Good (frustrating) showing in the MATH

Played my 3rd MATH tonight. Got off to a decent, but slow start.

I got moved to a tough table in hour 2.



A little bit later, my first big hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5586956424: Mondays at the Hoy (41405322), Table 11 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Holdem - 23:56:00 ET - 2008/03/10
Seat 2: TripJax (7,667)
Seat 3: a104l9 (2,790)
Seat 4: hoyazo (6,465)
Seat 5: columbo (18,281)
Seat 6: CheckinMyAA (5,899)
TripJax antes 25
a104l9 antes 25
hoyazo antes 25
columbo antes 25
CheckinMyAA antes 25
a104l9 posts the small blind of 150
hoyazo posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [6c 6h]
InstantTragedy (Observer): Aussie Aussie, HOY HOY HOY!
columbo has 15 seconds left to act
columbo raises to 1,000
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA raises to 5,874, and is all in
TripJax folds
a104l9 calls 2,615, and is all in
hoyazo folds
columbo calls 4,874
CheckinMyAA shows [6c 6h]
a104l9 shows [Ac Ks]
columbo shows [Kh Ah]
*** FLOP *** [Qd Jd 6s]
*** TURN *** [Qd Jd 6s] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Jd 6s 7d] [3c]
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Sixes
columbo shows Ace King high
CheckinMyAA wins the side pot (6,218) with three of a kind, Sixes
a104l9 shows Ace King high
CheckinMyAA wins the main pot (8,720) with three of a kind, Sixes
columbo: nh
CheckinMyAA: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
a104l9 stands up

From there I ~coasted into the money. And then I started getting card racked late. I had KK twice for decent pots w/o a showdown, and then Presto busts one of the shorties.

Then my nemesis shows up...


Full Tilt Poker Game #5587679684: Mondays at the Hoy (41405322), Table 12 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Holdem - 0:56:58 ET - 2008/03/11
Seat 1: jmathewson_III (31,596)
Seat 3: DaBag (14,686)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (34,833)
Seat 6: lucko21 (52,956)
jmathewson_III antes 150
DaBag antes 150
CheckinMyAA antes 150
lucko21 antes 150
lucko21 posts the small blind of 600
jmathewson_III posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qd Qc]
DaBag has 15 seconds left to act
DaBag raises to 4,800
CheckinMyAA raises to 34,683, and is all in
lucko21 folds
jmathewson_III folds
DaBag calls 9,736, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Qd Qc]
DaBag shows [Ah Th]
Uncalled bet of 20,147 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [9h Td 6c]
*** TURN *** [9h Td 6c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [9h Td 6c Qh] [4h]
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Queens
DaBag shows a flush, Ace high
DaBag wins the pot (31,472) with a flush, Ace high


Yuck. That puts me almost in the chip lead if I win it.


A few hands later, sucko busts me.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5587694749: Mondays at the Hoy (41405322), Table 12 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Holdem - 0:58:22 ET - 2008/03/11
Seat 1: jmathewson_III (29,346)
Seat 3: DaBag (29,372)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (18,647)
Seat 6: lucko21 (56,706)
jmathewson_III antes 150
DaBag antes 150
CheckinMyAA antes 150
lucko21 antes 150
CheckinMyAA posts the small blind of 600
lucko21 posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [8s Qh]
jmathewson_III folds
DaBag folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 18,497, and is all in
lucko21 calls 17,297
CheckinMyAA shows [8s Qh]
lucko21 shows [5s 5d]
*** FLOP *** [3h 9h 8d]
*** TURN *** [3h 9h 8d] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [3h 9h 8d 5c] [Qc]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Queens and Eights
lucko21 shows three of a kind, Fives
lucko21 wins the pot (37,594) with three of a kind, Fives
lucko21: gg
CheckinMyAA stands up


Good for an 8th place finish worth 62$, which ain't bad considering it cost me 8$ to get in. Bust still, with so much on the line (600+ for first, and of course the blogger freeroll, it's hella frustrating.

I got my money in bad once vs Katitude, who was lots of fun to chat up. We were "dancing partners" and at first I was nice, twice doubling her with KQ < Ax and TT < Q4 (bleh), but then later at another table we were reunited and my AT got there against her AJ all in preflop. Every other time I got my money in, I was at worst a race. So pretty happy with how I played.

I know some of you are probably thinking it... I think my shove in that 66 hand was warranted, even though columbo opened UTG. He'd been ~active and he'd raised a few times in EP and been bet off the pot. Maaaybe still sketchy? You tell me...

Out for now.