It was a dark & stormy night...NO, it was a night I used my wits to outplay my opponents, well almost all of them!  Denny & I tangled again, heads-up, for the league lead.  He outplayed me again this week with superior skill.  My thinking this week was to play absolutely great poker.  Play tight, advertise less, send deliberate, funky tells, and only bluff at valuable pots. 

I started out very well, slowly increasing my stack.  Ran into a few problems in the middle of the game but refused to lose confidence.  My goal was to take down the bounty and win the game, keeping track of the Bounty's chip stack.  After half an hour of all-ins Denny took the bounty as my hand was too weak to play. 

Another half hour and it's heads-up.  We fight back and forth for a good bit and I'm up hoping that I am able to get the better of the situation.  My hi-hand has held up so far and I can't let this get away from me.  Denny raises his big blind and I raise half my chips with AK suited- Denny beats me into the pot.  I bet the flop, all-in, having made top pair-  Denny's flush destroys me!  I had him covered.  A few hands later my desperate pocket ducks drown.

I'm pleased only in the sense that I played extremely well, earned points for hi-hand, and second place.  I simply need to concentrate on those things that will make me have the better hand and odds of winning the pot if called. If luck runs bad, it runs bad.  I'll just try to make sound and timely decisions.
 


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