Frustrated

Okay so I gave away all my money last night at the 1-2 NL table.

I certainly wouldn't say I "lost" money last night... actually, I won quite a bit. However, 2 hands as a dominating favorite getting sucked out on left me broke.

But we're not going to dwell on that.

So I took my last bit of money and dignity and bought my ass in to a $4 120-person SNG.

I finished 14th when I made a horrible mistake. I flopped top pair and got sucked out on.

PokerStars Game #7687771142:
Tournament #39306125, $4.00+$0.40
Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2006/12/30 - 22:04:55 (ET)
Table '39306125 4' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: hBEAR96 (33038 in chips)
Seat 3: BigHeeb91 (18115 in chips)
Seat 4: dale6570 (15320 in chips)
Seat 5: Vladix (14335 in chips)
Seat 7: toneal (43281 in chips)
Seat 8: scottfcb (16371 in chips)
Seat 9: deer151987 (1360 in chips)
hBEAR96: posts the ante 50
BigHeeb91: posts the ante 50
dale6570: posts the ante 50
Vladix: posts the ante 50
toneal: posts the ante 50
scottfcb: posts the ante 50
deer151987: posts the ante 50
hBEAR96: posts small blind 400
BigHeeb91: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [8s Jc]
dale6570: folds
Vladix: folds
toneal: folds
scottfcb: folds
deer151987: folds
hBEAR96: raises 2200 to 3000
BigHeeb91: calls 2200
*** FLOP *** [9c 5h Jh]
hBEAR96: checks
BigHeeb91: bets 9800
hBEAR96: calls 9800
*** TURN *** [9c 5h Jh] [Qs]
hBEAR96: bets 6000
BigHeeb91: calls 5265 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [9c 5h Jh Qs] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hBEAR96: shows [Qc Kc] (a pair of Queens)
BigHeeb91: shows [8s Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
hBEAR96 collected 36480 from pot

I played for 3 hours and until that point had lost only 1 showdown. But of course I have to get involved in a pot with the stubborn chip leader and that ends my tourney. Out in 14th.

On a much happier note, I saw Wil Wheaton playing a $10 heads-up SNG. I really "geeked out" and I'm not ashamed:

BigHeeb91 [observer]: Hey Wil don't mean to distract you, but I really enjoyed Just a Geek
Wil Wheaton: That's really cool of you to say... thanks, man.

I was tempted to type, "good luck, wesley crusher!" but that would have been lame and he might have gotten upset at me. I wanted to, but I didn't.

And yes, I really did enjoy his book.

Oh yah... Although he was crippled early, and battled back as a severe short stack for about 10 minutes, he wasn't able to win.