A lil unusual

Check this hand that happened in my Sit n Go tonight:

PokerStars Game #17603506192: Tournament #89253116, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/05/22 - 01:36:53 (ET)
Table '89253116 1' 9-max
Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: toddw8 (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: uscjess (1330 in chips)
Seat 3: BerzWay (1990 in chips)
Seat 4: thecomet44 (1800 in chips)
Seat 5: selfd (1610 in chips)
Seat 6: marilynjoy (1350 in chips)
Seat 7: Eman299 (1465 in chips)
Seat 8: bazza68 (1205 in chips)
Seat 9: CINACIN (1310 in chips)
bazza68: posts small blind 15
CINACIN: posts big blind 30
** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uscjess [Kd Ks]
toddw8: folds
uscjess: raises 60 to 90
BerzWay: folds
thecomet44: folds
selfd: folds
marilynjoy: folds
Eman299: folds
bazza68: raises 1115 to 1205 and is all-in
CINACIN: raises 105 to 1310 and is all-in
uscjess: calls 1220
*** FLOP *** [Kc Jd Qc]
*** TURN *** [Kc Jd Qc] [9h]
CINACIN said, "no way"
*** RIVER *** [Kc Jd Qc 9h] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CINACIN: shows [Qd Qh] (three of a kind, Queens)
uscjess: shows [Kd Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
BerzWay said, "WHAT"
uscjess collected 210 from side pot
bazza68: shows [Js Jh] (three of a kind, Jacks)
bazza68 said, "lol"
uscjess collected 3615 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3825 Main pot 3615. Side pot 210. Rake 0 Board [Kc Jd Qc 9h 6c]
Seat 1: toddw8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: uscjess showed [Kd Ks] and won (3825) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 3: BerzWay folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: thecomet44 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: selfd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: marilynjoy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Eman299 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bazza68 (small blind) showed [Js Jh] and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 9: CINACIN (big blind) showed [Qd Qh] and lost with three of a kind, Queens

Glad it all worked out for me : )

Current balance: 1055

Progress (I hope you are knocking on wood, cause I sure am)

See that? That tiny upswing? Maybe, just maybe, I can get this back under control sooner rather than later. The $6 single tables have been especially kind, though I am getting more 3rd places than 2nds and 1sts than I would prefer. But, I am of the mindset that a cash is a cash, so I will take it, especially at this point.

Sorry the blog hasn't been up to snuff the past few days. I have felt pretty crappy as of late so not only do I not want to write about poker, but I honestly have not been playing much either.

I guess something worth mentioning is that I am beginning to debate whether or not I want to invest in Cardrunners. For research purposes, I know at some point I need to get a feel for the site and the content it has to offer. However, as I have mentioned previously, I just have difficulty believing advanced strategy really works at the microstakes. I really just think it is a repeated cycle of shove with the best hand and pray.

What is a measley 5%?

I put more money on Stars last night, hoping it might make a difference. I got 2nd in a single table $6 sng and called it a night. This morning, I have played in 3 tournaments and here is how I went out in each:

$6 Single Table:
Me: AQ
Villain: A10

10 on flop. This one didn't hurt so much. I was fairly short, he had already raised, he had to call. I understand, just unfortunate.

$2 MTT 6-max

Me: AhKh
Villain: QK off suit

In this scenario the villain made a huge over shove (which they had been doing a lot) and I called. Flop came 10 high with two hearts. Villain doesn't have the Q of hearts, but manages to hit the Qd on the river to knock me out. They apologize and I even typed to them, "no worries, you pushed, I called. If it were the other way around I would be annoyed."

$3 45 person Turbo SNG

It is the final table, I am 3rd in chips with 5 players left. However, blinds are at 600/1200 and I only have 10k. With AhKh utg, I decide to shove in order to isolate the short stack, who was in the big blind. The small blind is 2nd in chips with just under 15k and pauses a long time before calling with KJ off suit

Flop is K high, he rivers a J and actually types "sorry". I can't hold my temper in and even though I know I should not be tapping the glass, I respond, "you should be. That was pretty dumb." He responds with: "thought you had a small pocket pair". Keep this in mind: I have shown nothing but QQ AA AK and AQ the entire final 2 tables, most of which was spent with him. Moreover, while I completely understand the need to win races late in the tournament, I have NO idea why someone is going to 1) think they are in a race in this given scenario and 2) voluntarily put their own tournament on the line with a marginal hand that is AT BEST a race against one of the two people left in the field who could cripple them.

I conclude by noting, "I don't exactly make it a habit of shoving under the gun without a monster, but anyways, have fun all".

The really sick part? I am up a dollar for the day, so, for some reason, I feel as though things are getting better.