Home game!

Played in a $20 home game tourney at a Neil's place while his wife was up north with the kids. 3 usual suspects (Neil, Eric and Mark), and 3 unknowns (friends of Neil's: Pat, Yan, Guy) though I was given a little bit of information on them from Neil and Mark. 7 players, first paid $100, and second $40, with $5 bounties for everyone.

I should have been knocked out in 6th place, but ended up in 2nd. Blind level was 600/1200, I had about 7200 in chips left (12k starting stack). I'm in the cut-off with K8o and push all-in to steal the blinds. Yan (tight) calls. Oh oh.. Pat (loose) calls. Not so bad any more. I figure I'm now up against an underpair (Yan) and random (Pat) which I might beat. I figure I'm now around 25-30% favorite to win the pot which is now 21.6k. Flop comes Q64 rainbow. :( Damn, I missed that completely. Yan bets, Pat moves all-in and Yan calls. Yan had JJ for an underpair. Pat flips over Q4c for two pair. Over the course of the night I learned that Pat *really* loves his suited cards! I need runner runner. K on the turn, 8 on the river, and I'm back in the game!

Later, 4 handed, Pat's short stack in the BB, I'm on the button with AQo. I put him all in, he calls with A6d. 6 on the river. Now I'm blanking on the details, but later when we were 3 handed, he moved all in PF from the button, and I called with Ax, he flipped over 2 spades and I was in front, then he flopped one spade, and turned and rivered the other two to cripple my stack.

I fold the next hand from the button, and Guy in the SB raises, Pat moves all in and Guy calls. KQ for Guy, K3d for Pat. Flop contains 2 diamonds, to make Guy sweat, but finally a hand holds up against Pat and he's knocked out and I back door into a $20 win (Guy let me keep my $5 bounty.)

What a night. Now, hopefully, I can get a little sleep and not be too messed up for tomorrow.