Muck the Straight

Another night of free poker at Fanatics.

Again only one winning hand the first hour. First hour played high pair, Q's, and was beat by pocket K's. Then I called an all-in with Q, 10 with high pair, Q's, after the flop, against a Q, 8. Again, ...we call this domination. He hit the 8 on the turn and to make things worse a fourth diamond came on the river to give him a flush. Just before the break so I didn't have to wait long for more free chips to start the second hour.

My one win for the first hour? I went all-in with A's. One caller and I was still in the game. After the break one person had triple my stack and the others about double. Still far from out of the game. I went all-in with high pair. Showed my cards after the hand was over and the other gentleman mucked.

He mucked. Then he thought again and turned his cards over. He had a straight. But it was too late. He mucked.

Then I had an open ended straight draw after the flop and the betting was high. The small stack was all-in before the flop. I hit the straight on the river but not the nuts straight. Had to go all-in and another was nearly all-in. We both had the 10 making a straight, but another gentleman had the K, 10, making the nuts/higher straight. I thought that was going to happen. (I should have just mucked) So two more out and they were three away from final table after two hours.

I don't think anyone bought a round to get back in the game. The bonus chip promotion for continuous night play (if you play Sunday) is still on in Milwaukee. I may take my bike to Victor's tomorrow. Have to take any advantage, as I have a chance to get into the monthly if I can get to one more final table this month.