I saw a rare Mets win last night in LA. They beat the Dodgers 6-1, and it was a fun game. They’re still in second to last place, and have a losing record, but there’s still plenty of season left (for them to get worse). I don’t think I’m going to be heading down to San Diego this weekend to see them play there. I’d like to, but I just have too much to do (read: poker and bowling tournaments).

After the game, I played at Party for about an hour after I got home. I said I wouldn’t do it again, but I played four tables. Things started off pretty badly:

Party Poker 1/2 Hold’em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: penner42 is MP1 with Q♠, Q♥.

UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, penner42 raises, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls, UTG 3-bets, penner42 caps, BB folds, UTG calls.

Flop: (10.50 SB) 2♥, Q♦, 2♠ (2 players)

UTG bets, penner42 raises, UTG 3-bets, penner42 caps, UTG calls.

Turn: (9.25 BB) 5♣ (2 players)

UTG bets, penner42 raises, UTG 3-bets, penner42 caps, UTG calls.

River: (17.25 BB) J♥ (2 players)

UTG bets, penner42 raises, UTG 3-bets, penner42 caps, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 25.25 BB
Main Pot: 25.25 BB, between UTG and penner42. > Pot won by UTG (25.25 BB).

UTG shows 2♣ 2♦ (four of a kind, twos).
penner42 shows Q♠ Q♥(full house, queens full of twos).
Outcome: UTG wins 25.25 BB.

Talk about an action flop. I flop queens full, and he flops quads. I don’t think there’s any way I could have played this differently. He limp-raised, preflop, UTG, with pocket twos. There was no way I thought he had a 2, and even if he did, I thought I still won. Nice way to lose 12BB (the maximum possible) on the first hand. If it was no limit, I would have lost my whole buyin on my first hand. I recovered nicely, and finished that table +9BB, and overall for the night +30BB. I’m due for a nice losing session again soon, like the -35BB one I had early last week. Overall, my Party bankroll has been growing pretty fast.

This weekend, I’m going to try to get to the two tournaments (limit on Saturday, no limit on Sunday), and the Saturday night bowling tournament in Lompoc. Hopefully, my insane bowling will keep up, and I won’t beat on a 5 outer and a 4 outer in the poker tournaments, like last week.

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