Spinning Wheels

Well I managed to play some last night and ended up playing for 2 hours and finished about where I started. So other than a couple of FPP I just spun my wheels. I started off with a table of .25/.50 limit Badugi and set a personal record for losing a buy-in..LOL.. Wow was it ugly. I missed every single draw..and I do mean EVERY SINGLE draw. I had several A-2-3-X, A-3-4-X starting hands that I never improved on. The only Badugi I actually had was a dealt crappy Jack high and it wasn’t good enough to win by the end. So that put me down $10 in about 30 minutes so I opened up a $3.40 9 seat SNG for a change. Did o.k. and we were down to 6 and I had 2,200 chips and one of the shorter stacks pushed in early position. I re-raised w/ A-K “trying to isolate” him since he had pushed several hands in a row I figured I was ahead. Big Blind called w/ A-A and killed me deader than a dinosaur. P.S. I was ahead of the shorter stack as he had K-Q so at least my read was correct. I then opened up two $5.20 DON tables and also signed up for a $2.20 Pot limit Badugi tourney and the $2.20 NLH $1500 guaranteed 6-hand tourney that was about to start. Well 2nd hand of the Badugi I get a Jack high starting hand and Pot it. Some yahoo re-pots it back to me. I was worried I was already behind so I just called to see if he stood pat or drew on the first draw. If he drew I was going all in and if he stood pat I was folding to a raise. Well he drew 1 card so I pushed and he called. He also drew and 2nd and 3rd draw and finally showed a Jack high Badugi with a better kicker. Well crapola doesn’t that suck. The way I was running last night though I wasn’t surprised. Funny thing was that I was not tilting at all over this. The $1500 guaranteed was my 1st 6 handed tourney. That was different! We had one sitting out so it was really only playing 5 handed and we started with double stacks and had 15 minute blinds so it gives you a ton of room to work. I slowly chipped up to over 5,000 chips with just small pots and then lost it all in one hand. I raised pre-flop w/ A-9 and had 1 caller. Flop was A-9-3 W/ 2 hearts and I don’t have any hearts. The other guy raises a decent amount and I pushed all–in with my 2 pair hoping he had a crappy Ace. Well he had a crappy A-6, but it was suited hearts and he got his heart on the river. He had me out chipped so I was out. Sheesh…0 for 4 tonight!!! But I still wasn’t tilting for some reason..not sure why. By this time my two DON’s were winding down. I had a decent stack in one and wasn’t worried about that one, but I was one of the short stacks in the other with 7 left with 900 chips. Blinds were up to 125-250 and both of the other small stacks pushed and the big stack called and took them both out. Just after that the other table finishes so at least I have a few positive results for the evening. I signed up for two more $5.20 DON’s right away. I doubled up in one of them pretty quick and was on easy street the rest of that one. The 2nd one I just stayed around 1,500 chips until we were down to 7. I doubled up then and was looking at another easy finish since we had 2 other stacks under 600 chips and the blinds were at 125-250. Then came a hand that pissed me off! I am in the big blind and pick up 6-6. Yahoo in early position calls and one of the small stacks pushes all in. I went ahead and called as did the Yahoo. Flop comes K-10-6 all spades so I get my set. I am hoping to check it down and hope the short stack doesn’t have spades. The dang Yahoo in early position raises 750! I’m like WTF you idiot!! I figured he had his flush so I go ahead and fold. He flips up K-Q with no spades!! And the short stack has A-Q with ace spades. The turn brings the 2-spades and the river is 10-hearts. I would have made a full house but instead the short stack gets his flush and triples up to almost 1,700 chips! Freaking donkeys!!! I know I am glad they are playing otherwise I wouldn’t be winning but dang they really piss you off sometimes. Well guess what??? The donkey didn’t cash because of his dumb play. About 3 hands later the other short stack pushes and he calls and the big stack puts him all in. The big stack had A-A and takes them both out. So after starting 0-4 in my other tables I end up going 4-0 in my DON’s. I actually finish up $2.00 for the night but had to sign off at that point.
C-ya at the tables
Dave

Starting BR: $240
Ending BR: $242