Free Ladies Tournament

I played the free ladies only tournament at the Islands Casino last night for the second week in a row. I went out fairly early last week because I screwed up big time. Last week on the very first hand I limped in with A-3 clubs. That was my first mistake. I shouldn't have played a weak ace to begin with, suited or not. Then there were 2 clubs on the flop, giving me 4 to the flush, so I called the original bettor's $200 bet. That was OK. I got stupid on the turn when I ended up with 4 to the flush AND an open-ended straight draw, which if you know me, I knew I would never hit, but I decided to raise anyway, so I blew off another $600 chips. Then I got supremely stupid when the original bettor checked the river to me and I could have checked, but I hit none of my draws so I bet another $600 trying to get her off top pair. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anyway, I went out shortly thereafter because I never saw any decent cards after that and ended up going all in with another A-3 that wasn't suited and got beat by a pair on the river. Ouch!

Last night was much better. I played very well and didn't make any stupid calls or raises. I even won with my pocket kings. Imagine that! No aces to be seen anywhere - a miracle! Even though I played well, I was down to 1200 chips with the blinds at 300-600 and a 100 ante, so I pushed all-in with 10-6 clubs. I got called by A-K. I hit 2 pair and I was right back in it. It ended up with three of us having pretty equal stacks and just passing our chips around for 15 minutes, so we decided to split three ways. It was only $83 each because there were only 25 players to start, so they only paid $125-75-50, but hey, it didn't cost anything, so that was fine with me. The other ladies were great fun and pretty poker savvy, so it was a good time. I'll have to do it again.