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Wed. Poker: Out $40, IN $270
Ross SitnGO: Out $60, IN $0
Ross 0.25-0.50: Out $60, IN $78


A couple of notes about the game last night (Ross's Games). I made a brutal error in the SitnGo making me 3rd out. Starting stacks were 1500 and the initial blinds were 15-30, Ross said that he programmed his blind machine to make the tourney last 5 hours, but had no idea what the blinds would be. The mistake occurred at the end of the first level;

• as UTG + 1 I made it 80 to go with 88.
• small blind called and big blind (Randy T) made it $200. I called and the button called.
• flop comes 762 rainbow. BB leads out all in for 600. I think how sick this is but he could make that play with A7 or even just AK, or AQ. I didnt take the button into account, I left my self with under 400 chips. The button the instantly goes all-in for all my chips. My stomach sinks but I call anyway (Why did I do this? I went into the tank for about 3 min), I am so idiotic.
• turns out the BB had AA and the button of course had us both crushed with 7♦6♦

Thats it I was out of the SitnGO, in the future I will need to consider all the people in the hand because in hind sight; I should have figured out that the button hit that flop hard, and I could probably have figured out Randy had AA or KK. But as they say Hindsight is 20-20.

The little cash game after was almost painful. I got otu flopped a couple times for big pots but overall considering the low stakes of the game, it could be quite profitable. If only based on the people playing the game. I had AA out flopped by QQ for upwards of $40; the hand played itself. The other was only for about $10 but the same opponent flopped a straight flush with I think 7♣4♣ I am still not sure why she was in that hand but good for her. From my point of view the pot was laying me approximately 7-1 for my nut Flush draw so I called.

At the end of the night I racked back my buy-in into the cash game and a tidbit of my tournament buy-in. I will probably take part in the tournament in the future.

There are a couple things I noticed that I will have to clarify;
Ross mentioned when they got to 3 that there was to be no chops.
They also seem to force an all-in (cash game) to turn over their cards immediately, I am not sure if this stems from the fact that they all play little tournaments all the time.

I dont like to chop but it should always be an option in my mind. And if I were the all-in with crap I would prefer not to show until the hand is done.

Steve0