So, there's a minimum raise from the random nine seat to 400. I decide to call in the small blind with 9c9s. Full Tilt woman calls. Flop 6h7dTh. So, I have second pair and a gutter straight draw. We check to random, who bets 1000 into a 1200 pot. I ask what he has left, which is about 4K more. I decide to isolate and reraise to 3500, woman folds, he pushes for 1200 more, and I call. He shows QhJh for the flush draw with overcards. He turns a Q, then rivers a heart for further overkill, and I drop to 14K. boo.
I didn't think he was that strong there and took a chance - I don't like his minraise in early position, but whatever. On that flop he's looking to get it in the middle anyway, and I'm actually a slight dog according to hand calculators (54/46, http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1862616) but that'll happen. I had a shot to take out a player and it didn't hurt me that badly to miss.
Later the shortie in the two seat open jams out of the small blind for 825 total and I call him with A3. He shows Q8, the board blanks out, I eliminate my first player and get some chips back.
Now the hand that killed me first - there are many others, but this one was tough.
I have about 16K now. The blimpie in the ten seat raises to 1K (i'm not 100% sure, but this was probably the very next hand) I see AKs in the small blind again, and ask how much he has left. I hear about 8K, so I decide to reraise to 3500 again. He jams. It's 4900 more to me, actually. I think for a while and finally decide to take the race against his pocket pair and call.
I show my AKs, he shows QQ - not bad, a slight dog, but better than AA or KK, obviously.
Flop AA5. the table goes oooooh. I think about what I should be able to accomplish with a 24K stack at 100/200 blinds, and how I can keep playing small ball, accumulate chips, play my game.
He's dead to two outs, the two queens in the deck. I'm a 90/10 favorite here.
He turns a Queen. ugh.
I still have outs. One ace, three kings, three fives for a bigger full house. Only about 16%, though, and it doesn't get there.
I'm down to 7200 now. That's not bad - I still have over 30BB, and I tell myself that I still have a playable stack and can make it back. Honestly, though, it took a lot out of my game and the rest of the level showed it, as everyone jumped all over me afterwards when I was in a pot. I didn't go nuts, or drop an f-bomb or whatever. I took the beat calmly and correctly - inside though, it really killed me, and that's a leak in my game I need to fix.
The rest of the ugly denoument later.... after another beer - Heff
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