Easter Poker Weekend

Hope evryone had a nice Easter. I spent it with my family in Osakis. It was a good time. I also was able to open my summer lake place. Soon it will be less poker and more fishing. I can hardly wait. It's a toss up between poker, fishing and bowling as my first passion. Friday poker Friday night I ran my weekly bar game at McCanns. We had a good turn out for it being good Friday. As it usually is on fridays, it was a game full of bad poker and suck outs. I run two games most Fridays and play the second one. I ahve been thinking of dropping the late one because of low turn out and crazy drunken poker. We only had 10 so I gave everyone a double stack and ran it sit and go style with quick blinds. I was not into playing so I decided to play every flop regardless of raise unless someone was all in. After a hour I had exactly what I had started with and was up and down the whole time. I went all in with A-J suited and was called by 7-7 and lost out. It was ok, I had enough by then. The person that won that hand ended up winning the tournament and it was something else. He won every hand that he played except one and of course most of the time he was behind. When I handed him the first prize I told him that he better head to the casino before his hot streak ends. Saturday poker Saturday was my first ever home game that I have hosted. I don't know cab you call it a home game when you hold it somewhere else? I hosted it in the backroom of a local Legion club. When I set it up and I didn't realize that it was Easter weekend. The turn out was low but those that came had a good time. We played 2 games with a $25 buy-in with $5 being a bounty and a $10 late game. In the first game I was the chip leader when we got to the bubble. I was the big blind. The small blind made a 4 times the blind raise. He had been making regular raises on big blind so I had decided this time I would call. I had J-4 offsuit. He rasied and I called. Flop was J-5-5. Perfect! He goes all in and I call. He turns over 5-2 of spades and I loss half my stack. A little later I have a pair and go all-in and am called by an aces and he flops an ace. I am the bubble boy! It is the first time in a real money touranment that I have been the bubble. It is depressing. I got knocked out early in the second. I will do the tournament again sometime. It was fun. Monday poker Monday was my every 8 weeks to take the winners of my Sunday bar game to Milacs casino and buy them into there $60 tournament. Yes, I also play! It started like it was going to be a bad night. I lost 2/3 of my stack early when I couldn't hit a flop with good starting cards. I started with 3000 in chips and was down to 1200. I get a pocket pair and push all in and get two callers and they hold up and i am back above starting. I then go on a heater and end the first break at 9000 in chips. This tournament goes fast after the first break and turns into an all in fest. I get aces and raise it 4 times the big blind. Someone goes all-in for about half my stack. He has been going all in a lot and complains that he is getting bored. I call and he turns over K-Q offsuit. Flop is 9-8-4 two hearts. It goes runner runner heart and I get four card flushed. Wow that sucks. I then go card dead with someone going all-in evrey hand. Blinds are starting to get high and I am coming up on my BB which almost puts me all in. We are down to two tables and I get moved to the other table and the best is that I move from the BB to the button. I then get three good hands in a row and go all in and the blinds fold to me. I double up and make it to the final table. I draw the position behind the dealer perfect! I lokk around the table and realize that I am the short stack by a lot. They are paying the top 7 so I need at least a double up to cash. I am waiting for a decent hand to push all in. I have A-10 suited so I am thinking this is the hand. Guy under the gun limps in. I put him on low pair, weak ace or king something. I push all in. evryone folds to limper and he goes into how he hates this hand and calls and turns up A-Q off. How do you not raise under the gun in a game with mostly all ins. I would ahve folded to a raise with a-10. I lose and finish 10th. I played a good tournament, but am depressed that this is two casino final tables in a row without cashing. Maybe next time.