Second Round, Second Day

Ok...  not a great round.  Could really use something good to happen.

Seat two had an ace exposed, which he says ruined his pocket aces...  so he went on tilt and doubled up seat one,  who had been relatively quiet after losing almost all his chips playing and raising every hand.

I started with AJ suited and raised from middle position,  which got two callers.  nothing on the flop and we checked around.  Turn was a fourth heart... I checked,  next guy bets,  then a call.  1,600 to chase...  but 9,600 in the pot,  so great odds with four hearts and two overs.  15 cards will win me a giant pot,  31 and not so good.  River was one of the 31 and I missed a big one.

Had KJ off in a middle position,  called a raise,  and folded to an ace on the and nothing for me.

Then it happened...  aces.  Early position.  Finally.  Nobody called and I won a whopping 1,600 in blinds and antes.

Two hands later the guy to my left doubled up with aces...  he won  18,000 with his aces.

I raised from a middle position with AJ and everyone folded. 

So with a half hour left,  I'm on the button and a middle position raises.  Seat one calls,  seat two calls,  and I raise preflop to 4,200 ... a huge raise.  Blinds fold,  raiser folds, seat one folds, seat two calls and my AQ off misses the flop. So I bet.  Which actually is the same as saying I bluffed.  He folded and I stopped the bleeding for a bit.

Then I raised with KJ off and the normally conservative big blind called.  I missed the flop but bet anyway...  he called and I checked until folding to his river bet on a board I completely missed.

I limped with K4 off from the big blind and was excited for a free flop,  but I missed it.

With about seven minutes left,  seat one knocked out seat two and he is now fully reloaded with chips for raising...  great.

Last hand of the round...  I almost skipped it because I have to go to the bathroom so bad.  But I couldn't,  so I looked at my cards under the gun...  A10 off.  So I raised and got a caller,  unfortunately.  I completely missed the flop,  which had no aces,  no tens, and three diamonds.  I looked...  no diamonds for me...  so I bet.  He called.  Turn was no help,  so I bet and he folded...  phew!

I didn't have time to count well,  but it looked like 33,000 exactly. Blinds will be 400/800/100 so I have about fifteen times around the table - more dire than when I started,  but not in the danger zone yet...  and certainly better than the 23,000 I dropped to in the middle of the round.