For the first time since early December, we qualified for tonight's weekly championship at National League of Poker. It's not easy to get there (especially if you don't play online a lot, and we don't). And it's not easy to win, with 1,441 entries. So here's what happened....
:00 IN: We start with 3-4. Someone doubles the bet, and we fold -- missing out on a 4-3-A flop. It winds up being a straight on the board with 5-2 following, but two pair could have led to an early gain.
:01 IN: We have 10-J in the next hand. The flop is 7-8-5, and we call a minimum bet of 30. The turn is a King, and a bet of 90 leads us to fold. Too bad -- the river is a 9, and we would have made a straight.
:20 IN: We have 10-10 under the gun and call. Another player raises 100, and we call. The flop is 8-6-6. We bet the minimum 60, and two players call. The turn is 6, giving us a full house. We bet 120, and players call again. The river is an 8, putting a full house on the board -- only ours is better, so we bet 120 again. Players call, but they don't have a pocket pair. Our "boat" brings in a $1,420 pot.
:35 IN: We have Q-A and limp, calling a doubled bet of 400. But the flop is 2-10-6, and we bail out when a player goes all in with it.
:48 IN: We have A-K of diamonds under the gun, and double the bet to 400. An opponent goes all-in, making our total bet 595. The flop is 7-8-K, and we go all-in with 630 chips remaining. Two people call, and a chip leader shows a measly Q-4! But amazingly the turn is a 6. The river is a 5. That measly hand becomes a winning straight!
Final score: 515th place out of 1,441 players. We ached early about the hands not played, then wound up getting burned by someone making a donkey-looking call simply because he could afford to do it. It worked for him; usually it winds up burning us.
(But the good news is that we've qualified for NLOP monthly championships both Tuesday and Wednesday night. Maybe things will improve?!)
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