Day Three, Round Two

I don't know how much more of this i can take...

Opened the round with what i thought were enough chips to fold to the money,  but made the fateful decision to play cards instead...

I started early with 7 8 suited in the big blind with a small raise and a call so i called,  feeling priced in.  Flop came 10 9 4, all diamonds - right color,  wrong suit.  I folded to a bet,  but would have hit a 7 on the turn (It wouldn't have been enough to win though,  Greg)

Then i get 5 7 suited in the small blind on the next hand and everyone folds to me.  Ugh, i limp.  He raises,  i foolishly call.  Flop comes J 9 9, one diamond.  Check,  check.  2 on the turn,  my flush draw is no more...  I lead out with a bet  - he calls.  River is a queen.  I can't win this hand...  Unless i bet big and he folds.  Hmmm... I want to win...  But i check,  he checks,  i fold - he had 8's.

Shortly thereafter (Yes,  these things come in groups), i get KQ off in a late position and call a raise from a short stack.  Flop comes 2 2 9. Ugh.  He bets,  i call and float - i have nothing,  but i plan to knock him off his hand before it's done. This seemed like a good plan at the time.

Turn is a 4... He checks,  i check.  River is an ace,  he checks.  I can tell he doesn't like the ace,  so i play the man and bet 18k. He debates calling.  If he calls,  i lose.  If he folds,  i win a nice pot.

And he thinks some more.

And after about 5 minutes,  someone calls clock.  I'm freaking out the whole time because I'm already down chips and can't win this hand if he calls.

The pit boss comes over and starts counting down a minute,  after which they will fold his hand.  Around thirty seconds he calls - pocket kings.  I was right,  he didn't like the ace,  but made a heck of a call and now I'm down under 55k... Ugh,  no good - still almost 1,400 players left.

He said that he couldn't stand the agony of folding and not knowing...  That was worse for him than calling and losing so he called.  Whatever works for him i guess... But that was a great call on his part.

So now I'm tilting a bit,  but it's OK because inner Jay Cutler says we can get it all back on one hand if we just play aggressively enough.  OK,  here goes inner Jay Cutler... Sorry dear,  but i no longer have enough chips to fold to the money.

A10 off in late position and i call a raise.  Flop comes 3 6 5... He bets,  i have nothing but two overs,  Jay says to call so i throw more chips away.  Turn was a 10, i bet a big bet but didn't dump on him (Trying to lure him in for more), but he folded anyway - stopped some of the bleeding.

Next hand,  KJ off late so i call a small raise.  Flop comes 10 6 8 rainbow... He bets,  i fold.

I got J10 off in the big blind and called a raise... Flop comes A A K. Ugh. He bets and while i think it's a continuation,  and i have a gut shot straight draw,  I'm also almost out of chips,  so i fold. 

Q9 on the button with few chips left and someone limps in front of me,  so i limp - if i can see a cheap flop with position and a picture card,  Jay says i need all the help i can get.  Of course,  big blind raised after small blind limped and i got out before the flop - another two thousand gone that i couldn't afford to lose.

Now I'm in free fall...

A9 off in the big blind with a raise...  I call with two players in.  Flop comes 9 7 2 and i lead out with a large 9,000 bet.  Original raiser raises to like 20ish, other guy folds, and i insta-shove...  He calls without much thought.  All in again,  facing elimination again...

He has 8 10 - he's got one over,  an open ended straight draw,  and two more cards to come.  No,  really,  i can't take much more of this.

Turn was a 2. Dodged a bullet.  River was a Q, i doubled up.  Wow.

Now I'm back up over 100k and inner Tiffany has beaten back inner Jay Cutler. 

Queens on the button with a raise...  I three bet,  he thinks about it,  he folds...  And draws the dealers attention that one of his cards is blemished. The dealer agrees and orders a new deck,  the guy to my right asks if it was the ace of diamonds and it was.  So,  basically,  i know he folded an ace,  so in probably happy i didn't have to see a flop?

A round or two later,  jacks on the button - when it rains,  it pours.  I three bet a preflop raise,  he folds - I'm so happy i didn't have to play jacks :)

By the way,  i haven't tweeted a ton besides when new posts are up,  but I've been tweeting these ups and downs of today in real time,  FYI.

I'm also way low on cell phone battery already,  that's not good.  Pro tip - did you know you can charge your cell phone battery 2 - 3 times faster if you put it in airplane mode while charging?  Maybe faster than 2 - 3 times...

Finished the level with 125,400 in chips.  Blind are 400/1200/2400 next round,  which gives me an M Ratio of about 17. 1,251 players left - lost about 300 the first round,  about 250 this round,  and have another 251 players to go until the money.  And yes,  i could fold until the money...  But will I?