i played again in the big table yesterday. the usual 1/5 of the max buy-in, all i can afford nowadays. (small stack special!) The usual guys, big wally, misha, and The Attorney.

First hand i play is pocket jacks. i raise bet half my stack into the pot after getting two limpers, and The Atty calls it. i know he calls everything pre flop except maybe for absolute crap cards, so i know i might get sucked out. Flop is 6-6-x. i go all in for the last half of my stack and get him to call. sure enough, he's on K-x, i forgot what now, but the turn doesnt help him and the river is a 6 so i get full house and double up! feeling good!

Next hand i get is pocket 10s. i call the straddle and raise 500 again, this time i get 3 callers. argh. Flop is A-J-x. Theyre betting like crazy so i fold my tens, losing almost half my stack again. oh well..

After folding a few hands, i see pocket queens. i manage to win and almost double up again! wohoo now im REALLY thinking cash out... but i decide to play a bit more out of respect to the guys and of course i really love playing at that table hehe.

Now after like two hand, i see pocket queens again. wow. i raise half my stack into the pot and get misha to set me all-in, everyone else fold. He even pretended to think about it twice before he show ACES. For some reason, i felt my queens were gonna hold up, and i felt pretty confident about it. Blame it on some crazy new theory the grouch and i was observing all throughout the night. Turn is a queen of course! Aces cracked! tripled up my stack, wanted to play soe more but misha kept on going all-in pre flop after that hand, so i do the right thing and cash it out.

i love that game! i'll be back so watch your backs! hehe.