I'm out

Well, here comes the post I didn't want to write.

I started out with about 26k in chips. My game plan was to loosen up a bit, see more flops and take shots at short stacks if possible. The deck continues to hit me over the head for the first few hands. Reraise with AK and take it down preflop. Raise with AJ and take down the blinds and antes. Limp with KJs after one limper, flop top two and take it down on the turn. I build my stack up to about 40k. It quiets down for awhile until one woman going all in for a few hands in a row. She goes in with K8o, gets called by AA and flops trip 8's. Her stack is maybe 20k or so now, but she continues to play a lot of pots and goes all-in pre-flop or post flop.

And then comes the first big hand. Early raise, 3 cold callers, I have 87s on the button so what the heck. It's only 1500 to call. Flop comes Js, 5s, 9h. Raiser checks, the all-in woman bets 2000, two cold callers drop, I think for a bit and raise to 7000 hoping for a free card. Raiser folds. The woman goes all in. It's about 10k more to call, so I definitely have pot odds and have to call. I figure she's got a 9 or a J. But no, she has KTo. I'm stunned. One less than the most possible outs since she has one of the tens I need. Turn 9, river A. I'm down to 21k-ish. Still workable.

I take it easy for an orbit or two to keep my composure.

Then, with blinds 300/600+100 Allen Cunningham raises to 1800 UTG. I look down at QQ, and I don't think I can let it go. I'm sure he'd raise with AA, KK, AK, QQ, JJ. I raise it to 5k. He asks for my stack count, then pushes in. I beat him into the pot with a call. Flop comes 3 low cards, but I still can't start breathing yet. Turn comes the dreaded A. I get up, dazed.

I think it's going to be difficult to get my mind off these hands for awhile, but I don't think I would have played them differently. I'll be quite a bit of work to enjoy the rest of the vacation here, but I'll try my best.

I'll see everyone back at home...