Redemption at The Moose

I started my poker day with a warm-up omaha game online.  It did not go well, losing 2 1/2 buyins in about an hour.  So, my  confidence destroyed  now, I played in the live omaha tournament at the Cable Bridge Casino.  It was a very small tourney with only one table and one alternate.  I think I came in 6th, but who is counting?  Had a couple of huge draws,  one big pot with a nut low and nut flush draw, neither of which came in.  The worst player at the table (didn't play omaha, had no clue) naturally came in 3rd, while the 2nd worst (and worst "experienced" player) came in 2nd, while a very good player won.  There was a cash game starting, but several players had signed up for the 7:00 holdem tournament and I decided at the last minute to play it too.  My table broke down when a very lucky player knocked out 3 people...including the aforementioned 2nd worst omaha player.  I took a lot of chips from her on one hand, YES!!!!  The new table was not kind to me.  I only played two hands, the last one I was on the button with 3 limpers @ $400 blind.  I looked down at AK of clubs.  I raised pot ($2000) which left me with $1200 behind.  Question:  should I have just pushed it all-in?  Everyone folded except the cutoff who flat called with a big stack behind.  Hmmmm.  I immediately put him on a pair, but how big?  The flop came small with one club.  He bet $1000 which basically put me all-in.  I thought for a moment, decided I was definitely pot committed (what happened to my concept of seat committed?), and figured it was still a race, so I put the last of my chips in and he turned over...pocket 10's.  Still a race, which I lost.  Oh well, I think I would play it exactly the same next time as I don't want to face 5 hands, though I did have position and if one of the blinds wants to get frisky and push I can decide to call or not based on the number of callers or just go heads up with them.  

On to the Moose where I played squeaky tight.  How tight you ask?  Bought in for $50, and after one hour had not won a single pot and still had $30 in front of me.  That is very tight as you will spend $4.00 per round, or about $12. per hour if you don't play a single hand.  Anyway, won pot "A", then 15 minutes later chopped pot "B" with AQ, then immediately a third pot.  Got moved to the 4/8 table with about $80 and finished 3/12 hours later with $250 cash out.  My monster hand was pocket 5's on a capped preflop pot with a 3/4/5 flop with 2 diamonds.  Got chasers with pocket 10's and a flush draw and a 6 open end straight draw.  Unfortunately, when the board paired the 3 on the turn I raised and drove out two draws (the 10's stayed).  The problem was that I did not have the right opponents.. they were pretty savvy...plenty of others would have called the two bets or even raised.  The river brought a third heart and possible straight flush wheel...though you would have to be looking for monsters under the bed to believe the story when the 10's bet into me.  I just called cause he is a player that I like (he sells furniture....so we are sort of kindred), plus he told me later that he would not have called a raise anyway.  Nice pot, Sir!!!  No bad beats to report...thank goodness.

The $10/20 game was rowdy on the next table.  It is becoming entertaining to watch it.  The guy who mooned a few weeks ago got into a verbal altercation with "Dirt Farmer".  Glad it was not a full moon again, but you never know.