The Bodog Sojourn

Last we visited, the Bodog bankroll was at $43. Well, as we visit today, the Bodog bankroll is at $42 after a wild rollercoaster swing yesterday. I started out playing .25 NL and not once, but twice, I flopped a straight and got rivered by a full house. Twice I tell you. It wasn't pretty, but I managed to not go broke either time. The first hand went down like this:

I pick up 7-8 in the big blind and it's checked around to me. I check and the flop comes 5-6-9. I'm pretty excited cause I think I can make some money out of this. I check and the next guy bets $2. I'm thinking he must have trips or a high pair so I just call. The turn is a 9 and the guy fires out $5. I raise him his last $10 and he calls. He flips over K-9 and wouldn't you know it, a 5 hits the river. He rakes a huge pot which should've been mine. I'm pretty sure he wasn't gonna lay down the hand regardless so I really couldn't win.

A few hands later I pick up AA and some guy afte me goes all in for about $12 which is about what I had. I did my obligitory chat box type of "You may suck out on me, but I have to call" and then made the call. He flipped over KK and the AA held up so I was about where I started.

Then a few hands later, I flopped anther straight while holding Q-J in the small blind. The flop was k-10-9. I raised it a hefty bit and got called by a guy holding 10-9 for his last $8. There was a 9 on the river and he raked another pot that should've been mine.

Then I played two $11 SNG's. I busted out 5th in the first one and finished second in the other one for $30 or a $19 profit. When you do the math on all that, it left me with $42. It certainly could've been worse.

I really want to qualify for the Bodog $100,000 tournament they run on Sundays, but the SNG's are 5-handed and cost $24 to enter so I need to build my bankroll a little before I try one of those.