Heartland Poker Tour/Sunday Majors Wrap

Well, nothing good to say about the Heartland Poker Tour. 15K starting chips, down to about 13.8K when looked down at AJh, still 100/100. Couple limpers, CO raises to 300, but he's been raising frequently to take control of pots, I call from sb. Flop 4 3 2, two hearts. Checks around to CO who bets 1100, button calls, I call, ep limpers makes it 4000. Both other players fold, I call with the flush and straight draws for 2900, figuring he's got a set. Board pairs on the turn and I'm done. He's shows his set of 4s turned boat. Continued to get chipped down til about 7500, 100/200, couple of limpers, same player as before raises to 1500. I shove AK, he folds, showing 32s lol.

Finally chipped down to 7000 when it was apparently time for my absolute ridiculous/amateurish mistake. 200/400, raise to 1100 from the CO with J10o, button calls. Flop is QJ8 rainbow. I'm dwelling on how much to bet, but apparently while I did so I unconsciously hit the table. The dealer and my opponent thought I had checked. Meanwhile I bet 2000, essentially intending to get myself potstuck, so that my opponent knows he can't get me to fold and fold anything that's not a Q or a set. Confusion reigns for a moment, and the dealer tells me I checked. Awesome. Check behind, turn is an A. With the pair and double gutted straight draw, decide to bet the 2000 anyway, get moved in on instantly. I'm pot stuck, I call, he shows AK. River Q, see ya. Basically this story is about how I'm a fucking moron and I suck. I'm still sick about it.

I'd definitely make up for it by winning a Sunday Major. Or cashing. Well didn't do either. Lost a decent sized flip with 800 left in Sunday Million, made a donk ass call in UB 200k, 2 outed for most of my stack on FT, lost a flip on BD, repoped with KJ on cake into aces right before bubble. Here was 75k on AP:
Stage #1163272706 Tourney ID 1997495 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $150 - 2008-04-27 21:17:42 (ET)
Table: 19 (Real Money) Seat #8 is the dealer
Seat 1 - _TREVOR_ ($8335 in chips)
Seat 2 - TN0911 ($10870 in chips)
Seat 3 - ESTAMI22 ($8592.50 in chips)
Seat 4 - BZIMZIM ($6175 in chips)
Seat 5 - OHSHIETITKEN ($4115 in chips)
Seat 6 - KALANGIS612 ($3930 in chips)
Seat 7 - RACEJUNKIE ($4005 in chips)
Seat 8 - BILLYBOBX ($18660 in chips)
Seat 9 - ATMWITHICM ($5752.50 in chips)
ATMWITHICM - Posts small blind $75
_TREVOR_ - Posts big blind $150
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BZIMZIM [Kd Kc]
TN0911 - Calls $150
ESTAMI22 - Folds
BZIMZIM - Raises $600 to $600
OHSHIETITKEN - Folds
KALANGIS612 - Folds
RACEJUNKIE - Folds
BILLYBOBX - Folds
ATMWITHICM - Folds
_TREVOR_ - Folds
TN0911 - Calls $450
*** FLOP *** [4s Ks 7c]
TN0911 - Checks
BZIMZIM - Checks
*** TURN *** [4s Ks 7c] [3s]
TN0911 - Bets $2400
BZIMZIM - All-In(Raise) $5575 to $5575
TN0911 - Calls $3175
*** RIVER *** [4s Ks 7c 3s] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TN0911 - Shows [Js Ac] (Flush, ace high)
BZIMZIM - Shows [Kd Kc] (Three of a kind, kings)
TN0911 Collects $12575 from main pot

Egads. I'm taking this moment to make this my own personal bad beat forum.

So yeah, horrible end to the month. I have continuing legal education (CLE) tomorrow and Wednesday, so that'll probably be it for April. I'll wrap it in my next post. Still good month overall, though it doesn't feel that way right now.

Have to be down in the loop by 8 am tomorrow. God that's going to be early.

Clemens is going down in flames: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Report-Clemens-had-affair-with-underage-Mindy-M?urn=mlb,79344. 15, huh? Nice job asshole. I'm enjoying this way too much. And no, I haven't remotely forgiven him for throwing a bat at Piazza in the World Series eight years ago (and then somehow not getting ejected).

I find this remarkable: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080424/ap_on_sc/close_call.

May: It will be higher volume month. I swear.