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Played some Sit-N-Gos at my brother’s house yesterday. This game is a loud, loose, crazy kind of game. Don’t really play to make money here, just to have some fun. A good time is had by all whenever we get together. Really it’s a chance for me to see my brothers and cousins every so often. For some reason I never win when I play with them. Doesn’t bother me being this is just a chance to blow off some steam. My biggest problem is I can never win a coin toss in this game. Actually I can’t seam to win as a big favorite, when all the money goes in either. My best chance to win is when I take the pot down without a showdown, so that was my plan last night. I have a tight image so I tried to exploit it early in both of them. It worked very well, I built up a large stack in both of the SNGs. Problem was I ran into a wall in the middle to late stages in both of them. I finished 4th out of 7 and 5th out of 9 in the two we played. Had close to the chip lead in both of them, at one time. The way I got crippled in the 2nd SNG really stung. We were down to five and I had enough chips to limp into the money being three were being paid. I woke up with pocket Kings in the big blind, we were playing 400-800 and I had 6000 chips. I thought yum yum I will double up on this hand and become the chip leader. My brother John insta-pushes under the gun. He is a loose crazy player, ATC is his motto. You never can put him on a hand. My first thoughts were Jacks or queens but you never know with him. Everyone folds to the small blind who is super short and has to call. I call and turn over my cards. Asked John if he had queens, he slowly turns over pocket Aces! Couldn’t believe he would push under the gun with them. All the money was getting in there anyway. It’s just the way he over bet the pot with the best starting hand . Oh well I couldn’t get lucky, after that hand didn’t even have enough left for a big blind. I was knocked out like 2 hands later. Think I lost five total coins flips last night. Maybe won one the whole night. Oh well this isn’t a bad beat post I got my money in way behind. It’s just unlucky to run into Aces from an under the gun pusher. Oh well one of these times it will be my turn to win. Good luck at the tables. Tony

P.S. – Shout out to Cousin Ant. for playing very well yesterday by taking 2nd and 3rd in our SNGs. (Remember “Please don’t tap on the fish bowl!”)