Attachment

I am currently reading a great book on Buddhism, Buddha I believe spoke of the four noble truths. Incorporated in one of the truths was attachment and how it isn't our wants and desires that trouble our minds but rather our attachment to them. In a way this is quite similar to the goal setting post I wrote previously. Basically my revelation is that since I stopped checking my results I have somewhat lost an attachment to them which in turn has lead to little to no emotion when at the tables. I intend to stick to my every 10k hand strategy while continually studying and improving my game through analysis minus dwelling on whether or not I am a short term winner. The 2nd key to this plan having success will be a solid BR plan. Playing with 100+ BI's making checking results completely unnecessary granted I want to get back to 200NL asap for financial reasons but I may need to remain at 100NL for a brief stint for the same reason. 

This is a hand which I posted on Leggo and feel like aftert some thought and analysis I can clearly fold. Lets take a closer look.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

Hero (UTG)		($230.60)
CO		($99.90)
BTN		($150.70)
SB		($107.55)
BB		($43.15)

Pre-flop: ($1.50, 5 players) Hero is UTG

Hero raises to $3, CO calls $3, 3 folds

Preflop is definately debatable and in retrospect is a fold. My main focus as of late hass been targeting fish when they are in the blinds but due to table dynamics this is a fold.

Flop: ($7.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $4, CO calls $4

Villain had been calling me a fair amount preflop IP and not folding to cbets. I have been trying to cbet smaller in general and this is a great spot to bet close to 1/2 pot. His range at this point is Qx, Jx, KT, T9,AT and 22-TT plus just random floats.

Turn: ($15.50, 2 players)
Hero bets $12, CO raises to $38, $26 to Hero ($211.60)?

Though I had c/f two+ turns to villain I think this is an easy VB when I can excpect a large portion of his range to continue. The true problem is when he makes the raise. His range is grossly narrowed along with mine. In his eyes I can have QQ,JJ,QJ,KJ,T9,AT,KQ and a random bluff thus when he raises I am doubtful it is for anything but value. The fact that my range is so strong when I DB this board makes his raising range that much stronger. The simple fact is if he raises my DB I am a dead duck because I doubt he ever does this with naked trips. Even when I give him all AJ combos and one KQ our equity is not nice.

Text results appended to pokerstove.txt

   1,452  games     0.032 secs    45,375  games/sec

Board: Jc Jd Qh Ks

Dead:  

equity win tie      pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 20.937%   19.70% 01.24%           286       18.00   { Ts9h }

Hand 1: 79.063%   77.82% 01.24%          1130       18.00   { AJs-ATs, KcQc, KJs, QJs, AJo-ATo, KJo, QJo }

The funny thing is villain actually raised AT and tank called vs my shove which goes a long way towards telling you just how scary this board is. At the time I went level 0, I has straight AI. When I go through this hand looking at not only villains range but my percieved range and how they merge together the turn is a fold. I would love to take credit for going CTS and actually turning T9 into a bluff but that wasnt the case, this time.