Donk It Up, Furball!

I was excited to play the Mookie tonight - I got my buyin courtesy of some dumbass in a $1/$2 razz game who bet into me on the river when he was clearly board-locked. Things started out well in the tournament, until I did something I try never to do - steal raise with a dominated hand (junky aces, kings and queens) - and paid the price when I flopped top pair and felt obligated to call a shorty's check-push. He flopped top two meaning I was drawing almost dead.

Stayed alive for a few levels after that by using my stack as a weapon, but eventually I went out when I flopped trip aces from the big blind in an unraised pot and the case ace was out there with a bigger kicker. I had only 9 big blinds at the time and pot size was 4 big blinds, so I'm not really sure how I was going to get away from it.

Afterwards I went back to the $1/$2 razz game and got *raised* on seventh by someone I had board-locked (and it wasn't even close). On a different hand a guy completed the bring-in with a ten door card into 2 low cards behind him (one of them me, and I happened to be sitting on a 3-card 7). I don't know where these people come from, but I hope they never leave. I know it's only $1/$2, but some of these players couldn't buy a clue if they were given $20 and dropped off in front of the Clue Store.

Every donkey has his day though. After those two hands I had someone jamming with a four-card 8 on 5th against an obvious made 8 and a four-card 7 (me). According to twodimes, he had all of 8% equity -- seems like a good time to jam. Of course he got there. I didn't mind the action, although the hand cost me $18; just would have been nice if he didn't get there (even if it went to the other guy!).

Then I lost starting 4-5 / 2-3 when I made a 6 on the river and my opponent made a better 6 on the river after starting A-3 / 2-6. That one was a flip the whole way -- not much you can do but shrug. At least I didn't raise him on the river, precisely because I feared a better 6 based on the action on earlier streets (but no way am I throwing away a 6 in these donkey-infested games).

In the end what started out as a solid winning session turned into a solid loser, wiping out the tourney buy-in that I won before the Mookie, but I think I'm starting to get back in touch with my game. Now some results would be nice.