This is another one of those poker entries Beth finds so incomprehensible and boring. It’s basically an entry for me, so you might want to just skip it…

Took the day off today so I could play in a No-Limit Hold ‘Em tournament at 12:15. I was on my home by 2:30… Clearly, not a good day.

First of all, I wasn’t playing my game, I was very tenative and passive, which is just begging to get run over. On top of that I was getting crap cards — in fact, the hand I went out on was A3s. And then finally, when I did get good cards, they didn’t hold up.

I had AA cracked twice, by 3 Jacks the first time and 3 Kings the second; KK drawn out on by 3 Jacks; I had to lay AK down to a board of 355 when I tried to slow-play it; and the one time I tried to go in hard on my straight the dealer didn’t hear me and dealt the next card before I could bet. I won the hand, but the pot wasn’t nearly what I would have been if I’d gotten my bet in because the schmuck I was in against definitely would have called. Don’t even get me started on the hand where I put the guy all-in with K2 with 2 Kings on the board and we ended up chopping because he had something like K4.

Just a bad day all-around. Bad play, bad cards, no luck, 3 rebuys and an add-on and I go home early.

All you ever really need in NLHE is a chip and a chair, it’s true, but a little cooperation from the Poker Gods never hurts.