I'm so proud

Tonight, at $0.01/$0.02 6-max NL, I was called a donkey. I was just bursting with pride. And laughing my ass off. It reminded me of the old Firesign Theater bit, "We're all bozos on this bus."

Actually, this was even funnier than I at first thought. I had pocket kings. There was one limper ahead of me. This was a table that had shown no respect for normal sized raises. I didn't necessarily want to scare everyone away, but I didn't want to take kings up against five other players. I made it 5BB to go.

Okay, here's the funnier part. The guy who called me a donkey called my raise with A2o. Donkey do as donkey see.

I won't go into the full blown analysis. Let's just say I thought it might have been a marginal call. Turns out I had 11 outs, well into make-the-call territory. I river a king to beat his flopped two pair and he went into call the other guy an idiot mode.

In all fairness, this IS $0.01/$0.02. I imagine most of the players aren't even considering what the other guy might have. He saw his two pair and wasn't thinking at all about me raising before the flop or the fact that there were three hearts out there. His push wasn't a bad move, but he needed a lot bigger stack to make it a bad call for me.

Anyway, I loved the donkey stuff. I thanked him just before he left the table.

The quest is getting back on track. The bankroll is back up to $23.94.

The Weekend

The Quest took a bit of a hit this weekend. Several down sessions have added up to a mini-slide. Just when I thought it was impossible to lose in the ankle-deep waters of $0.01/$0.02.

In some ways it's tougher way down in the shallows. I never know if my opponent is staying all the way with bottom pair, despite the obvious straights and flushes that are possible, or if he's smart enough to realize the dangers and would never have ventured so far without a premium holding. I lost a buy-in on second nut flush when the other guy had the ace.

There was a bit of that kind of thing mixed with a number of sessions where nothing hit and I did little but blind off until the table broke.

The bankroll now stands at $21.33.

Tonight is the second Bodog Blogger tournament. I've not read any other announcements, so I'm hoping the password is the same as last time. Since I'm freerolling the next several, I intend to be there. Details are in Monday's entry from last week if you're interested. Great overlay, so I encourage you to join in.