Haven`t had much to say about poker the last few days, haven`t played much and when I do nothing too exciting. Been ending up a few dollars here and there, won a token and placed second in Scabbed Llama last night. Which is what I`m going to touch on here...


I just played ABC poker for the most part, and stole a few blinds here and there, which i guess IS ABC poker. Final three were myself, bikerbabe and steeler247 (you can see steelers account of this at http://steel247.blogspot.com ). My goal in the final three was really to stay away from Steeler and get BikerBabe out of the turney for a few reasons:

1. BkrBabe was the Chip Leader. Steeler and I had similar stack sizes, so if BkrBabe takes either of us out or cripples us, she will have an even more significant chip lead (and if it is me thats left, that could be bad). I had gotten HU with BkrBabe last week in another turney where she out chipped me 5:1 and I wasn`t looking for a similar confrontation.
2. Steeler has been on top of his game lately. I like a HU challenge and quite frankly, I wanted to stomp his ass!!

Goal accomplised, I got the feeling about 5-10 hands into 3 way play that Steeler had the same idea. Once to HU Steeler started w a 2:1 chip lead. I was confident, if I stayed focused I could beat him. I was in my groove, widdling away at his chip stack when this happened and I totally lost my momentum:
Full Tilt Poker Game #415758504: Scabbed Llama (2607657), Table 1 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:38:15 ET - 2006/02/01
Seat 7: khanwoman (10,402) <-- doing good here
Seat 8: steeler247 (15,098)
khanwoman antes 50
steeler247 antes 50
khanwoman posts the small blind of 250
steeler247 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [4d 9d] <-- not pretty but I had been playing pretty tight so far and was on the button, decided to go for a steal
khanwoman raises to 1,600
steeler247 calls 1,100
*** FLOP *** [4c Jc Ah]
steeler247 bets 1,000
khanwoman folds
Uncalled bet of 1,000 returned to steeler247
steeler247 mucks
steeler247 wins the pot (3,300)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,300 | Rake 0
Board: [4c Jc Ah]
Seat 7: khanwoman (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: steeler247 (big blind) collected (3,300), mucked

Ok, so I know that doesn`t look like much, but for some reason it totally broke my mental momentum. I think it is because every hand before that had gone EXACTLY the way I thought it should and would. This also set me up (mentally) for my crippling hand. You see Steeler took me out in true Steeler fashion, called me to the river and pushed. Steeler is great at this when I dont have a hand. Anyone that I discuss poker with on a regular basis knows, when I bet I usually have the best hand, but for some reason, when I know I dont, steeler is always there to call....*wink* So, since this previous hand got me mentally off my game, I was just sitting and waiting for the hook to drop down in the water and bite... (and no, I didnt have the 9, I had bottom pair, you had middle pair)


Full Tilt Poker Game #415762527: Scabbed Llama (2607657), Table 1 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:40:19 ET - 2006/02/01
Seat 7: khanwoman (7,052)
Seat 8: steeler247 (18,448)
khanwoman antes 50
steeler247 antes 50
steeler247 posts the small blind of 250
khanwoman posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [2d 4d]
steeler247 calls 250
khanwoman checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 4s 9h]
khanwoman bets 1,000
steeler247 calls 1,000 < --- I h8 steeler
*** TURN *** [6d 4s 9h] [5c]
khanwoman bets 1,500
steeler247 calls 1,500<-- I really do
*** RIVER *** [6d 4s 9h 5c] [Kc]
khanwoman bets 2,000
steeler247 raises to 15,398, and is all in <-- gdamnit!!! he always does that to me!!!
khanwoman has 15 seconds left to act
khanwoman folds

Now, this fold might seem strange. It only left me with 2000 and some odd chips. But the fact of the matter is, the ONLY hand I could beat here was a bluff with A high or worse, so I folded hoping to catch a hand in the next few hands and get lucky.

Anyhow, good game steeler. Ive been proud of your play as of late. I dunno, maybe I never noticed or gave you credit before, but to me your game is really improving. And GOD DAMNIT do you know how to get under my skin!!! LOSER

I love poker.