5/26/06

I hosted a poker party for a friend and after the initial tournament, I decided to play as well. Nothing going at all, just that one hand, which I think was more of an abberation than the norm. It went down like this, I pick up 63o and I raise it 3xBB when the levels were still 100/200, a guy goes all-in and, like the adventurer that I was, I called with my 3,200. He turns over pocket 8's and I am in a world of hurt. I have never gotten past an overpair yet. I was kinda upbeat when the flop wasQ-4-2, but an inside straight draw would be harder for this type of situation. But wouldn't you know it, a 5 hit the turn AND the river.

I was like, SHIT. You see, I had a big tournament the next day, and I just spent my best scenario EVER with BBS hands in a game that didn't really count. ARGH . .
BBS served

Analysis - I was really dominated pre-flop 85/15, that is tough to come back from any way you cut it. After the flop I was still in that dark deep hole 81/19, albeit a little less deep than I was pre-flop. But with the turn, I was out of that well and was doing my dance of Joy.

Well I ended out of the money in both tournaments that I played with those guys, who were ALL calling stations, no way to out-play those types of players but hey, you live you learn.

Game summary - (1000)
Running Total - 17,560