Coin-flipped postflop

Damnit Damnit Damnit...

As you already know about the $5-15k guaranteed finish.

Today was a 2-5 in tournaments day. I placed 32nd out of 551 people in the $2 PL Omaha h/l--cashing for a whopping $4.65. But hey, I doubled the tournament buy-in, so it works. I fell short in the $2.5 tournament and the $1 fixed 5-card tournament, that I got 2nd in yesterday.

Big disappointment. I had a little under 10k in the $5 buck tournament tonight. I was cruising, above average stack and in the top 100. I was dealt 9 10 suited in the big blind and faced a raise of a total of 1200. (blinds 150/300) I love suited connectors, especially with a big stack so I made the call, along with 3 other people. The pot preflop was around 6k.

flop: 10h 6s 3s

I loved that flop, top pair and a flush draw...however, my smile stopped when the sb shoved 11k, which had me covered. I play to win, not to cash, and I was only 12 away from the cash at this point. Top pair and a flush draw is a hard hand to lay down, mathematically, if he has an overpair, I'm a coinflip. I could of even been up against two highcards, or a mid pocketpair trying to buy it. I made the call.

My 9 10 of spades vs QQ

Turn: Kd

River:Jc

Completely missed. After the flop I was a coinflip, 46%-54% percent. I needed any 9, 10, or spade to shoot me into the top 15. However, I missed, ousting me--after a strong showing, I finish with nothing.

My segment "Chase's Patio" will debut tomorrow, do to technical difficulties.

Pete and I will finish the night with some sit and gos..nothing that exciting

Stay tuned to read on who gets the POTD Award, it was a classic.