Wasting a Vacation Day

I played (if you want to call it that) in the senior's tournament at the Fall Poker Round-Up in Pendleton on Tuesday. I used a vacation day for this and truly wish I hadn't wasted my time. I played a grand total of four hands. I won with A-K (did not see a flop after my raise) and won with pocket 3s (flopped a set; I bet on the turn and everyone folded).

I had KK in the big blind with SIX pre-flop limpers so I raised to 300 with blinds being 25-50. I thought this was a pretty good raise and I was right because I got everybody out except one guy who reraised to 1125. I just shoved it all in. The guy had the only hand I didn't want to see (AA) and was just waiting around for me to do exactly what I did. It wouldn't have made any difference if the raise was before or after the flop because with a queen high flop, all the money was getting in anyway. Naturally, I lost and was down to 950 in chips. This was only because I won the two previously mentioned hands.

My last fiasco (and totally my fault) was calling in the small blind with Q8 offsuit (nobody raised). The flop was 2-2-3. Nobody bet. The turn was an 8 so I had two pair with a queen kicker. I went all in again. The same guy that had limped/trapped me with AA now called me with 10-10, which he also didn't bother to raise with before the flop. If he had raised I never would have called with Q8. I was gone. I didn't even have any luck with my $20 slot machine investment. Phooey!!

The only good thing about my vacation time was that I took a total of two days off and got back on the horse to take 4th place in the Wednesday morning tournament at the Moose for a small win. It made me feel better though!