1/11 : Brink of busting

So I was literally down to merely a few dollars and a bunch of FPP's over the last few days. I had recently cashed out 2k and left myself with a small 2200 bankroll which I blew through pretty quickly during a tough downswing. Luckily I placed in one of those top 4 out of 10 for $215 tourney dollars and have rebuilt to $1750. Kind of crazy being down to it though, an interesting feeling; character building if you will. I feel back on track though, and hopefully will actually be a winning player in 08. Here's some interesting hands of the evening.

Hand 1: Holy crap...a coin flip win?
PokerStars Game #14473877257: Tournament #73415779, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/11 - 03:02:17 (ET)
Table '73415779 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (1510 in chips)
Seat 2: Carenski (1490 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 10
Carenski: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ad Ks]
maxv2: raises 40 to 60
Carenski: raises 100 to 160
maxv2: raises 1350 to 1510 and is all-in
Carenski: calls 1330 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3d 2c 8s]
*** TURN *** [3d 2c 8s] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [3d 2c 8s 4s] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Carenski: shows [Qs Qd] (a pair of Queens)
maxv2: shows [Ad Ks] (a pair of Kings)
maxv2 collected 2980 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2980 | Rake 0
Board [3d 2c 8s 4s Kc]
Seat 1: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Ad Ks] and won (2980) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: Carenski (big blind) showed [Qs Qd] and lost with a pair of Queens

Summary: Mmmmhhhmmm....haven't won one of these in a while. It felt good to win a flip for an entire game, straight gambling.

Hand 2: What were you thinking?
PokerStars Game #14473892922: Tournament #73415756, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/11 - 03:04:01 (ET)
Table '73415756 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (1330 in chips)
Seat 2: harleez181 (1670 in chips)
harleez181: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ad 9c]
harleez181: calls 10
maxv2: raises 60 to 80
harleez181: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [9s Qc 9d]
maxv2: bets 120
harleez181: calls 120
*** TURN *** [9s Qc 9d] [6d]
maxv2: bets 300
harleez181: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [9s Qc 9d 6d] [3c]
maxv2: bets 830 and is all-in
harleez181: calls 830
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Ad 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
harleez181: shows [As 8c] (a pair of Nines)
maxv2 collected 2660 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2660 | Rake 0
Board [9s Qc 9d 6d 3c]
Seat 1: maxv2 (big blind) showed [Ad 9c] and won (2660) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: harleez181 (button) (small blind) showed [As 8c] and lost with a pair of Nines

Summary: This guy was really bad, I don't understand some people. Simple as that. I mean, I'm not one to talk. I try and make some really thin calls and fails constantly, but I'm pretty sure I would've let this one go...