Action Poker Network Again
I am chasing a reload at Nine Poker. Their bonus terms amount to 67% rakeback, calculated on contributed rake (not MGR), so there are better deals out there, but my current need for wimpy competition is taking precedence. I was finding it this weekend at Nine Poker, that's for sure. Unfortunately I couldn't make it pay off as hugely as I would have liked, but I am a bit ahead, despite getting below average cards for the most part, and taking a few suckouts. I did have a really frustrating streak where the competition was at its absolute worst, and I couldn't get a single decent hand. Pots were averaging about 12+ BB, and I couldn't snag a single one. Very unhappy, that.
I also got in a mood Saturday night to play some MTTs. I played 7 in quick succession at Will Hill, but never got any higher than a bubble out (11 of 82, I think it was). The I took 3 beats where I was the favorite going in, and couldn't hold up. I lost two all-in races, and on my bubble out, I was short and all-in with AQs, and the SB had big slick and called me. I was pretty disappointed in the results, but I can only think of one or two donk moves I made. I think in my bubble out I was too timid when there was still 20 of us. I should probably be more aggressive then.
The very first MTT I played I had JJ on the very first hand, UTG. I made a small raise, and got two callers, then the BB came OTT for a decent sized raise. I called as did one other. Flop came Q 8 5 and BB bet out. I raised the pot and it folded to BB who thought forever and called. Turn was another Q, and he checked. I made a probing bet and he called. River was a blank and BB went all-in. I laid it down and he showed K5s, for bottom pair. Not terribly remarkable that he played me and won, but what was remarkable was that he then started pistol-whipping me in chat. He gloated about getting me to lay down middle pair (he had misread my hand, and thought I was playing the 8). He was really quite a jerk about it. I was OK, and never responded, as I was getting all kinds of good material about him, from him, but I never quite get why someone has to be A-holio at the tables.
Very next hand he is all-in on the flop, and gets called by AA. He shows Q2s and loses most of his stack. The third hand he is again all-in pre-flop and loses to a pair of nines. I typed "GG, CYA" in chat, and he let loose with a flurry of obscenities at me on his way off the table. That was rather amusing!