Harringtons books.

My Poker improvement plan for this week is:

1. Drop down limits in PL08
2. Verbalize thought process for hand reading
3. Go back to book one of Harrington on cash