The hump part 2

Well, I've had two more chances this week to get over the hump at AJPoker. One game at Absolute, and the other in the league at Paradise.

Last night at Absolute, the deck was completely spitting at me. I could not catch a hand to save my life. So yeah, that one wasn't good.

However, tonight should've been my night. I was playing well, and catching at the same time.

One hand, I had been playing tight, so I decided to use my image in my advantage. I raise standard with Q3 suited in spades. I get 3 calls. Flop comes J86, two spades. One of the callers leads out with 400, and immediately I put him on a pair of jacks. So I decide to make his decision really, really difficult, and move all-in, thinking he'll fold, and if he calls, I have a 48% chance to catch the turn or river to scoop. He quickly calls with J7o, and I'm waiting for the spade or the queen to come to give me a win. Turn comes a spade, and the river a Seven, and I double up, and cripple him. Needless to say, I didn't mix it up after that hand on that table, because the chances of me getting called would've been high.

Unfortunately, I made a terrible error after the second break, when some stupid MIS moves all-in UTG. My first instinct was that he was a donk with Aces, but I'm holding AK, and convince myself into thinking he has a medium pair or AQ. I'm in this tournament to win it. Even though he has me covered, I have to take this chance and accumulate more chips to win this. So I call, and he turns up...ACES! Should've gone with A. I don't improve, and I'm out in 28th.

Well, after that, I head over to Stars and play a SNG. Been a while since I did that. Started out not doing too well, then as always, turned up the heat, and quickly got the chip lead. Unfortunately, I went into heads up at a 3:1 chip disadvantage, and got busted. Oh well, I took an extra $8 for my efforts. Which is more than what AJ's first place was tonight.

I still want an AJ win though.