spewday, or why my top pair sucks.

So, in the uberSPEWDAY turbo, I double early with AK v JJ, then crying call NYRambler's 5BB jam with A7 in the big blind and lose to AT, then some tourney donk/backer clown :-) rejams 66 over my QTs open shove on the button and flops a 6. Nice to be busted by Timex. Dunzo way quick, 26/40.

In the main, I got some chips early, then ran into an interesting hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #22814097617: Tuesday Spewday (174876304), Table 3 - 25/50 Ante 5 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:37:51 ET - 2010/08/03
Seat 1: dackjaniels2001 (4,408)
Seat 2: twoblackaces (6,374)
Seat 3: Laff2er (2,560), is sitting out
Seat 4: AugB10 (2,723)
Seat 5: PinkyStinky (4,112)
Seat 6: heffmike (3,884)
Seat 9: Foaming_Homer (2,939)
dackjaniels2001 antes 5
twoblackaces antes 5
Laff2er antes 5
AugB10 antes 5
PinkyStinky antes 5
heffmike antes 5
Foaming_Homer antes 5
heffmike posts the small blind of 25
Foaming_Homer posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to heffmike [Td Kd]
dackjaniels2001 folds
twoblackaces folds
Laff2er folds
AugB10 raises to 150
PinkyStinky folds
heffmike raises to 450 (light resteal, I suck)
Foaming_Homer folds
AugB10 has 15 seconds left to act
AugB10 calls 300 (boo)
*** FLOP *** [8s Th 7s]
heffmike has 15 seconds left to act (well, I actually have something now, probably ahead, may as well commit myself)
heffmike bets 900
AugB10 has 15 seconds left to act
AugB10 raises to 2,268, and is all in
heffmike: I play so bad. (true like always)
heffmike calls 1,368
AugB10 shows [Jc Ac]
heffmike shows [Td Kd]
*** TURN *** [8s Th 7s] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [8s Th 7s Ah] [4c]
AugB10 shows a pair of Aces
heffmike shows a pair of Tens
AugB10 wins the pot (5,521) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,521 | Rake 0
Board: [8s Th 7s Ah 4c]
Seat 1: dackjaniels2001 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: twoblackaces folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Laff2er folded before the Flop
Seat 4: AugB10 showed [Jc Ac] and won (5,521) with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: PinkyStinky (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: heffmike (small blind) showed [Td Kd] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 9: Foaming_Homer (big blind) folded before the Flop

By the numbers, I'm a 60/40 fav, so it's not atrocious - but I thought I might have walked into a set or overpair there - hell, even a big draw (QsJs) has me pretty hosed - regardless, I still have to stack off with practically my entire range anyway getting 3-1...

...and because of that, I'm not sure jamming AJ no spade is all that good a play, even with overs and a gutter, b/c you have like no fold equity and even my crying call hands are still ahead. Thoughts?

Anyhow, turn was an ace, I SPEW, and from there I never really get anything going again, I donk KTo again into AQ and spike to double up right before the first break, but then I finally I call a cutoff minraise in the BB with 76o getting like nine zillion to one, and check/jam a six-high flop for like 10BB - and get snapped off by K6o. Done 23/36.

It's a great tournament, though. The CardRunners guys play a different MTT game, and adjusting is a fun experience. Oh, and I see the hostess binked a cash, so good times there for LJ..

So after that clownishness, I just fired up another 90-man SnG and took it down for $600. No chop this time, yay me. At least I'm paying for Ireland a little bit at a time.