unfortunate day
Yesterday I failed to hit money in four PokerStars Sit N’ Gos. That’s not typically worth mention, but my average for July, going into yesterday, was 12 for 16. That’s 75%!
But twice yesterday, I went all-in with a full house, only to get called by a weaker hand (two pair or a set), only to have the weaker hand draw to a bigger full house. That’s just spectacularly bad luck.
And the other one had a maniac who was raising every hand pre-flop, and then reraising post flop to steal pots. He hit a few, too: he slowed down a little bit when he had to show down 63s and doubled up some short stacks, but when he started up again, I thought I’d trapped him with KK. After getting his standard preflop raise, I let him bring me all-in, and he turns over AA. How did I not see that coming?
July is still turning out to be a very good month, playing solid poker against some of the goofiest players. I think I’m up about a hundred over the past two weeks. And now there’s a deposit bonus! All right!