Delayed post and frustration

It’s been a while since I’ve written and the reason is two-fold.  I’ve been in Vegas for my friend Ken's bachelor party.  That was a lot of fun seeing everyone but lesson learned, no more house/casino games for me.  All in all I would have paid for the whole trip w/ poker/video poker but broke even/lost a bit due to blackjack and craps.  Craps is not out of the question for the future but I will stay away from all other games.  While there I was in a cash game w/ a guy who was dumping money left and right 2-3 seats to the left of me.  Everyone was picking up pots against him and he just kept going back to the wallet.  Then, he raises to 20 blind on our 1-2 table.  I look at QQ from sb… so I make it 60 and tell him, you have to check the cards now bud…. He does and makes the call.  Flop comes K37r.  He shoves all in which he had been doing all day when he horribly missed.  I thought and thought about it and said, “figures you’d hit your 3 outter vs me” before making the call and flipping up my QQ to see his K3 sitting there.  Funny thing is that when he made the move he really thought he was behind.  I got that back and lifted about 700 more from other people at the table over the next hour and half but sick sick sick.  Nicest guy, just not a very good card player.  That mixed w/ a good amount of money moving around made it a fun game.


Once I got home I played a couple of nice sized events and qualified for a couple.  I got absolutely destroyed in all of them though, same ol same ol.  Now on to today and the two hands that will likely lead to me ending poker altogether (when combined with a full month of this exact same stuff).  First game is a 75$ buyin.  As usual I thought that by stepping up in by buyins the horrible palyers would be gone…not the case…exactly opposite it seems.  The hand that takes me out goes something like this.  I have KK and get all-in preflop.  The flop comes AKJ.  He has A9 sooooted.  Turn is a J and I’m thinking still good but this seems oddly familiar.  You know why it’s familiar?  Because now he has 2 outs to take this pot and vs me, that’s all you need…A on the river and I’m out, I say gg, and of course, wp because lets face it, this kind of play should be profitable when my karma debt is all paid up from a past life (apparently I was Hitler).  So, pretty bad hand right.  Lets move to the next tournament.  I mentally saved this one for everyone’s pleasure.  Now to set the table.  It’s mid/late in tourney, almost bubble time and me and the guy to my left have about 30 some odd BBs when I’m dealt QQ.  I raise and get reraised.  Playing him based on what I've seen from him I just call as to not get into a race because I know I can get him to ship it light later in the hand.  Flop is AQ8 rainbow.  I raise him only to see him snapshove over that.  Oh yes, I have the second best possible hand…and he has the best, turning over Aces.  Seriously?  If a Q doesn’t come I have the discipline to get away here and am likely the only player at the table with it but nooooo the ol cooler flop.  I say ‘wow’ ‘standard’.  And someone at the table says, "standard, no, that was a cooler".  My only response is, maybe for you.  For me, it’s standard, and it really has been lately.  Hence the reason that I’m thinking of hanging this poker thing up for a bit and coming back strong after buying a new house and saving up a new roll.  So, a reevaluation after I get some other things in order.


As always,  Good luck in everything that you attempt.