Upside Down Night

Boy howdy, if all you had to go by in judging how to play solid poker were my results from last night, you'd get your junk cut right off over the long term. My 4-1 favorites, like KK vs. Q9s all-in pre-flop, were getting dusted off right and left, but whenever I got in a lower pair vs. a higher pair I was rivering sets like crazy. I even managed to win a short-stack desparation all-in call with 42s vs. two over pairs with a 2 on the flop and a 4 on the river, thank you very much.

After bubbling in two of the three tournaments I played and crashing out early in the third, the true crowning glory of the night came when I cleverly spent 45 minutes at a $100 NLHE ring game. I chucked a whole bunch of junk hands, stole the blinds a couple of times and whiffed on several flops, then hit TPTK on a J-high flop and got it all in against a flopped set of 4s. Hah! These 49-1 dogs are no problem, apparently, as I went runner-runner for Jacks full of Aces and doubled up instead of getting stacked.

Seriously.

Couldn't have played it worse and my reward is a profitable night putting me a step further away from what once seemed an almost inevitable return to bankroll oblivion.

I guess that's poker.