Well, I'm back in the 888 poker room. After staring at the update message for a while, I uninstalled the program, went to the 888 site and downloaded all over again. If this happens again I'll have to seriously consider playing somewhere else.
So I missed my Wednesday night poker fix. I entered in a cheapy MTT (multi table tournament) tonight though, and just finished playing. Finished 46/263 after two hours' play. I started out pretty good and was in the top ten for a while, but I slowly lost chips through the middle stages. By the end I was down to less than ten blinds and went all-in with only A high after a flop that looked pretty safe. Turns out my opposition was slow-playing his set. Oops.
Here's my Dumb Luck Moment of the week:
Early on, I pick up QQ, so I bet five times the blind, and get two callers. The flop is Q 5 6, with two spades, so I bet the same amount with my set of Queens and get two callers again. The turn is 7s, so this time I bet seven times the blind. One player folds, the other bets about half their stack. This is bad. It's highly likely that my opponent has hit a straight or a flush and I'm in big trouble. But I can't let go of my trip Queens, so I go all-in. I'm called and the caller shows As 4s for an Ace-high flush. Oops! Then another seven comes on the river, giving me a full house and doubling my stack.
This was an incredibly stupid call and I just got lucky on the river. This is exactly the sort of thing that I curse other players for doing. I guess sometimes playing like a donkey pays off.
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