It was a big Saturday night for us in online poker -- 42nd in a tournament with 1009 players, then point wins in two late-night sit-n-goes. That qualified us for tonight's National League of Poker weekly championship. And with all that momentum....
:01 IN: We have A-K offsuit, and limp in early position. As so often happens in NLOP tourneys, a player goes all in -- on the second hand of the match. We have 970 left, and see little choice but to call for 940 of it. Trouble is, our opponent has 8-8. It's a coin flip.
ON THE FLOP: 4-J-J
No, that doesn't do it.
ON THE TURN: 3
Oh no....
ON THE RIVER: 3
"Rocket 88's" mean a higher two pair, and a massive kick in the shins for us.
:02 IN: We have Q-A in the very next hand -- and with 30 left, there's little choice but to go all-in for the blind. Two players call. But again, someone has a pocket pair -- 9-9 this time.
ON THE FLOP: 7-4-J
The other player who called has Q-J, and takes the lead.
ON THE TURN: 3
Oh no......
ON THE RIVER: 6
We folded a weak opening hand -- so in Sunday football talk, this night was a "three and out" for us. We wind up #1,434 out of 1,467 players. So much for momentum -- much less big starting hands.
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