I Love Heads Up

I came home in a good mood. Singing and ready to play some poker. So when I noticed TripJax on Yahoo, I couldn't resist inviting him for a HU match. We had talked about playing on Sunday and I was looking forward to a challenge with the infamous TripJax. It was an excellent game. He was a solid player, just as I had expected. The game concluded after 97 hands. For the final play, I had to make a very tough call. I had 8 5 and landed two pair by the turn. The flop came with 9 high and a possible straight if TripJax had a 6. No flush possibility. He bet the flop and turn. So when he pushed on the river. I figured that he did not have the straight. I just thought if he had it, he would have pushed on the flop or turn and taken the pot down. It was certainly worth it by the turn and not worth risking my hitting a better hand. So I called. And I was right..whew..Great game!!!

On the sidelines, we had DonkeyPuncher, GaryC, and WillyWonka. I tried to talk GaryC into being my next challenge, but he wouldn't go for it. Apparently everyone has had the opportunity to beat him except me..lol..I feel soooo "deprived". While we were chatting someone asked about my HU stats, so I gave them a recap. The stats here on my blog include bloggers and other players. The guys pointed out to me that my results against bloggers have been more favorable..12 to 8 to be exact. Interesting...

DP - Good Luck in the next round of the HUC 2!!

I didn't get around to my gloating and victory dance because in the middle of my game, I got news that was highly disappointing. It made my $10 win seem meaningless in comparison.

Lastly, I missed one of the recent blogger victories on my post the other day of winners. Congrats to 100-2-infinity who cashed on the final table in a Omaha MTT on Party Poker! Sorry buddy. That was definitely worthy of a mention!