7/15 to 7/21

This was a roller coaster of a weekend. Seemed like as soon as I got something going I would give it all back. Throw in the fact that I played a few hundred hands of .50/1 NL and got stacked once and you can see it wasn’t successful. I managed to only end up down a slight amount over $100 for Saturday and Sunday. I was very close to a nice score on Saturday when I got deep in the $5 rebuy on Stars with a decent stack only to run my AK s into AQ os with 45 left. The flop came Q J x with 2 of my suit. I missed all 14 of my outs and I was done in 45th. I was happy to get that deep with a shot at some cash but hated to go out that way. Sunday I had about the same luck. I played the afternoon $3 rebuy on Stars and fell victim to the same luck. I had a slightly above average stack and ran my AQ into AJ in a big pot that caught their J for 2 pair and then ran my AJ short stacked into A10 which made a straight vs. my 2 pair. Bad luck, but I played great to get there. I will never be upset too bad when I am getting my money in ahead and getting out drawn as I know for a fact it want happen every time and a nice payday is just around the corner. I am definitely primed for one. Monday was a cash game night and not even a ton of those. I only played about 200 hands and only turned a very slight profit on the night. It was less that $10. Tuesday night I took the family to the amusement park here in Amarillo and we had a great time. More water rides and a bunch of spinning rides, Tilt-o-Whirl and Scrambler, than I care to think about sent me home soaking wet and dizzy. I did play 3 tables of 2/4 for about 45 minutes and knocked out a couple of hundred hands and saw a slight profit of about $40. One thing of note for the day though was I played 3 Heads Up SNG’s before we left and went 1-2. Luckily one of the losses was a $10 one so it hurt a little less. But my ego took a hit after losing 2. I did play for a few minutes at 1 3/6 table and managed to cover my losses from that in about 45 hands before I left. Overall I did finish up $40 or so on the night but most importantly had a great night with the family. Wednesday night was about as ugly as it gets. I was either bad beat or had second best all night. Playing 2/4 and dropping about $125 just not a day you like to remember. I had sets beaten at least 3 times and kept running JJ on a 10 high board and similar spots. The simple fact is that you are going to have days like that you just have to hope that you have the ability to limit the losses on those as much as possible and that you are able to keep them few and far between. Thursday night was a much better night. I played 2 MTT’s and played pretty good in both. I got deep in both just missing the money but couldn’t complain about my play. The worst part about it was going out on the bubble with AQ vs AJ on Stars and AK vs AQ on FullTilt. Again, I can’t complain too bad when I get my money in ahead and take a beat. 75% of the time those will hold and I will be all set for the FT. After busting out in those I then won 3 of 4 $22+1 Heads up SNG’s on FullTilt and 3 of 3 $20+1 Heads up SNG’s on Stars. That left me with a profit of $64 for the night. There was potential with the good showings in the MTT’s but it wasn’t meant to be. Closing out the night winning 6 of 7 heads up battles is always nice. The lone loss was result of a horrible beat when I have top 2 on the turn and bet out and get reraised. I call with only about 300 behind and then put it all in on the river. The river filled his gutshot straight draw and he scooped a 2600 pot for the win. I’m not sure what he was doing but he was a bad player. I asked for a rematch n chat and we both signed up for the next one. This was the first match of the night so it definitely must have lit a fire under me. I beat him in about 5 minutes and asked for another but never got an answer. Oh well. Luckily I found a few others willing to donate. Friday started well when I went home for lunch and the family was at the pool so after eating I knocked won my 7th straight Heads up SNG. The trend continued as I won 2 more for a total of 9 straight. After losing one I then ran off 6 straight. Overall the week had to be slightly down. I’m guessing about $150. My accounts look about the same but all seem slightly lower. I can’t complain too bad though as every week can’t be a 2k+ week. Hopefully next week is an improvement. I plan on playing the Sunday 1M on Stars so a good showing there would definitely be nice. Good luck.