Another fun night on the MPT(Matt Poker Tour) last night. We went to "Jason(Jason and Sabre at Coopers)":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20040419_coopers/P1010010.jpg's house, which is in the middle of East Nowhere, but still a nice spread. My play was ok; I got better cards than last week, but also played a bit looser. I was up about $10 early in the limit-raise round, after catching a few good cards, and also staying in until the end with not so good hands, but against people with even worse hands. Towards the end I got handed like 3 bad beats in a row; got great flops (including a straight), but just got outdrawn and couldn't bet other people out of the pot.

The $5 no-limit hands were fairly exciting, although people were playing a lot more conservatively than last week. There was one great showdown that I was in; 3 people all-in without seeing the flop. I had K-rag against K-rag and A-rag. The other K and I were behind until the river, and then caught the pair, but I had a higher kicker so I took the whole thing. Made back a little bit of the money I had lost with limit-raise, but wound up down like $7 for the night, which meant I'm just about even over the 2 weeks. I need to play more disciplined, even though chasing bad hands and bluffing is a lot easier to do 4 or 5-handed than 8 or 9.

Big winners last night were Aaron ($20) and Jason ($15). "David(David the cowboy)":http://feralboy.com/photoalbum/photos/20040109_cowboy/01.jpg did about the same as I did; down a few for the day, and "Joshua(Joshua at Coopers)":http://0friction.com/pix/zero_friction_pic_2926.jpg had his ass _handed_ to him (busted out of both no-limit rounds by going all-in on the first hand. He had good cards and it was the right play to make both times, but just got outdrawn), but is still up overall.