Busted, but things are looking good...

About 2 weeks ago, i busted my $180 roll. It really sucked, i was playing .50/1 HU and came across a really sick hand, it pretty much crippled me.

I was playing a complete maniac who kept raising. I was hoping to check raise with good hands.

After about 8 hands, this happened. I called a3x bet on the button with Q9 suited and the flop comes Qx8. He bets out again, and figuring im good, i re-raise, he calls. Turn is a 9, giving me two pair Qs and 9s. He bets out, i re-raise and he calls....river is a 10, he bets out, i move all in. He calls and turns over KJ, giving him KQJ109 - very sick hand.

It was pretty much down hill from there, eventually i lost my whole roll.

However, things are looking better.....

Two days ago, i decided to play a 360 entrant Poker after Dark qualifier rd 1 - it was only ment for fun, the top 2 would qualify for round 2. Anyways....i played great and finished 2nd.

Round 2 was the next night and out of 4000 entrants, the top 9 would get entered into the Poker after dark final. Here they get the chance to earn a place on the Poker After Dark show and also 30k. I played the tournament in the early hours (3am) and fancied my chances - I was playing great poker and was building my stack at a good pace. I played aggressively, but not stupidly. There were about 40 players left and i was 3rd, i really felt like i could win the whole thing. But unfortunately, I ended up finishing in 26th :-(

I was 14th at the time, in great shape and was comitted to a pot with AJ suited against 66 -- it was a race, and well, the sixes held up. Ah well....il take 2nd and 26th. I'm going to deposit soon and hopefully build up a good roll. Hope to talk about it soon!