Sad day of poker

I want to start by apologizing for not posting anything yesterday.  It wasn't that I didn't play, but that I had some other things that I needed to take care of.  Also, I started doing better in some of the other tournaments that had more then 90 players in them.  The first game I played was a No Limit with a $0.25 buy in and 90 players.  It started out quite nicely for me and I ended up with a nice lead by taking two players all-in and winning the pot.  Later when we were almost half way through the tournament, I had an Ace and figured that I would go all in to try to create a bigger chip stack.  When the flop came I had a pair of aces.  I thought "alright, I am going to win this one".  Boy was I wrong.  It turned out the player who called me had pocket aces and beat me with a full house against my two pairs.  I finished 47th out of 90.

After that lose, I broke one of the best rules about playing poker.  I got emotional about that lose and was very upset and disappointed with that lose.  I decided that in order to feel better I would go and play a game that I usually win, single table sit and go with 10 players.  During this one I ended up breaking my own rule.  I got in a rush to finish this one and win back what I had lost. I lost my patience for this game and lost the $1.10  buy-in.

I decided to play some other games.  One was a NL Hold'em for $0.02 buy in.  This one I lost when I was taken out by three aces and a pair of 9s when I had three nines Jack.  With seeing the streak I was on, I decided to play some of the NAPL Freerol Shootout SNG that had a free buy in. I do these once to have a little fun with going all in and letting the cards land were they may.  I played five of these free-roll shootouts and won zero of them.  It was fun just to watch what happens and to see how players react to someone going all in.

After about thirty minutes of doing those, I was bored of them and said enough for today.  I decided to do a "play" money no limit game with a buy-in of 215 in play money.  I did not do so well with this either.  I do not remember what place I finished but I did not win anything from it.  Then I had to go do some things with my wife.  That took a couple hours and when I got home, I felt that my head was now clear and I figured I would try my luck again.

I decided to play a $0.25 cent No Limit Hold'em game with 90 players.  This one went pretty well and I finished just at the top 1/3.  After that I went back to my usual single table game and won $0.90.  After another short break I started playing the following hands had as you can see, had little to no luck with each of them.

Tournament Date & Time: Prizepool Buy-in No Limit Hold'em 16 Jan 2011  00:50 $11 $0.25 Game Running Entries Avg. Buy-in Texas Holdem NL 2 hour 24 minutes 45 $0.25

Tournament Date & Time: Prizepool Buy-in No Limit Hold'em 16 Jan 2011  03:01 $23 $0.25 Game Running Entries Avg. Buy-in Texas Holdem NL 4 hour 1 minutes 90 $0.25

Tournament Date & Time: Prizepool Buy-in No Limit Hold'em 16 Jan 2011  04:10 $20 $0.02 Game Running Entries Avg. Buy-in Texas Holdem NL 0 hour 53 minutes 990 $0.02

Tournament Date & Time: Prizepool Buy-in No Limit Hold'em 16 Jan 2011  19:25 $23 $0.25 Game Running Entries Avg. Buy-in Texas Holdem NL 3 hour 44 minutes 90 $0.25

Tournament Date & Time: Prizepool Buy-in No Limit Hold'em 16 Jan 2011  20:52 $23 $0.25 Game Running Entries Avg. Buy-in Texas Holdem NL 3 hour 29 minutes 90 $0.25

Tournament Date & Time: Prizepool Buy-in No Limit Hold'em 16 Jan 2011  22:48 $45 $0.55 Game Running Entries Avg. Buy-in Texas Holdem NL 2 hour 17 minutes 90 $0.55

If you would like to see where I ranked on these hands visit: http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/pokerstars/player/poker/results/5AD2144F89CF452EA7ED72A37F7F4F3C.html?t=2

After those I did a couple more of the single table games but lost.  I have had a bad weekend and hope that this week goes a lot better for me.  I also found out that Poker Stars now offers a thing called "Home Games".  Here is an explanation from Poker Stars as to what it is.

STARTING A POKER CLUB

Home Games lets you create your own private online poker club. You decide who can join, and your club can have up to 50 members. Every member can access your club’s private lobby in the PokerStars game software.

START YOUR CLUB NOW!

JOINING A POKER CLUB

Received an invitation to join a Poker Club? Simply click the ‘Join a Poker Club’ button in the PokerStars Home Games lobby. If you don’t already have it download the free PokerStars software now.

JOIN A CLUB NOW!

Home Game Features

From looking at these it seems like they added a section that allows the average play, like me, to create, host, and play in their own tournament.  I think this is a great idea that they had.  I have played home games with friends every now and then and the hardest thing is increasing blinds to make the game end.  The last one I played in, I had to leave after going out of the game.  It turned out that another person had to call it quits to go home and attend to some other matters.  With Poker Stars allowing this, there is no need to go to someones house, or to figure out the value of chips.  Also, it seems that if someone else wanted to join late, you don't have to worry about having enough chips for that person.  Pretty good idea?  Let me know what you think.

Well, I haven't played any games today so I must get going and get some hands in today so I have something to write about tomorrow.  As always my the Poker Gods smile upon you and your cards.

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