Aces Cracked Again...

8/8/08

Aces Cracked Again...

As you know today, is supposed to be a lucky day. Well, in my case,
it was not. Coming off the heels of my Wednesday win, I thought
today would be a good day to step into the poker room.

Anyway, I went out to Planet Hollywood Casino to play their $80.00
NLHE tournament at 2 pm. You get $4,500.00 in chip and the blinds
change every 20 minutes. I told myself before that I shouldn't play
those, since the blinds kind of go up too fast. I bought in and we
started to play.

To make a long story short, I called two all ins with pocket Two's
(I was short stacked at the time). We were three handed, the first
player had pocket Aces and the other player had pocket Sevens.
I was severely dominated and had to get lucky. No help for me
on the flop, turn and river. The player with pocket Aces scooped
the pot. I was done. Now off to play some cash.

I cashed in $300.00 to play some $1/2 No Limit Holdem. I played for
a couple of uneventful hours, where I was up maybe $10.00 bucks.
I then pulled up pocket Aces in the cutoff seat. I raised the bet
to $17.00. The button and small blind players folded. The big blind
player called my bet. The flop was dealt a Queen of Spades, Six of
Hearts and Nine of Spades. The big blind player bet out $10.00
bucks. I then reraised him to $30.00 dollars and he paused, then
just called. The turn card came a King of Clubs. The big blind
player bet $30.00 dollars I then raised it to $100.00 dollars.
The pot had about $222.00 dollars in it now. The big blind player
then went all in and the pot swelled to $402.00. I had about the
same amount of chips as him, so I had about $180.00 behind. I
thought he might have a Set of Queens, but that can be rare.
I called his all in and I should have listened to my gut. He
tabled a pair of Queens for a Set. Come on river, bail me out
with my donkey call! The dealer dealt out a harmless Two of
Clubs.

Sometimes I hate getting Aces, you feel committed to play them
through the river. Again,I should listen to my gut sometimes, I can
save some money. Easy come, easy go. I retract that, I wouldn't
mind getting pocket Aces all the time - they are soooo pretty...

Fuck 8/8/08, lol...