So live poker isn't 100% skill after all

My second attempt at live poker didn't go quite as well as my first. I didn't get many decent hands and flopped badly with the hands I played. Just like in my first live tournament I only won one hand before ending up all in, not long after the first break. A monster stack raised; I went all in pre-flop with my AJ. My opponent had QT. The flop came J-8-something, the turn was a king giving him an open-ender and a ten-outer which he duly hit when an ace came on the river. I still found the experience a little unnerving and wasn't unhappy with my early exit. Only this time they had a turbo second chance tournament; happily it didn't take me long to bust out of that one as well.

Online has been a bit of a mixed bag; my bankroll is currently $2583. Here's an interesting single draw hand from last night. I'd got involved with this guy twice before in this session and was on the losing end both times. The first time I four-bet small (to $7) with my pat 98432, he called out of position, then patted and bet just $3 into me. I called; he had 97532. The second hand was immediately before this one. I drew one, he took two, I made 44752 and bet, he unsurprisingly called me with T7.

PokerStars Hand #85113657472:  Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2012/08/23 5:10:32 ET

Table 'Wendeline III' 7-max Seat #7 is the button

Seat 1: popaionut ($38.10 in chips)

Seat 2: Uchenik717 ($10.22 in chips)

Seat 3: TATJANA19896 ($5.29 in chips)

Seat 4: Bale777 ($10.37 in chips)

Seat 5: rubin323 ($52.58 in chips)

Seat 7: plutoman20 ($18.53 in chips)

popaionut: posts small blind $0.25

Uchenik717: posts big blind $0.50

*** DEALING HANDS ***

Dealt to plutoman20 [8d 7h 5d 4h 2h]

TATJANA19896: folds

Bale777: raises $1 to $1.50

rubin323: calls $1.50 Good.

plutoman20: raises $4.25 to $5.75 Right, I'm short, I've got a big hand, let's see how I can get my whole stack in.

popaionut: folds

Uchenik717: folds

Bale777: folds Damn.

rubin323: calls $4.25 Good.

rubin323: stands pat

plutoman20: stands pat on [8d 7h 5d 4h 2h]

rubin323: bets $3

plutoman20: raises $9.78 to $12.78 and is all-in He might not respect my raise here. At least that's what I'm hoping.

rubin323: uses up his entire time bank. Do I want him to call? Of course I do! I've got number twelve for god's sake. Eventually he calls $9.78

*** SHOW DOWN ***

plutoman20: shows [8d 7h 5d 4h 2h] (Lo: 8,7,5,4,2)

rubin323: shows [9d 4d 8c 6d 5h] (Lo: 9,8,6,5,4)

plutoman20 collected $37.54 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $39.31 | Rake $1.77

Seat 1: popaionut (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 2: Uchenik717 (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 3: TATJANA19896 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: Bale777 folded before Flop

Seat 5: rubin323 showed [9d 4d 8c 6d 5h] and lost with Lo: 9,8,6,5,4

Seat 7: plutoman20 (button) showed [8d 7h 5d 4h 2h] and won ($37.54) with Lo: 8,7,5,4,2