Thankfully, there was no ultra-early exit at Lil Kim's Cove tonight. When you're dealt lousy cards time after time, quick folding can keep you in the game.
But when great cards come and they don't work -- well, you might say it happened to us again tonight....
BLINDS: 500/1,000
IN THE POCKET: A-A
We had only won one hand all evening, and that was with pocket 8's. So our stack has dwindled to 1,500 chips, and we'd put in 500 as the small blind.
"All in, 1,000 more," we say after a few players call. A no-brainer decision. But it's also a no-brainer for people with bigger stacks to call, because it's only a double-up for them. So a couple of opponents join in.
ON THE FLOP: 9-Q-Q.
As they say in television news, all we can do is wait and see. The other players check quickly.
ON THE TURN: 2.
Quick checks again -- faster than even an online game.
ON THE RIVER: 5.
Two high pairs look nice -- but a man to our right shows a third Queen. He had us at the flop.
We wound up 13th, reaching the semifinal table. But for the third tournament in a row, a potential monster hand was slain. The tournament organizer noted as we left the table that when your chip stack gets small, pocket aces can become simply another two cards.
MINISTRY MOMENT: We showed our "Jesus as your Savior" coin to a woman at our immediate left tonight. She agreed with the message on it, as she sang out loud at times to old-school soul music.
UPDATED POKER SCOREBOARD: 24 final tables in 60 nights (40%) - 7 cashes.
This is our lowest final table percentage in a long time -- since January 2008. Not that long ago, we were at the threshold of 50% in reaching final tables. Perhaps the odds have caught up with us?!
YAHOO POKER TOTAL: $11,983 - Up $444. We've bounced above the $12,000 barrier a couple of times this week, but can't quite stay above it.
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