I'm better, but also worse.

OK, I've been bitching about my losing streak....yada, yada, yada.

Well, it turns out a lot of it was me. Imagine that.

I've been overplaying hands and getting committed to pots I shouldn't even be in. My boys over at P1MP looked at some of my hand histories and I'm doing much better. Pulled down a couple of 2nd's in $20 SnGs and a couple of decent sittings at the cash games. I think I'm on the right track, which is important since I'm playing the biggest buy-in of my young poker life. I'm playing the $300+40 NLHE event at the WSOP Circuit as Caesar's Indiana on Thursday. I can't wait. Going to play some MTT's this week to get my mind right.

Which leads into the ugly part of this entry

FUCK, FUCKKITY, FUCK, FUCK, FUCK.

I like the $30 NLHE at UB at 10PM. It's not a ridiculous field and solid play is usually rewarded. Well, I feel like this is a tournament I can and will take down at some point so I made a run tonight. Early on it wasn't pretty caught dead rags for a solid hour and yet somehow managed to pick up a few chips with some "creative" play. I had a sick beat at 50/100 where my pocket 10's got sucked out on by two sevens on a 3 4 9 5 6 board. I doubled back to where I was when the same pocket 10's held up against AK. I got a huge break when I made a move with AQ, only to get called by AK and hit a Q on the turn. 20 hands later I caught another break when I softplayed AA with a min raise PF, BB called. Flop was 4 Q K. Check, I bet out 2/3 of the pot and got a call. The turn was a 10 and BB put me all in. I had him on JJ and called. Wrong. He had Q 10, K hit the river and my two pair beat his two pair.

Well, that put near the top of the heap. Around 12K in chips and top 10. Even with the suckouts, I liked my play for the most part and then BANG.....payback is a bitch. I'm just going to post the hand history and let it speak for itself. The sad thing is....I saw the bitch coming.

Hand #9029478-145 at Sat10pmA-009 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
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Started at 15/Oct/05 23:58:00

top2pear is at seat 0 with 12295.
Mackerel1 is at seat 1 with 11625.
boyet66 is at seat 2 with 3015.
1stDominator is at seat 3 with 7400.
ThePlowKing is at seat 4 with 6525.
Chef Henri is at seat 5 with 5715.
bikergirl25 is at seat 7 with 2245.
gabih is at seat 8 with 9625.
sanmark is at seat 9 with 3445.
The button is at seat 8.

top2pear posts ante (25).
Mackerel1 posts ante (25).
boyet66 posts ante (25).
1stDominator posts ante (25).
ThePlowKing posts ante (25).
Chef Henri posts ante (25).
bikergirl25 posts ante (25).
gabih posts ante (25).
sanmark posts ante (25).
top2pear posts the small blind of 150.
Mackerel1 posts the big blind of 300.

top2pear: Kd Kh
Mackerel1: -- --
boyet66: -- --
1stDominator: -- --
ThePlowKing: -- --
Chef Henri: -- --
bikergirl25: -- --
gabih: -- --
sanmark: -- --

Pre-flop:

boyet66 folds. 1stDominator calls. ThePlowKing
folds. Chef Henri calls. bikergirl25 folds. gabih
folds. sanmark calls. top2pear raises to 1400.
Mackerel1 goes all-in for 11600. 1stDominator folds.
Chef Henri folds. sanmark folds. top2pear calls.


Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

top2pear shows Kd Kh.
Mackerel1 shows As Ks.


Flop (board: 6d Kc Js):

(no action in this round)


Turn (board: 6d Kc Js Td):

(no action in this round)


River (board: 6d Kc Js Td Qd):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

top2pear has Kd Kh Kc Js Qd: three kings.
Mackerel1 has As Ks Js Td Qd: straight, ace high.


Hand #9029478-145 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
Mackerel1 wins 24325 with straight, ace high.
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I would have been 2nd or 3rd if I pull this down. Instead, I'm all but out the door. I love poker, but shit like this sucks. I'm confident I can take this bitch down, but damn, beats like this hurt.