Sucky Sunday

Got up Sunday not really sure what I would do. Figured I would play a few SNGs early then figure out what was for lunch.
Well the play early was bad. Course what do you expect at the .50 and 1.00 level on UB. LOL I Don't even remember if they were multi-table SNGs or just single table. I just know they chased me for any draw they needed. I would raise preflop out of the bb with AA and flop an A. Bet the pot on the flop... praying someone had the last ace. Instead I get called by someone playing a 35o in mp who called my raise and flopped a gut shot. Course came like a scheduled Japanese bullet train right on the turn. Fortunately did not lose all my chips but I didn't last much longer after that. I think I played one more and ended up like 5th. I should have stopped because I know I caught myself playing like they do..... chasing my draws big time. And playing weak hands for small raises trying to get lucky flops. Just doesn't work for me.... well not all that often.
I think I called a couple of friends to see if they wanted to grab a bite to eat.... no takers. LOL no surprise. Found some left over Chinese food from Friday and nuked it. Decided to try my hand at a $4/180 SNG on PS. Went fairly deep but donked off my chips on a hand where I knew I was beat but kept praying to hit after the flop..... out in 36th. Not that deep but close for me. Played a few freerolls on FT (my new freeroll pond) but nothing major. A few ftbs but no advances. And of course not ftbs in the money freerolls, only the round 1 freerolls. Played a couple of other $1 and $2 SNGs on UB..... no luck. I think I only cashed in one money SNG all day! Even for me that is bad. Was frustrating. I should have known to stop. Figured I would try one more $4/180 on PS. Mistake. I think I went out 150th. I call a nuisance raise/pot builder (min) raise from ep player with one other caller in front of me. I was button -2. Had 77. Flop is 278, rainbow. Original raiser bets out min. Caller raises min. I just smooth call. Now gets interesting. Original raiser raises about 50% of pot. Ok... he has a big pair, AA, KK or QQ. Next player reraises again. Not sure where to put him but I put him on some kinda draw. At this point I reraise all in as the pot is significant and I want at least one of them to drop. Original raiser calls ai. Now the midplayer insta calls and has us both covered by like 110. EP has KK, mp has 109 for oesd. Wow.... called two AIs instantly with oesd. I guess. Would never work out for me but he hits it instantly and no filler for me. GG off ; to more cussing at the screen. LOL

Only thing lately that has gone right for me in poker was a small 22 man tourney I played in at a friend's house. This is a weekly game that has some very very good players in it. Many aggressive players with great post flop games also. I have never cashed in this game. One of the few live tournies (not at casinos) that I have played in more than a few times where I never cashed. I normally make it to the point where the antes start and just practically blind off. It is a $40 game. It goes late and even when I get knocked out it is usually around 11:30 so I don't play in it often because it is another half hour to get home. I was off Friday so I decided to RSVP for it.

I should also preface this by saying that I was first out on Tuesday in the $20 / 120 man donkey tourney I play in weekly!!! First out... not sure I have ever done that before. LOL Not there anyways. LOL Didn't want to be there and knew I shouldn't have gone. He had AA in bb and I had AK behind button. I raise, he reraised, I smooth called, flop came top K, he bet, I called... turn a blank, he shoved I called and asked AA or KK, he turns up the AA. I knew I was beat but didn't care. Bad play on my part and I knew it the minute he bet the flop.

Anyways, onto the Thursday night tourney......Early couldn't get a hand to hold up. Only hand I actually hit, was AJ with A on flop.... player bet so just smooth called. Two diamonds on flop of A68. Two callers behind me. Turn is a 7 non diamond. SB who bet flop now checks so I bet out 1k to find out where I am. Both callers call me as does SB. River is a 4. Check, check check and check. SB has pocket 7s!! bet the flop and got lucky and hit. I should have known better. Player behind me had two diamonds, J high and last player had weak A. I guess I could have won this with a reraise on the flop, sevens might have laid down. Oh well, one of the big weaknesses in my game. After that maybe two small pp, dead on flop... easy to let go. Played till we consolidated tables then went on a little tear with about 4 out of 5 hands and accumulated some chips. Then went card dead for awhile again. Losing chips with a few calls and the blinds. Down to about 7 or 6 players (top 3 paid). Get AJ in ep and raise ai because of the stacks and blinds. SS calls with KQ. Course K on flop. I start whining to another player with whom I had had a discussion with earlier in the night about KQ. I pissed off the player that called me. I really have to learn to shut my mouth and just take it. I wouldn't have said a word if he had lost. He was a good player but I had seen a couple of other weak plays from him and I was surprised he called. He did only have about 5x bb (with 4 more hands before bb) but it was for 65-75% of my stack and I was steamed. I apologized later of course. I end up getting down to ss and lost my bb. I was down to $600 in sb. Blinds were 800/1600 with 300 ante!!!!! We were 5 handed I believe. I ended up winning the whole thing!!!!!! Unfortunately it wasn't my skills that got me there. LOL The deck slapped me in the face - ala Jamie Gold without that talking shit and thinking I was playing good. But I was happy to take it down just before Christmas. Need it for my daughter's gifts. :)