Off Week Poker, Miscellaneous News...

Welcome back everybody! I got a couple of topics to discuss so let's not waste anymore time on pleasantries.

Off week poker was last night and it was simply suck-tastic. Needless to say, I didn't fare well last night. The first tournament started off pretty well. I won a couple small pots, stole some blinds, you know the usual for me. Then the good cards stopped coming. I kept on getting ace-rag under the gun and I couldn't play it. At least not at the table I was at. To my left I had Jim Sr., Ryan, a new guy named Tom who played well, Paul M., Henry, Niki, Jack and finally Greg. It wasn't a tough table, it was just a loose-aggressive table. The one big pot I lost some chips in was against Niki. I had As - Qd and was three positions away from the blind. Niki raises under the gun, I put her on Jacks. Two folds then it was my action, and raised her initial raise of $120 to $300. Jim Sr. immediately calls me and the table folded to Niki as she called the $180 on top as I expected she would. The flop comes up Ks - 10d - 9s. I had a gut-shot straight draw, needing a jack for Broadway. She bet $300 and this is where I made the mistake. I tried to portray that I Big Slick and made top pair with a straight draw, so I raised her to $600. Jim Sr. folded, I'm guessing he had an ace but he probably could've had anything. She went all in and I'm thinking to myself, "that's a pretty ballsy bet with that board if she had pocket jacks". I decided that she didn't have jacks, she must've had queens or better to make that bet. I laid the hand down losing about $1000 and it turned out she had pocket kings and flopped a set. That started my downward spiral which culminated in me getting busted in ugly fashion by Bob P. I had Kc - 8s in the big blind. It was called to me so I checked it down. The flop came up 8c - 6c - 5c. I had about $1700 left and went all in with top pair and was called immediately by Bob P. I thought Bob hit the flush, instead he hit the straight. I figured I still could make a flush but no other clubs came up to help me and I was out.

The cash game on the side table was more of the same nonsense. Suckouts galore and loose play all around, myself included. I lost about $20 on that table. I will not mention this table further as I am still steaming over a few hands with a certain individual whom shall reamain nameless.

We decided at the end of the first tournament to do another smaller tournament. $10 buy in, $1000 in chips, and 10 minute blinds. It started out nice, but very aggressive and very competetive. I ended up finishing sixth in that tournament and had no money to show for the night. It sucked because originally I had planned on not going because I was getting burnt out. I've played poker for nearly four months nonstop. The plan is for me to play this week at Kurt's and then take the next week off from tournament play. I like the off week poker set up, but after last night, I really need some time off. I'll post my Top 5 on Thursday as usual. I may post again before that, I'm not sure. Until then, have a nice weekend!

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