A Mixed Bag

Last night was, for sure, an up and down night. I played few hands that I won but I lost more than I won. Two hands I lost really stick out. First, I had 9-9 and called the raise to $6. the flop came with a 9 so I started the raising. One guy kept calling me down. It ended with him having K-K but rivering a straight and taking a big pot from me. Another time I had K-K and a guy flopped a set of 8's on me to beat me out of another big pot.

I played two SNG's. The first was a $22 on Powerplayer. I was going along pretty well when the blinds got to $100-$200. I was in third with about 2,200 chips. I had been roughing up the guy on my left when I had the button and I didn't figure this time to be any different. He was a somewhat weak player and I had raised all in from the button on several occaisons and he quickly folded. I picked up 10-7 of hearts and raised all in. He insta called with AA. Busted out in 5th. Good Game me.

The second SNG was a $33 on Party. I was, again, going along pretty well but the blinds on Party escalate pretty quickly. With $200-$400 blinds, I picked up 10-10. I raise all in and get called by K-Q. The flop comes K-9-Q and turn a Q. Again. Good Game me. Out in 5th again.

However, the best hand of the night came in a 3-6 game. I picked up AA in early position and raise. The guy to my left raises me and another guy in late position caps it. If I'm not mistaken, we capped the flop and turn also. The river had only one bet from each of us, but the AA held up for a $161 pot. YaHOOOOOO!!! That left me on a $26 loser on the day.

I played for about 25 minutes this morning and ended making $76. I won one hand with 9-9 when a guy with A-Q didn't hit his straight. Then I won another big hand when I picked up 6-8 of hearts in the small blind. I called the big blind but the big blind raised so four of us had to call. With $24 in the pot, the flop comes 7h-9H-KC. So now I have the straight flush draw, the flush draw and the straight draw. The flop was the 5C so I had the straight and was now opening the betting. I got a couple of callers. The 7s came on the river and that was a scare card for me, but the straight held up for a big pot.

I'm barely hanging on to $400 in the powerplayer bonus race. There are two guys who are within 400 points of me and I'm not sure I can hold them off unless they don't play very much. Sarah is very tolerant of poker, but she gets a little whinny and fussy if I play too much so I probably won't play as much this week.