Week 4 - My house

We had 13 players show up for poker tonight.  I sat at the table in the kitchen with, going left-to-right, Aaron, TK, Luis, Chris, and Amy.   We high carded and Amy had the deal.  The first hand and I limped in in the small blind.  Aaron raised and two others folded, I called.  The flop came 10-7-4, I checked, Aaron bet.  The next card was J.  I checked, Aaron bet, I called.  The next card was a blank, I bet 600 and Aaron folded pocket 6's.  I had 10-7 hearts.  I should have played 10-7 all night.  I would have faired better.  I was out first, the curse of the host, I think.  Maybe a lack of ability to focus, because your trying to do so much, such as start the clock and everyone is on your back to do so.  Hey, I was having some technical difficulties.  But, I got it going.  I got short stacked and raised with the blinds at 200/400 and 2000 left in my stack.  TK re-raised me, I went all-in.  TK called and showed pocket A's.  I had A-J clubs.  The board was 3-3-6-6-8.  I was out first.  Baker was soon to follow with a bad beat.  He had A-J, A-J not a good hand tonight, and TK called with 9-10.  The flop came 5-J-8, the turn brought a 5, and river a 7.  TK eliminated Baker with a straight.   We quickly got down to the final table, at about 10pm and finished by 11:20 pm.   The final five were Luis in fifth, in fourth, and TK in third.  When I sat down next to Yvonne she was short stacked out of the five and she managed to gain momentum and chips.  She was able to get heads up against Steve.  But, was not able to surpass Steve's chip lead.  Therefore, Yvonne finished 2nd and Steve 1st.  

Players present:  Eliseo, Sean, Gabe, Aaron, Qtip, Baker, TK, Steve, Luis, Chris, Yvonne, Art, and Amy.