APRIL 10, 2008

Another bad day for Mr DudeSeeg. I started off in a $2/4 NLHE game, just one table this time. I bought in for $300 and never got going. I played conservatively until my first big confrontation where I called a raiser and hit the odd card against his trips. It came 9-9-7 and I just didn't figure him for a 9 in his hand. By the turn there were a gazillion straight and flush draws and he just called my bet. I checked the blank on the river, intending to call any bet and he made a big one. I paid off $125 to see Q-9. He did well by flat calling the turn so that I would buy his line of a busted draw on the river.

Soon after, I lost the remainder of my buy-in with A-A when K-K caught a member of the Klan on the flop. I rebought, built it up to $550, vowed to quit once I got even, then wham, pow, sock, I was down to $200. It became apparent that I wasn't going to win any money at this table so I cashed out, $400 loser.

For fun and practice, I played another $22 heads-up tourney. I won my first three matches, then ran into a buzzsaw in round four. I cashed for $51. I played a $22 one-and-one rebuy and hovered around my starting stack for the first hour. If I'm going to invest in the add-on, I want to see some chips in front of me, so nearing the end of the hour, I got it all in with Td-9d against two real hands. I had no illusions that my hand was best, but was just looking to either triple up or bust. I flopped the open-ender but nothing came. I later busted from a $109 event without cashing.

Looking to change up my routine, at night, I took Jeff Aaron's advice and got into a $5/10 Omaha Hi/Lo limit game. I don't play the game optimally, but I can sometimes squeak out a profit by waiting for good starting hands. I bought in for $200; the first three hands I played all went disastrously awry, counterfeiting me on the river or failing to get there at all, and I was out the $200 in short order. I rebought and this time the $200 lasted me a couple of hours and even eeked out a small profit. I'll give this game another go tomorrow. It looks like about a $700 loss for today.