sigh...

well, this is how it goes sometimes. I played seom cash yesterday. was down 150 in the first 20 min. 25 min later I was up 300. an hour later I was down 180. 45 mnin after that I stopped, down $1.50.

also, i played in a tournament yesterday that I just have to show you the hand I went out on. we're down to about 60 players when this happens. How does anyone make that call?

Full Tilt Poker Game #1320118822: (8947092), Table 7 - 60/120 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 18:10:23 ET - 2006/11/28
Seat 1: bamarooster (6,875)
Seat 2: aml13 (4,823)
Seat 3: redmanjew (2,550)
Seat 4: mmartin1722 (5,922)
Seat 5: fish4lunch (7,771)
Seat 6: ch90cmu (7,891)
aml13 posts the small blind of 60
redmanjew posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redmanjew [Qd 7h]
mmartin1722 raises to 240
fish4lunch calls 240
ch90cmu folds
bamarooster folds
aml13 folds
redmanjew calls 120
*** FLOP *** [3d Js Qs]
redmanjew checks
mmartin1722 bets 390
fish4lunch calls 390
redmanjew raises to 2,310, and is all in
mmartin1722 folds
fish4lunch calls 1,920
redmanjew shows [Qd 7h]
fish4lunch shows [Ad Tc]
*** TURN *** [3d Js Qs] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [3d Js Qs Kh] [7d]
redmanjew shows two pair, Queens and Sevens
fish4lunch shows a straight, Ace high
fish4lunch wins the pot (5,790) with a straight, Ace high
redmanjew stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,790 | Rake 0
Board: [3d Js Qs Kh 7d]
Seat 1: bamarooster (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: aml13 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: redmanjew (big blind) showed [Qd 7h] and lost with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 4: mmartin1722 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: fish4lunch showed [Ad Tc] and won (5,790) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 6: ch90cmu didn't bet (folded)


Here's another fun one, that just happened to me:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1324473953: $11,000 Guarantee (8983765), Table 6 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:31:59 ET - 2006/11/29
Seat 2: redmanjew (1,185)
Seat 3: Dropn Knowledge (1,780)
Seat 4: thirstyboots (4,535)
Seat 5: clemsonidiot (4,430)
Seat 6: riveredflush (3,255)
Seat 7: sofakngdrunk (7,985)
Seat 8: KissYourSelf (4,995)
Seat 9: TILTDONKEY (7,540)
Dropn Knowledge posts the small blind of 30
thirstyboots posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redmanjew [3s Ad]
clemsonidiot folds
riveredflush folds
sofakngdrunk folds
KissYourSelf folds
TILTDONKEY folds
redmanjew raises to 180
Dropn Knowledge folds
thirstyboots calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Kd Ac 7d]
thirstyboots bets 180
redmanjew raises to 1,005, and is all in
thirstyboots has 15 seconds left to act
thirstyboots calls 825
redmanjew shows [3s Ad]
thirstyboots shows [Kc Jc]
*** TURN *** [Kd Ac 7d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Kd Ac 7d Jh] [9h]
redmanjew shows a pair of Aces
thirstyboots shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
thirstyboots wins the pot (2,400) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
kaija sits down
kaija adds 9,815
redmanjew stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,400 | Rake 0
Board: [Kd Ac 7d Jh 9h]
Seat 2: redmanjew (button) showed [3s Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Dropn Knowledge (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: thirstyboots (big blind) showed [Kc Jc] and won (2,400) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 5: clemsonidiot didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: riveredflush didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: sofakngdrunk didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: KissYourSelf didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: TILTDONKEY didn't bet (folded)


Afterward, he said, "The odds were too good to fold." Sigh. I had lost 2/3 of my chips on a draw that didn't get there, and this hand would have gotten me almost entirely back to my starting stack.