Quickest heads-up, Longest heads-up and a Straight Flush...

That's pretty much how the home game went on Tuesday.

Bad night for me, I was out third in both games, and had to re-buy in both games too!

Pokerbrat and Renzo were the heroes this week.

GREAT to see Renzo back in the game and on his game for that matter.

Lethal called me down on a couple of big bluffs in the first game and took most of my chips.

I had to re-buy shortly after, but doubled-up with the first Straight Flush ever at the home game. Pokerbrat re-loaded and didn't look back from then on.

I think Lethal was out first, then Renzo and with me crashing third, Kermit was the man to take on Pokerbrat heads-up... it lasted one hand! Pokerbrat taking down the win.

In the second game, the Brat re-loaded and then went out for a second time. He cut his losses and went home.

I went down to 3000 chips and brought it back to over 100,000.

The chips moved back and forth for a while but I chased too many straights. I did have one good hand, doubling through Renzo with my pocket Kings. He had 7s in the hole but the cowboys held.

The heads-up between Renzo and Kermit lasted a monstrous 2 hours!

Every time Renzo went in with the best hand, Kermit would hit and double-up. Renzo would then grind himself back to even, take the lead, then lose to a bad beat... over and over again. It was incredible.

In the end, a big hand held for Renzo and he won the second game.

Pomme

I'm really pissed-off with my game on Thursday night at the Pomme. I started off really well, making a call that could have sent me home £200 down in the first hour. I was dealt Ace, King and hit a King on the flop.

Pikey Chris makes a £51 bet and I re-raise another £51. He moves all-in and I'm already commited to calling so push all my chips in. He's chasing a straight and a flush but he misses and I river trip Kings. Phew!

So now I'm sat on over £400 in chips and I'm looking forward to grinding out another big win at the Pomme.

30 minutes later and I'm dealt pocket Aces, one of which is a heart. Eddie bets the pot so I re-raise the new pot. He calls reluctantly and when the flop hits he pushes all-in. I insta-call and find he is chasing a heart flush. It hits the turn so I need another heart to give me the nut flush. It's a rag, so I lose over £100 with pocket rockets to Queen fuckin rag.

I tighten up but every time I think I am making the right play, I'm beaten. For example, the Gay Blade who usually plays tighter than Kermit, is heads-up against my pocket 8s. The flop is 7, 5, 5 and I figure the guy only plays Aces and Kings so bet out. He calls me down all the way to the river and turns over 5, 6 - he flopped trips and was flat calling me all the way.

I'm starting to tilt a bit as I know I'm not playing my usual game. I pair a 7 on the flop against a regular who has been away (and I've never played against). He seems tight, in fact he folded a low flush when I had the King flush in an earlier hand, which is an amazing lay down! Anyway, I river another 7 and bet out £50 (there's well over £100 in the pot) and he calls, showing a straight I didn't even see on the board.

I'm now completely tilting and I'm left with £75.

I pair a Queen on my final hand and move in. I get two callers and watch them play against each other and ultimately one of them turns over a full house.

I leave really pissed off.

Tomorrow is a £75 freezeout at the Pomme so I'm going down to play in that and later on the cash game... this time I'll down a couple of Relentless and keep my head in the game.

AVjT