I had two unusual games today - they were unusual for different reasons.
I signed on for an omaha h/l pl at Jungle Poker, a freeroll qualifier with 30 tickets to the weekend $1k. After signing up StevenJV and ScottishBen and myself were typing in the chatbox and a $3 turbo single table was organised. I thought it was a good opportunity to play against those good players so signed up for that aslo. I was playing the SnG and just had one eye on the omaha when I made a stupid mistake and lost a big chunk of my omaha stack. After that I sat out and played the SnG.
ScottishBen then mentioned a HORSE turbo SnG. I love the occasional game of HORSE but I don't need to be too honest with myself to say I have weaknesses. Still, it's a fun game and since I had intended to make my first deposit at pokerstars later today, I was pleased to play.
With the HORSE beginning, I look back at my Omaha game at Jungle. I had been sitting out and had just 100 chips left with the blinds at 100. I'm just too late to click the 'I'm back' button and I watch a pretty decent hand go to muck.
Anyway my next hand, isnt great but not bad, I push my 100 chips, return to the HORSE and don't wait to see the result.
When I look back to Jungle, I have 500 chips. Next hand I'm dealt 2346 and make maximum bets in the pot. I'm allin again and back at my HORSE game.
Again I've won the pot at Jungle. I win again on another good hand and I'm around 4000 chips. With only 47 people left in I have a decent of making the cut and gaining 1 of the 30 tickets to the Jungle 1k weekly.
I continue with my HORSE. I'm taking Ben's advice of playing tight on my weakest games. I expect Limit Holdem to be my strongest, followed by Omaha hl - and the razz and stud games I'll tighten up and wing it when I have a really good hand. I'm getting nothing dealt in the HORSE and playing very few hands. Infact Ben laughed and asked was it a competition between me and him to see who played the least hands.
Back at Jungle I'm picking hands and doing fine, I make around 15,000 chips, there's a few sitters around on small stacks and know I can now coast into the top 30 places. Amazing game.
I play just the HORSE now. The first round of limit hold em passes me by, I have either no hand or no position and without searching for the hand history , I don't think I played one hold em hand in that round. I'm very careful on the first hands of stud since I'm not sure if it's stud high or high/low and have to ask Ben. The game changes to stud h/l and I begin to earn some chips. I had some good draws and hit some hands and to be honest if I couldnt win chips with those hands I'd want strangling.
Ben gets unlucky on two hands and has most of his stack in when I hit a straight on fifth. With 4 players left, small stack survives and I manage to take the biggest part of the other two players stacks in omaha h/l. I'm heads-up and after a few hands of hold em I'm in a commanding lead..
PokerStars Game #6775687668: Tournament #34495004, $3.00+$0.40 HORSE (Hold'em Limit) - Level XI (500/1000) - 2006/10/26 - 10:38:15 (ET)
Table '34495004 1' 8-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: 7letters (10392 in chips)
Seat 5: horssieg (1608 in chips)
I can't lose can I?
Anyway, Eucalypta arrives home from a shopping trip, I'm chatting away to her feeling over confident that I can't lose the game. I've done all the hard work. The kids are asking me questions and since I said I'd cook I'm planning what's for dinner.
I lose a hand when I've raised a KJ all the way and think he'll put it down but he doesnt and he gets back to 3700 chips. I think my opponent isnt going to call all my SB raises in Limit Hold em and I continue pushing to get the game over. I stupidly raise an 8-5 from the small blind. I know if he calls it's his whole stack he's playing for. He calls and has 5d3d and he wins on a pair. They get quite a few more chips later when again I get over aggressive trying to finish them off.
With my chip lead back to 10K v 2K I raise an A5o from BB. Raise the flop and when an A falls on the turn I raise for his last 400 chips. He's playing AK and we enter omaha h/l . Going into the penultimate hand, I'm slightly behind on chips and lose the game there when I raise with Tc 9s Qh Qc. Flop is Jh 6c Ad and a pair of A's win. I played the hand badly and should of folded on the river.
The limit hold em which I considered my strongest part of the HORSE ..well...I played terribly...infact I'll have to say it's the worst play I've seen not only from myself but from anybody! I'm not sure how it's possible to lose such a commanding lead but I did. The other player is possibly writing how they came back from a 10 to 1 chip disadvantage in some forum now lol
Anyway it's taught me a lesson or rather reminded me that it ain't over till it's over. It was just one single table $3 SnG but it was difficult to get off my mind. Infact it left me feeling a little sick - at least I had the cooking to look forward to
Bad beats are hard to swallow but when it's your own fault the taste is even worse.
HORSE and Trap ( feel free to edit and replace the T with a C) 
