drinking and poker is -ev

luckily i manged to pull myself back to even. honestly though my big losing hands werent entirely based on my bad play, but maybe underestimating my opponents.

I had a friend come over for dinner tonight, and he brought a bottle of port wine he picked up in portugal. Really tasty, but we pretty much polished it off between the two of us b/c my wife didnt care for it. Port wine is a little stronger than she is used to since its fortified with brandy, and this particular bottle was 40 proof.

So he took off and i fired up the laptop to play in a MTT I qualifed for sometime this weekend that was a sat to a super sat for the UB Aruba MTT. I got bored pretty quick and didnt really wantto commit 4 hours to the tourney and pushed in a 4 way pot with my 99. The play had been crazy and i figured i would quadruple up or move along. 93 vs QJ vs AK vs me :-/ I was ahead until the turn that produced and A, and it was over for me. no worries though.
I guess the laggy bug got me and the result was the following hands....

Hand #34296637-22217 at Bethany (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 12/Sep/06 22:02:28

naytchh7 is at seat 0 with $26.35.
steel23 is at seat 1 with $19.30.
pokahplay3r is at seat 2 with $28.35.
Mr Tweet is at seat 3 with $10.70.
Brendan 1876 is at seat 4 with $25.60.
DaMast is at seat 5 with $39.25.
The button is at seat 4.

DaMast posts the small blind of $.10.
naytchh7 posts the big blind of $.25.

naytchh7: -- --
steel23: -- --
pokahplay3r: Js Jh
Mr Tweet: -- --
Brendan 1876: -- --
DaMast: -- --

Pre-flop:

steel23 calls. pokahplay3r raises to $1.10. Mr
Tweet folds. Brendan 1876 folds. DaMast calls.
naytchh7 re-raises to $1.95. steel23 folds.
pokahplay3r re-raises to $7.20. DaMast folds.
naytchh7 calls.

Flop (board: Kc 4h 6c):

naytchh7 bets $9. pokahplay3r goes all-in for $21.15.
naytchh7 goes all-in for $19.15. pokahplay3r is
returned $2 (uncalled).

Turn (board: Kc 4h 6c Ad):

(no action in this round)


River (board: Kc 4h 6c Ad 5s):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows Js Jh.
pokahplay3r has Js Jh Kc 6c Ad: a pair of jacks.
naytchh7 shows Ah Kd.
naytchh7 has Ah Kd Kc 6c Ad: two pair, aces and kings.


Hand #34296637-22217 Summary:

$2.70 is raked from a pot of $54.05.
naytchh7 wins $51.35 with two pair, aces and kings.
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Hand #34296637-22206 at Bethany (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 12/Sep/06 21:54:10

naytchh7 is at seat 0 with $26.70.
steel23 is at seat 1 with $17.20.
pokahplay3r is at seat 2 with $29.45.
Mr Tweet is at seat 3 with $9.75.
Brendan 1876 is at seat 4 with $26.60.
DaMast is at seat 5 with $24.
The button is at seat 5.

naytchh7 posts the small blind of $.10.
steel23 posts the big blind of $.25.

naytchh7: -- --
steel23: -- --
pokahplay3r: Jh Ad
Mr Tweet: -- --
Brendan 1876: -- --
DaMast: -- --

Pre-flop:

pokahplay3r raises to $.85. Mr Tweet folds. Brendan
1876 folds. DaMast calls. naytchh7 folds. steel23
calls.

Flop (board: 2d Th 8c):

steel23 checks. pokahplay3r bets $2.65. DaMast
raises to $5.30. steel23 folds. pokahplay3r calls.


Turn (board: 2d Th 8c Ac):

pokahplay3r checks. DaMast bets $13.25. pokahplay3r
goes all-in for $23.30. DaMast goes all-in for
$17.85. pokahplay3r is returned $5.45 (uncalled).

River (board: 2d Th 8c Ac 4s):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows Jh Ad.
pokahplay3r has Jh Ad Th 8c Ac: a pair of aces.
DaMast shows 8h Ts.
DaMast has 8h Ts Th 8c Ac: two pair, tens and eights.


Hand #34296637-22206 Summary:

$2.40 is raked from a pot of $48.95.
DaMast wins $46.55 with two pair, tens and eights.
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Hand #34295844-1259 at Adrar (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 12/Sep/06 22:24:15

pokahplay3r is at seat 0 with $29.30.
Triplej2688 is at seat 4 with $8.90.
JohnnyBassman is at seat 5 with $21.25.
The button is at seat 5.

pokahplay3r posts the small blind of $.10.
Triplej2688 posts the big blind of $.25.

pokahplay3r: 9h Th
Triplej2688: -- --
JohnnyBassman: -- --

Pre-flop:

JohnnyBassman calls. pokahplay3r raises to $1.
Triplej2688 folds. JohnnyBassman calls.

Flop (board: Tc 9d Jc):

pokahplay3r bets $2.25. JohnnyBassman calls.

Turn (board: Tc 9d Jc 4s):

pokahplay3r bets $4. JohnnyBassman calls.

River (board: Tc 9d Jc 4s Qs):

pokahplay3r bets $4.75. JohnnyBassman calls.



Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows 9h Th.
pokahplay3r has 9h Th Tc 9d Qs: two pair, tens and nines.
JohnnyBassman shows Js Qh.
JohnnyBassman has Js Qh Tc Jc Qs: two pair, queens and jacks.


Hand #34295844-1259 Summary:

$1 is raked from a pot of $24.25.
JohnnyBassman wins $23.25 with two pair, queens and jacks.
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So the end result was about a $2 boost to the br, b/c i cleared my last buck and change in bonus money.

I realized that I am kinda stuck for the moment though, I am epecting a neteller transfer tommorrow and my UB email doesnt match my neteller email, i usually switch around when i am cashing out from ub, but since ub transfers arent instant i dont want to screw my self on my other transfer. Anyhow if i play any tommorrow it will probably be on ub, then i am not sure if i am goingto hit up sun or absolute to clear some bonus and rakeback.

so thats were im at, just about $7 behind my target but am not playing anyymore tonight b/c my head isnt quite there.