Standard Issue Suck/Resuck

Well, I have been managing to play some online poker about one night a week these days. Usually on Thursday, which coincides with lil' Yorvie's day in doggy day care. He's so wiped out from being with all those other dogs all day long, that all he wants to do in the evening is sleep. And when Yorvie sleeps, Mondo can donk it up, woo!!

Overall, I'm still getting crushed. I honestly don't know how to turn around this six month downswing. But I'm trying real hard to keep playing aggressively, and not worry about results anymore. Still, the bankroll continues its inexorable slide to oblivion, so this blog may end sooner rather than later. Still, with playing only one night a week, I've got a while to go yet.

Anyway, I just wanted to share a typical example of my inevitable downfall:

PokerStars Game #26299569628: Tournament #150346308, $3.00+$0.40 Omaha Hi/Lo No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2009/03/24 2:19:03 ET
Table '150346308 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 4: simishove (8992 in chips)
Seat 5: nteagles (3699 in chips)
Seat 7: Mondogarage (14309 in chips)
simishove: posts the ante 75
nteagles: posts the ante 75
Mondogarage: posts the ante 75
simishove: posts small blind 600
nteagles: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mondogarage [Kh Kd Jd 9c]
Mondogarage: raises 3600 to 4800 (try to push out marginal lows and TID now)
simishove: folds
nteagles: calls 2424 and is all-in
nteagles: shows [6c Td Ac As] (do'h!)
Uncalled bet (1176) returned to Mondogarage
*** FLOP *** [7c Qc Ks] (whut? I caught 2-outer, but villian has flush redraw)
*** TURN *** [7c Qc Ks] [Ad] (naturally, crubs not hit, but the unliklier 2-out A does)
*** RIVER *** [7c Qc Ks Ad] [Ah] (okay, now that's just gratuitous knife twisting, no?)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nteagles: shows [6c Td Ac As] (HI: four of a kind, Aces)
Mondogarage: shows [Kh Kd Jd 9c] (HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces)
nteagles collected 8073 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8073 | Rake 0
Board [7c Qc Ks Ad Ah]
Seat 4: simishove (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: nteagles (big blind) showed [6c Td Ac As] and won (8073) with HI: four of a kind, Aces
Seat 7: Mondogarage (button) showed [Kh Kd Jd 9c] and lost with HI: a full house, Kings full of Aces

At least I didn't go out in 3rd place, but as nteagles already knew, catching quads against me is cake:

PokerStars Game #26299726590: Tournament #150346308, $3.00+$0.40 Omaha Hi/Lo No Limit - Level XIV (1500/3000) - 2009/03/24 2:31:17 ET
Table '150346308 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 5: nteagles (10096 in chips)
Seat 7: Mondogarage (16904 in chips)
nteagles: posts the ante 150
Mondogarage: posts the ante 150
Mondogarage: posts small blind 1500
nteagles: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mondogarage [6c 6d 3d 4s]
Mondogarage: raises 13754 to 16754 and is all-in
nteagles: calls 6946 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (6808) returned to Mondogarage
*** FLOP *** [5d As Ac]
*** TURN *** [5d As Ac] [Ts]
Mondogarage said, "lol"
*** RIVER *** [5d As Ac Ts] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nteagles: shows [4c 5h Ah 5s] (HI: four of a kind, Fives)
Mondogarage: shows [6c 6d 3d 4s] (HI: two pair, Aces and Sixes)
nteagles collected 20192 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20192 | Rake 0
Board [5d As Ac Ts 5c]
Seat 5: nteagles (big blind) showed [4c 5h Ah 5s] and won (20192) with HI: four of a kind, Fives
Seat 7: Mondogarage (button) (small blind) showed [6c 6d 3d 4s] and lost with HI: two pair, Aces and Sixes