My day has been pretty annoying. Poker-wise, anyway. Atlantis rules
The tourney started at noon, and bdawg has hovered around the starting 10k mark all day. He was down to 7200ish at one point and up in the 11 or 12k range too. That;s more than a lot of people can say. The last time I walked past Daniel Negreanu, he was pushing in for his remaining 1500 chips (the blinds are 300-600 now).
Anyway, I decided to play in a some cash games. I wanted 2/4 NL, but the 5/10 opened up first, so I figured, why not? I bought in for $600, and promptly lost in with KK. I reloaded for another $600 and promptly lost it, ALSO with KK (not 5 minutes later). I bought in for $600 more, and guess what? This time it was with QQ, at least. All three hands had me pushing in with an overpair, and not once did I actually have the best hand when the money went in. You've gotta love that. Am I a donkey? Am I unlucky? Maybe a bit of both, if you ask me.
Hand #1: 2 callers in front of me, so I bump it to $60, figuring that will be enough. SEVEN people take the flop of T97. Not a bad flop for my hand, but pretty scary. It checks to the player to my right who bets $300 of the $500 or so he has left in front of him. I put him on a draw, but think I have the best hand, so I push in for my remaining $485, hoping to take him heads up with me having the lead. What I wasn't expecting was one of the EP checkers to call as well. He turned over T7 and the better turned over 88. A 6 came on the turn and the 88 tripled up. This guy (the 88) is a very solid player, btw, and I wasn't surprised to see a MOUNTAIN of hips sitting in front of him when I walked by a bit ago.
Hand #2: This time I have the KK in the BB. One limper and the SB completes. We had been joking about how you needed to make a big raise to get anyone to fold, so I jacked it up $50 more. The limper called and the SB folded. Hey - at least I got it down to HU. The flop comes 789 - same deal as before, pretty much. I bet $100 and he min raises me to $200. Sure, he could have JT, but I think MHIG, so I call. I even check the blank turn to him (I'll give him his free card) and he bets again. This time I check raise all in, and he calls an turns over T6. Yes, that's right - T6. I have to admit, I didn't see that coming.
Hand #3. That same donk limps and the donk to his left raises to $30 (he raised a LOT with junk), so I reraised to $90 with my QQ. One other players called and Donk #2 (the raiser) called as well, after MUCH thought - I knew he had his usual junk. The flop comes 889. I say "that's a good flop for my hand" and they check to me. I bet $300 of the $305 I have left in front of me, saying I wanted to save $5 so I could fold in case I got check raised. The caller folds and Donk #2 calls. He turns over J8. W... T..... F....???
So long $1800.
I know I could have gotten off those or played them differently - more OR less aggressively preflop - whatever.... but for God's sake... I have to think KK vs T7/88, T6, and QQ vs. J8 are good matchups for me. Must I get outflopped on ALL OF THEM? *sigh*
Signing up for today's $30 tourney was a mess (I can explain later), but it starts in a few minutes, and I THINK I'm going to get it, so I need to bolt. Here's hoping my luck changes a bit, ASAP... but I'm not holding my breath.
P.S. My connection (from the room) sucks ass... hopefully this will go through.