I had no business finishing in the money. Three times I sucked out a winning hand on the river. Two of those I had no business ever being in the hand in the first place. For example: 4 players left, blinds are 250-500, I have about 4,000. I am dealt 9-5 offsuit. I feel like it’s time for a raw naked bluff. I am basically a conservative player, and I very rarely do an all-out bluff. I’ve shown good cards a few times, so I think I can do this and just cruise by on my reputation. Out of position, I raise to 1,500 but I get one caller. The flop is J-8-4. I put in another 1,500. She dithers, but finally calls. The turn is some garbage, maybe a 2. I put in the rest of my chips. She’s pot committed, she calls. She has K-8, so she has a pair of 8s to my absolutely nothing. The turn is a 9, giving me the high pair and the pot.
In the finals, I was up against the other very aggressive player there (my style changes a lot as the number of players go down). We were both even with roughly 12,000, with blinds of 1,000-2,000. I have Q-8, he raises my blind to 6,000. I call. Flop is Q-x-x. He goes all in, I call him. He has Q-A, so I’m dominated, and this time I don’t get lucky and he wins. So I limped my way into second place. A lot of crazy luck I didn’t deserve.
The only other notable point is that I was heavily buzzed for the first hour. I normally play completely sober. I got a full house on the third hand and completely blew it by going all in and scaring everybody off. Oh well!
Tonight: +$34
Total since 3/15/08: +$14
Don’t care. Boring me.