Not Bad, For A Rookie...

I'm not off to Australia... Which really doesn't surprise me, so I'm not really disappointed in it. I finished 16th of 42 players. I have to say I really did have a good tournement. I got into a little bit of trouble early on when my AK didn't amount to anything and I got caught with my hand in the cookie jar trying to represent a hand, but made it back up a few hands later with a well played AA against the chip monster on the table. My stack pretty much followed the tournement average for the entire go-round. Then this happens. I get 67h in the small blind. Folded around to me so I pop it up to 3x the BB for the steal and get called... Flop gives me the open ended straight draw and 4 to the flush. I throw out a pot sized bet and BB doubles it. Hmmmm. BB is a good player but is in chip trouble, so this raise could mean anything. I check, he shoves. I have him readily covered in chips so I call it and I catch my straight on the river to knock him out.

Next hand I get AA on the button. A couple of limpers and I pop it for a decent raise to see if they're serious. SB (an equal stack to me) calls and the limpers bow out. Flop comes with a rainbow of low cards and I'm thinking I'm money here. SB throws out a pot sized bet and I double it. He calls and a K of whatever falls. No flush possible and I'm feeling pretty good about my aces. SB checks and I sense weakness, so I shove and he calls and turns over a pair of 8's. I'm eleated until I notice an 8 fell on the flop. No help for the Klingon and I'm gone. Hero to Zero in two hands.

That's Poker!