Saturdays Run Bad (Wall of Text and Rambling)

Mindless bullshit incoming. Wall of text and other shit that no one wants to read but I feel like typing.

So go to my local casino and hit up this glorious 500 buy in with 200 bounties event since its 95 degrees out and my wife would rather be watching me in the poker room than doing anything outside since its so hot out so I think awesome running good wife asked me if I wanted to go to the casino, didn't even have to hint at it.

Get to the casino and go to buy my seat and this guy is hanging out asking if I want his seat for $475. Apparently he won the satellite last night and didn't want to play. I asked the floor if that is ok and they say yes, they just can't print a slip with my name for tax purposes. Winning already I think to myself, its going to be a good day. Take my seat at a table full of weak players. Win a couple small pots and build my stack up to around 29000 (25000 starting stack after the 20 add on).

I'm dealt AsAh utg. I raise to 600 (blinds 100/200) and get 3 callers. Flop is 679 rainbow. I lead out 1500 and the guy to my left thinks about it and announces he is all in and he has about 29000 as well. "WTF is this dumb as kid doing," I think to myself, "lets just stack off 145 big blinds with 1 pair her, damn it this is going to be a short fucking day. Can I ever be good here." I start to talk out loud, "why so much, you don't like playing poker? I don't think you would raise me here with a set. What is this the I hate pocket jacks lets put all the money in the middle so I can only get called by better move?" I start noticing that his neck is throbbing, I can see his artery beating faster than the cheerleader in a horror movie's heart after she has locked herself in a room with no escape routes and the killer is running the knife along the door. I ask directly if he has KK, which makes no sense with no 3 bet preflop and then just open jam the flop but this makes him announce, "I'll show if you fold." I didn't ask him for this information but his whole demeanor makes me think he wants a fold. I call and quickly turn over my AsAh. He quickly says nice call and shows KK. Board runs out blanks and I win. Much to my dismay he has 525 chips remaining, no bounty for me. Next hand he gets the rest of his stack in and I have 39 offsuit. I call 6 ways to hit a miracle but board comes a95 and a guy best 5000 into 2500.

Moving on, whatever I think I have 59000 chips and a commanding lead at this table. Let make some shit happen. couple new fish sit down and none of the regulars except the biggest donating regular in the area directly to my left. This guy apparently has more money than he knows to do with and is in for his 4th bullet already. The massage lady has had to follow him to multiple tables at this point but what does she care. On to the hand, I look down at 8d9d. and raise to 750 (blinds 150/300 w/ 50 ante). Spewy reg calls with 7000 left after just losing most of his starting stack in the first 2 hands at the table. Guy directly to his left who took the KK guys seat also calls. Short stack to his left on the button shoves all in with 3000. SB flats as well. Action is back to me and I'm about to shit it all into ISO the bounty but I look to my left and realize that Mr. Rebuy is going to go all in as well so lets flat and shove when it gets back to us and trap more dead money. He does raise and the guy to his left calls. The SB folds and I go all in. To my surprise the guy two to my left snap calls the rest of his 32,000 chips. "Shit he somehow had a real hand here?" I think to myself, "maybe this was just a terrible idea." I turn over my 8d9d and the guy two to my left says "you went all in with that?" he quickly turns over his 6d4d and says, "I knew you did have a pair," as this somehow justifies him calling off with 6 high for 96 BB. Spewy guy to my left turns over 54 off suit and the short stack show AJ off suit.

Somehow I managed to value shove 9 high preflop and get called by worse in 2 spots and have a chance at 3 bounties 2 of which we are ahead with 9 high. Flop comes out QQJ. Short stack got way ahead and we need a T to hunt him down but were still in the lead for 2 bounties and a 62000 chip side pot. Turn is a 5. Ouch just lost another bounty and 12000 chips on that card if we don't improve but as long as we fade these 5 outs we get $200 and still add 15000 to our stack when its all said and done. River 6. Dagger.... Wtf how do you reward this terrifish who calls off his stack with 6 high. I'm pretty pissed off and terrifish says, "that's what you get for going all in with 9 high." I want to punch this luck box right is his face but I calm down. My wife left the table when she saw what happend. I look down at my chips and see what I have left. 24,000. It could be worse I say to my self, you have 80 BB and a good table draw.

Couple hands later I'm in the small blind with AdQd 3 limpers so I make it 2000 to play, all 3 limpers call including terrifish. Flop is 56Q "were back in it," I think. I bet 6000 into a pot of 8500. Terrifish makes is 13000. He was the first player to call my raise and after seeing his earlier play I feel like this could be anything. I wager the rest of my chips as I don't think I can fold this hand to this guy. He quickly calls and turns over 55 for a set. Turn is a 6 giving us 2 more outs but the river is an ace. We are out of the tournament and eliminated by the luck box that called off his tournament life with 6 high. I'm pretty upset.

I go and find my wife and talk to her. She doesn't understand what happened and why I got all in with 9 high and how if that guys play with 64 was so bad why did he beat me in the hand. I try to explain to her and say that I was shoving for 7000 effective with the 2 short stacks and didn't think there was ever a scenario where this guy could call. She starts to understand a little bit and says well if you think it was a good play I trust you. Meanwhile I'm thinking to myself did I just punt away a good spot in the tournament where I could have just folded or shipped the first time it came back around to me? Whatever, its done and you can't be too mad, you shoved with 9 high and got called by worse, how bad can it be. She asked if I want to play cash and I say sure.

I get seated a the same table I just busted the tournament from as they had broke that table. I play for about an hour up $100 at $1-$2. Was jus dealt KK in the SB and raised. Get two callers and an A high flop. I bet sb folds and this 50 year old man calls. turn is a blank and I check fold. Guy to my left says he folded QQ, how does he not raise me preflop so we can get this guy with Ax out of the hand and I can't get it in with him? Whatever on to the next hand. Couple hands later I'm dealt KK again. 50 year old Ax guy from the last time I have KK raises to 12. Asian guy to his left that is watching TV and short stacking calls. I make it 50 from the button. 50 year old things about it for awhile and goes all in for 330. "Really?" I think to myself. I don't know how I feel about it but I call. He shows AA and I start to get up. King in the window, holy shit I found one! Not to be, Ace right behind along with a 6. Well now everyone is cheering for me to find that last King in that deck so we can hit the Bad Beat. Turn another 6. River 2. "Nice hand sir," I announce defeated. I'm dealt in the next hand with my remaining $17. I look down at the lovely 2d7d and think, "you know what, today just isn't you day." I grab my $17 tell the table good luck and go find my wife. I don't even cash out the chips just walk to my car and drive home scratching my head and wondering what the hell just happened today.

TLDR: Hero suck at poker, something something, complain complain the end.