Fail. (Of the non-epic variety)

Well, this week sucked. It's my own fault, of course.

Before going to poker, I was supposed to go look at an apartment. I ended up not doing that, as I got a lead on a better place. 

I was thinking about not going to poker on Tuesday. I had a ton of homework to do, and I'm starting to feel sick. (Hopefully I avoid getting whatever's going around. Vitamin C!) Next time I have these feelings, I am GOING TO LISTEN TO THEM. If I'm stressed about school and other outside factors, I won't play well at poker. That's a fact. You'd think I'd know that by now, but nooooo, I just have to go no matter what. 

I ended up at a table with people I had never played before. The theme of the night was "folding". I folded my first hand, 10-2 off suit. Guess who would've ended up with a full house, 10s full of Kings? (Yeah, yeah, I know.) 

The next hand I had Ace-2 off suit. I called the raise, but didn't hit anything on the board. When my opponent fired his bet into the pot (maybe 'fired' isn't the right word. More like threw his bet into the pot and didn't say anything so it was up to the universe to figure out what he was doing,) I folded, as I hadn't hit anything. It's foolish to waste chips. (Well, others at my table may disagree, but that's okay.) 

Then, a miracle! I won a hand! Did I, or did I not, have the diamond flush? Discuss.

Eventually, a raise came pre-flop, up to 300. I had pocket 5s, and felt that was crazytown. 300? Would I call that? I again, ended up folding. And again, I would've had ANOTHER full house!

At this point in the night, I'm short stacked, I'm not getting any hands. I eventually go all-in with some mediocre hand (Jack ten or jack-queen or some shit like that.) I lose the hand and end up busting early. Fortunately for me, I was not the first or second person to bust out. So, that was nice to keep up with that consistency.

I have to apologize here to my tablemates. I'm a bit fussy when it comes to table etiquette. Please push your blinds in BEFORE the flop, and BEFORE your bet. If you splash the pot, it will be impossible for anyone to figure out what you're betting, especially if you do a non-verbal bet. Please do NOT stack your bet on top of your blind, as that will cause general confusion all around.

These little etiquettes are also very important for whoever is dealing. The dealer needs to be able to tell right away what the pot is, if a bet is legal, and if the pot is good before they can continue dealing out the flop or turn or whatever. Please, please, for the love of God and all that is holy (or for the love of Daniel Negreanu) please adhere to these little etiquettes. It will help prevent confusion and will keep everyone at the table happy, because it will be easier to follow the action.

So, I took off. Was it really worth it? To sit there for an hour, just torturing myself with a losing game all night? Probably. Maybe. Maybe not.