Third Place...

I made proper use of the $30+3 ticket I won on Monday night by finishing third in a $30+3 tournament good for $60. I finished third in spite of never getting above 2,000 in chips. It was quite odd as person after person who was ahead of me got knocked out. The hand that got me into third came down like this and a I wasn't even involved. A guy with about 2,600 goes all in with 3-3. He gets called by the big stack with AK. The flop comes down 5-8-J. The turn is an 8 and the river is a 5. GG to the 3-3 and hello to third place for me. I was pretty stoked as that moved the BR above $2,200.

Then this morning, I managed to donk off $22 playing .25 NL. The hand that cost me the cash went down like this. I picked up AK in late position. I raised it to $2. I get one caller, the small blind, and we take a flop of K-Q-3. I bet $2 and get called. the turn is an 8. I bet $5 and get called. The river is a Q, which I should've stayed away from, but I bet $12 and get insta called by Q-10. I did not play it well. When I get out in front of people I try to make them pay to catch me, but I didn't make this guy pay enough and he chose to stay in the hand. But when the last Q hit the river, I should've checked. It was a bad play on my part.

I still have a $7+1 ticket that I will be using tonight. Wish me luck.