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Thursday I played in a holdem tournament and a omaha tournament at the bar. I had my pocket jacks cracked on the two-outter river by my friend Kimme who had pocket nines. Then I came in 4th in the omaha tournament which paid the top 3 spots. Ugh!

Last night I played in two tournaments at the same time. Both were private freerolls. Both tournaments had between 100 and 200 players. The first one only paid the top 5 spots. The second paid the top 20.

I was building a nice chip stack in the first one, but was card dead in the second, folding almost every hand. I eventually got knocked out of the second on a bad play by me, where I called a raise, then called an allin reraise which was called before me. I had TT, a very stupid call by me. A short stack after me even called. The first 2 allins had KK and AA, the short stack had KJ. AA took it down and I finished in 35th.

I played solid poker in the first tournament. We were down to 6 players and on the bubble when this hand happened. The short stack was small blind and didn't have enough to call the full big blind. The big stack limped as did I with JJ. I was assuming that the small blind would call with anything and we would check it down. But... the small blind folded. I guess his thinking was that the big stack might knock me out and move him into the money. He was almost right. The flop brought 8 high, and the big stack bet 1/2 my stack. Knowing that the small stack was going to be anted out soon, I did not understand why he would bet, let alone so much. I thought if I took a stand, he would realize he could not steal this pot and might change his mind. I called, the turn came another rag, and he bet 98% of my stack. I was furious. If he somehow flopped two pair, I would be knocked out and not win anything, so I folded my jacks, even though I thought I was ahead. I fought tooth and nail, and came in 3rd.

In the news, Fossilman had his Poker Stars account hacked. Some schmuck figured out Raymer's password and started to donk off chips to his account. A player watching thought the play was suspicious and notified PS. They froze both accounts. Greg confirmed that it was not him playing, and his money is getting returned. That is one way to Bust A Fool.