Jess' birthday party and some poker

On Friday night me, Donald and big Chris rode up to Jessicas birthday party. We ended up having a bunch of fun, or at least I did. Nothing like getting hammered drunk to the point where her great grandmothers wooden chair broke when Donald sat in it and he decided it would make for good fire-wood. We had a fire going outside, plenty of alcohol and it was fun. I had a great time.

It was also the first time I've seen Donald that drunk, I see Chris that drunk on a bi-daily basis but not big D!

Then I played some Sunday tournaments today, the $215 on Stars, the $215 second chance, a $55 freezeout and the $530 on Full Tilt. A grand total of 0 cashes. I bust early in the second chance, QQ vs AK button vs big blind confrontation in the first level. Then in the "big" $215 on Stars I go very deep. I played a lot more aggressive than I ususally play these Sundays so was experimenting with that but no good.

The play I busted on, the average was about 50,000 chips so I had a decent stack and so did the villain in the pot, but I still don't totally hate my play. I just hoped he'd be able to let go of a 10 in that spot but it's hard to make anybody fold a pair, I still had the gutshot outs just incase. There were about 1150 players left with top 975 that paid $270 but I am playing to win not just to cash. I realize I could've folded and just made the money but I wanted to try and accumulate some chips.

PokerStars Game #7093125661: Tournament #35155947, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (1600/3200) - 2006/11/19 - 19:26:21 (ET)
Table '35155947 555' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: painless198 (159976 in chips)
Seat 2: WhooooKidd (53720 in chips)
Seat 3: eisenhower1 (63530 in chips)
Seat 4: Swaizey (76174 in chips)
Seat 5: Gowon (71910 in chips)
Seat 6: SmokeDaTree (92100 in chips)
Seat 7: mybologne (30702 in chips)
Seat 8: S. Zade (57750 in chips)
Seat 9: Maverick Sr. (123894 in chips)
painless198: posts the ante 160
WhooooKidd: posts the ante 160
eisenhower1: posts the ante 160
Swaizey: posts the ante 160
Gowon: posts the ante 160
SmokeDaTree: posts the ante 160
mybologne: posts the ante 160
S. Zade: posts the ante 160
Maverick Sr.: posts the ante 160
S. Zade: posts small blind 1600
Maverick Sr.: posts big blind 3200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Gowon [9d 9c]
painless198: folds
WhooooKidd: folds
eisenhower1: folds
Swaizey: folds
Gowon: raises 6400 to 9600
SmokeDaTree: folds
mybologne: folds
S. Zade: folds
Maverick Sr.: calls 6400
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8c 6s]
Maverick Sr.: bets 13700
Gowon: raises 48450 to 62150 and is all-in
Maverick Sr.: calls 48450
*** TURN *** [Ts 8c 6s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 8c 6s 8d] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Maverick Sr.: shows [As Th] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
Gowon: shows [9d 9c] (two pair, Nines and Eights)
Maverick Sr. collected 146540 from pot
WhooooKidd said, "nh"
Gjerstad is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 146540 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 8c 6s 8d Kd]
Seat 1: painless198 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: WhooooKidd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: eisenhower1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Swaizey folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Gowon showed [9d 9c] and lost with two pair, Nines and Eights
Seat 6: SmokeDaTree folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: mybologne (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: S. Zade (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Maverick Sr. (big blind) showed [As Th] and won (146540) with two pair, Tens and Eights


Then on Full Tilt I busted while typing these, I finished 800th something with 335 spots paying. A guy opens on the button, which he had done every time for 720. I have 4400 in the big blind and I shove allin with A-3 of clubs. He insta-calls with KJ off and spikes a jack and I'm busto there too. Just all in all an awful Sunday.