Man, the dude that put the chat up that I posted last night was one of the worst players I've ever seen at the 0.5-1 NL level. Almost never raised pre-flop, almost never protected anything in any situation where protection was warrented, went bust when the button limped with KT, he checked his big blind with AA, and the flop came JQA. I laughed :)

I was up about $80 at my high point but tried a couple of silly bluffs and wound up up about $20. That was $20 I spent on a tournament, a $5+R limit OH8 tourney. 257 entrants, top 30 spots paid, I crashed out at 35. I was 3rd in chips with about 40 to go when I hit a monster pot, big blind with KJ84 (no meaningful suitedness) checking from the big blind. The flop came KJ8 for three pair, two diamonds and a spade :). The small blind bet out (very aggressive player), I raised figuring my 2pair was good for the moment, and wanted to drive out any weak high draws and runner-runner lows. Button, who also had a big chip stack, called the two cold, and the small blind called. Crap. The turn comes, a 3 (second spade), SB checks, I bet, both call. River comes, a ten of spades, for a board of KsJd8d3sTs, check, I check, trying to figure out a way I'm still ahead, button bets. SB calls and I think about it for a while, eventually calling in the hope that I'm up against a weaker two pair, though I probably should have folded.

The button dragged the pot with AT8s7s!!! Um what? I asked him straight up, what the hell was he thinking on the flop. He didn't respond. That hand all but crippled me and I never really recovered. As is usually the case in these bad beat hands near the bubble in tournaments, had I won it, I'd have been a dominating chip leader. Instead I was all but broke. Oh well, next time...