SNG - Day 5

I only played one set. It only took one set to find out that my luck wasn't changing. In one of my games, I get AQ on the first hand and called a minimum raise from the BB. Nothing on the flop and someone bets out big. I fold, of course, and wait to fight another battle. AQ hasn't been good to me anyway. It was an easy fold. Well, the battle came sooner than I thought. Hand #5 is below:

***** Hand History for Game 2315183923 *****
15/30 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 13679002) - Tue Jul 05 19:26:03 EDT 2005
Table Table 14037 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: MMK82 (1190)
Seat 2: axbear (1000)
Seat 3: tballs808 (1430)
Seat 4: wilwonka (970)
Seat 5: mike5757 (990)
Seat 6: markcunningh (1000)
Seat 7: Mad_D (1015)
Seat 8: Bigmustach (825)
Seat 9: henry5101 (580)
Seat 10: SC713 (1000)
henry5101 posts small blind (10)
SC713 posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to wilwonka [ As, Ks ]
MMK82 calls (15)
axbear folds.
tballs808 folds.
wilwonka raises (100) to 100
mike5757 folds.
markcunningh calls (100)
Mad_D calls (100)
Bigmustach folds.
henry5101 folds.
SC713 folds.
MMK82 calls (85)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jh, 8s, Qs ]
MMK82 bets (150)
wilwonka raises (870) to 870
wilwonka is all-In.
markcunningh folds.
Mad_D folds.
MMK82 calls (720)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4s ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Js ]
Creating Main Pot with $2165 with wilwonka
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2165
Board: [ Jh 8s Qs 4s Js ]
MMK82 balance 2385, bet 970, collected 2165, net +1195 [ Ts 9s ] [ a straight flush, queen high -- Qs,Js,Ts,9s,8s ]
axbear balance 1000, didn't bet (folded)
tballs808 balance 1430, didn't bet (folded)
wilwonka balance 0, lost 970 [ As Ks ] [ a flush, ace high -- As,Ks,Qs,Js,8s ]
mike5757 balance 990, didn't bet (folded)
markcunningh balance 900, lost 100 (folded)
Mad_D balance 915, lost 100 (folded)
Bigmustach balance 825, didn't bet (folded)
henry5101 balance 570, lost 10 (folded)
SC713 balance 985, lost 15 (folded)

Why did I push on the flop? It doesn't really matter, I would have gotten my chips in on the turn when I hit the flush. The question is.... would he have called with the flopped straight. Since he would have also hit a flush, the answer is probably yes. Now, had I known he had the straight, that would have been a different story.. ha.

I then proceeded to tilt away another game when my AT (with an Ace on the flop) got beat by AK. Normally, I would never have called a huge flop bet with AT; but I wasn't in the best of moods. When the ace came on the flop and he went all in; that sometimes means that someone has a high pair (not an ace) and is trying to take the pot right there. Bad read, huh? Yes, I still need to work on this. Anyway, below is the summary:

July SNG Breakdown
Desc	July 5	MTD
Games	4	64
1sts	0	5
2nds	2	9
3rds	0	6
4ths	0	6
5 - 7	0	22
8 - 10	2	16
ITM%	50%	31.25%
ROI	36.36%	-9.09%
Net$	80	-320

1. 10th - AKs lost T9s A high flush lost to str8 flush
2. 10th - AT lost to AK
3. 2nd - KQ lost K6
4. 2nd - J9 lost T7 .. 2 pair lost to straight

Eventually and hopefully, things will return to normal.

In other news.. I just finished Matt Matros's book. It was a very good read. It is not going to make me a better poker player; but that is not the intention of the book. It is basically his story from the kitchen table to the final table at the WPT championship. I definitely recommend it