Loose Cannons update

I mentioned earlier that I would be playing at Jim's game at Loose Cannons last Friday night. Apologies for not updating earlier..... Well..... it didnt go the best but at least I learnt an (expensive) lesson in return - always good when it costs you over £20 if you incude travel.

So there I was in the big blind with J-4 a few hands in. The person to my right is already being a bit of a pain - commentating on every pot that he's in - (lets call him poker chav due to hoodie and cap). It gets raised to me 1x the big blind with a few people in the pot, so figure I might as well call. Anyways, flop: J,10,6, rainbrow and decide not to bet as its quite likely someone has a jack and if so they have a higher kicker. Everyone checks. Turn brings a 6. SB checks, I take quite a long time to deliberate and bet 150 into a pot of 400. Everyone folds except the button with his earphones on and stares straight at me like theres no tommorrow. Im quite glad about this as it gives me a read and I put him on nothing, though I figure he's likely to try to take me off the pot after the river. Turn comes, and I cant remember what it is - it might even be a queen. I send some more time deliberating - do I need to put a blocking bet in, will it take down the pot, will he raise me etc etc all the time looking away from him while he is staring straight at me. Anyway, suddenly he says "let me make it easier for you so we can get on with the game - this aint the world series, its a £15 buy in - I fold. I had 2,3"

Next up my stupidest play in a long time: four of us in the pot, poker chav to my right who is really being getting on my nerves with his commentating, again i'm in the BB. Ive got 4-3, and no one bets the flop - flop comes down 5 - 7 - 9 and a 7 on the turn. SB bets 150 into the pot of 600. I think for a bit and decide to raise to 500. Everyone else folds, poker chav calls. River comes down a 6 and poker chav bets 650. I figure im beat but call anyway with a low straight - we've all done it, but i'll be doing a lot less in the future. Anyway, he shows 5-8 and I loose half my chipstack. Things get worse and worse from then on. Steal a couple of blinds, but keep on bleeding chips. Just as I decide to go all in as the blinds reach me with my last 700 chips, I get moved to another table. Anyway, the table captain some smiley guy in a sharp suit and posh accent has a long rolled up cigarette sticking out his ear (I dont mean on his ear like a pencil - I mean actually in his ear, sticking out from his head at a 90 degree angle) with tobacco dropping off it. Im in 2nd position and get dealt Q-7. I push straight in and everyone folds round to the table captain which i think is strange as ive only stuck in just over 1 x BB, and the table captain announces, "I call, I've got snowmen" - which turns out to be 8-8. I don't hit, people look a bit bewildered that i came to sit down for just one hand, and Im on the next train home to Mill Hill thinking that just about sums up my night.

So what expensive lesson did I learn for my troubles? Mainly to play much tighter and not to get involved in stupid pots trying to make a play with 4-3, as especially in live play with shallow structure as its going to decimate your pot! Until the next time!