Monday, April 24, 2006

Rant rant

Saturday: -$123.03
The day started off well and I was up over $300 very quickly. My luck soon changed though and I lost all six of my next SNGs (3 $109s and 3 $55s). My disappointing 11th place finish in the $8k guaranteed tourney could not reverse my results for the day either, although I came close to big money before being shot down.

Sunday: -$12

After cashing in a couple $109 and $215 SNGs I found myself up $500 right off the bat. A non poker player will say: "You should have quit while you're ahead!" Haha. Easier said than done.

On came the Bodog $100k Guaranteed tournament ($109 buy-in) at 22:00 and about 30 mins into it I was forced to make a big laydown with KK on a 3-flush board. I have a feeling that I made the right play, but that crippled my stack tremendously. When the blinds were at 50/100 I had a 1500 stack and was dealt KK in MP. There was one early raiser and I immediately pushed, only to find myself up against AK. It's not only you, selecti, it happens to me, too. The ace on the flop stares me right into my eyes and says "Game over."

Right around that time the Pokerstars Million Guaranteed ($215 buy-in) started up and in one of the first rounds I managed to double up when my AA met someone's KK. It's so painful when that happens. My good stack did not last very long, though. I got involved in a hand where I held 44 and the flop came 235. My opponent made a small bet which I called. Turn came ace. B-I-N-G-O. Time to get the chips in the middle. He bets big, I shove, he calls, I show my straight, he shows his 33 for a set. The poker Gods river him a boat and I now have a mini-stack. It didn't take me long to get all-in shortly thereafter with AK against TT and QQ, which I lost. Boooo.

My hopes are also rapidly fading as far as winning the Celeb League. Today was the Double Points tourney, which is by far the most important one of the week. Here's how I lost my chips to reevioi after being all in preflop. No damn wonder he is at the top of the leaderboard:
As if I hadn't had enough, I played two SNGs to end the night. One was a $215 SNG and the other was a $109 SNG. I played the $109 horribly but managed to last almost an hour before my stupidity got the best of me. In the $215 SNG, however, it was my opponent's stupidity which got the best of me. I guess A5s is a premium now, I guess I missed the news flash. Because when I shove in 2000 worth of chips with 99, I just don't see how he was able to move his mouse and click the 'Call' button with A5s. Guess it was a good call, though, because he was rewarded with a 234 board. Enough ranting. Tomorrow brings a new day.

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