Down after the up.

Started the day by playing the $5+0.50 NLHE tourney, along with some $6+0.50 NLHE 6-max Turbos, which I lost in due to some of the dumbest play I've ever seen in my life. Ah well.

Used my Step2 ticket and won, moved to play Step3 while in the $5+0.50 and some 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE cash game, where I made about $5 in 100 hands, so, being bored, I stopped that and focused on Step3 and the $5+0.50.

There were 8 people left in the Step3 SNG with blinds at 5o/100, and it folded around to the SB who min raised my BB, putting him on a steal the entire way, I made a pretty bad read and sucked out pretty hard to knock him out and take a monstrous chip lead:

PokerStars Game #22881978329: Tournament #126785295, $75+$7 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/13 13:23:17 ET
Table '126785295 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: HipPocket (2005 in chips)
Seat 3: austinm (820 in chips)
Seat 4: Tango7 (2065 in chips)
Seat 5: cltrn (480 in chips)
Seat 6: Doikito (1225 in chips)
Seat 7: BartBRL (2550 in chips)
Seat 8: BamesJond87 (3280 in chips)
Seat 9: numbersup (1075 in chips)
BartBRL: posts small blind 50
BamesJond87: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3s 9h]
numbersup: folds
HipPocket: folds
austinm: folds
Tango7: folds
cltrn: folds
Doikito: folds
BartBRL: raises 100 to 200
BamesJond87: raises 225 to 425
BartBRL: calls 225
*** FLOP *** [3c Th 2s]
BartBRL: bets 300
BamesJond87: raises 450 to 750
BartBRL: calls 450
*** TURN *** [3c Th 2s] [6s]
BartBRL: bets 500
BamesJond87: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [3c Th 2s 6s] [9c]
BartBRL: checks
BamesJond87: bets 1605 and is all-in
BartBRL: calls 875 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (730) returned to BamesJond87
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [3s 9h] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
BartBRL: shows [Jh Tc] (a pair of Tens)
BamesJond87 collected 5100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5100 | Rake 0
Board [3c Th 2s 6s 9c]
Seat 2: HipPocket folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: austinm folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Tango7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cltrn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Doikito (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BartBRL (small blind) showed [Jh Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 8: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [3s 9h] and won (5100) with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 9: numbersup folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Went on to win the Step3 SNG to get a Step4 ticket. Not sure if I'm going to use it to try and get to the Step6 LAPT SNG or if I'm going to use it for the Sunday Million. I have a little while to decide.

While focusing on the Step3 SNG, my stack in the $5+0.50 dwindled down to about 1200, and my JJ lost to A7, oh well.

Went to 0.25/0.50 cash and made a bad read:

PokerStars Game #22886800054: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/13 16:11:31 ET
Table 'Sagitta V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: flopthis1974 ($43.80 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($54.55 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
flopthis1974: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [4c 3c]
BamesJond87: calls $0.25
flopthis1974: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 4s 6s]
flopthis1974: bets $1
BamesJond87: raises $2 to $3
flopthis1974: raises $2 to $5
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** TURN *** [3s 4s 6s] [Kd]
flopthis1974: bets $0.50
BamesJond87: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [3s 4s 6s Kd] [Jh]
flopthis1974: bets $37.80 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $37.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
flopthis1974: shows [8s 2s] (a flush, Eight high)
BamesJond87: mucks hand
flopthis1974 collected $87.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $87.60 | Rake $0.50
Board [3s 4s 6s Kd Jh]
Seat 1: flopthis1974 (big blind) showed [8s 2s] and won ($87.10) with a flush, Eight high
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) mucked [4c 3c]

Lost a total of about $75 on cash games, so I'm taking a break from them for a little while.

Played the $22 deepstack, and was doing really well until this terrible call by a donkey:

PokerStars Game #22893610070: Tournament #125324020, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/13 20:18:27 ET
Table '125324020 40' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (13480 in chips)
Seat 2: pokerazazin (9225 in chips)
Seat 3: spinningist (3620 in chips)
Seat 4: pokersean420 (8795 in chips)
Seat 5: acnecare (12220 in chips)
Seat 6: Derek_Ridley (2665 in chips)
Seat 7: dcmaster42 (14880 in chips)
Seat 8: Owilltey (5780 in chips)
Seat 9: Ponch10 (26410 in chips)
pokersean420: posts small blind 50
acnecare: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Ah Ad]
Derek_Ridley: folds
dcmaster42: folds
Owilltey: folds
Ponch10: folds
BamesJond87: raises 200 to 300
pokerazazin: folds
spinningist: folds
pokersean420: calls 250
acnecare: raises 1100 to 1400
BamesJond87: raises 2600 to 4000
pokersean420: folds
acnecare: calls 2600
*** FLOP *** [Ks 9c 8c]
acnecare: checks
BamesJond87: bets 9480 and is all-in
acnecare: calls 8220 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1260) returned to BamesJond87
*** TURN *** [Ks 9c 8c] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 9c 8c Jh] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
acnecare: shows [Qc Kc] (a flush, King high)
BamesJond87: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
acnecare collected 24740 from pot
BamesJond87 said, "what a terrible call"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24740 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 9c 8c Jh 2c]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: pokerazazin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: spinningist (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pokersean420 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: acnecare (big blind) showed [Qc Kc] and won (24740) with a flush, King high
Seat 6: Derek_Ridley folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dcmaster42 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Owilltey folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Ponch10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

That left me with like 1300 left, I doubled up the next hand with AK and just looked for spots to shove. Found another later with A4, lost, whatever. I was pretty mad after this hand and that terrible call so I didn't feel like playing anymore.

Today was not a good poker day.