Ten sets later...

I couldn't resist playing more poker, even though I told myself I would be willing to hang it up for the rest of the year after my good recent run.

I was playing 'Stars and it happened that Fuel55 beat me to the draw at a NL$200 table that looked juicy. Later on I ended up at that table, with him and Mookie.

This one toaster cracked Fuel's KK and stacked him for $100 with A-rag. Fuel bought back to the max but didn't stay as long as I thought -- he was two to the toaster's left and this guy was really something.

The toaster routinely would wreck AK by calling to the river with, say, A6, and catching his 6.

He built up a stack of $500+ and I wanted to stay as long as I could. I ended up doubling up in a hand in which I had QQ (12th set of the day/night) and made a boat. He and another toaster followed me the entire way but folded a big pot when I fired everything else -- $113, on the river.

And then this hand happened. I didn't want to play a big pot because everyone was calling raises. So I made it $7... I made a creative overbet on the river after watching the toaster go all-in on the river many times.

Little did I know he was on an open-ended royal flush draw! LOL. I ended the night with 15 sets, (aces again at another table)...

PokerStars Game #7690523113: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/12/31 - 01:02:25 (ET)
Table 'Rotanev' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: JAXX-JAXX ($200 in chips)
Seat 2: kurokitty ($441.45 in chips)
Seat 3: TERRY1469 ($97.35 in chips)
Seat 4: DooMeRFD ($330.45 in chips)
Seat 6: mayhem920 ($200 in chips)
Seat 7: confound ($540.70 in chips)
Seat 9: LA PHARKA ($98 in chips)
AArdvark42 will be allowed to play after the button
LA PHARKA: posts small blind $1
JAXX-JAXX: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kurokitty [Ac Ah]
kurokitty: raises $5 to $7
TERRY1469: folds
DooMeRFD: folds
mayhem920: folds
confound: calls $7
LA PHARKA: folds
JAXX-JAXX: calls $5
*** FLOP *** [Qh Qd Kh]
JAXX-JAXX: checks
kurokitty: bets $8
confound: calls $8
JAXX-JAXX: folds
*** TURN *** [Qh Qd Kh] [As]
kurokitty: bets $10
confound: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [Qh Qd Kh As] [7d]
kurokitty: bets $200
confound: raises $315.70 to $515.70 and is all-in
kurokitty: calls $216.45 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
confound: shows [Th Jh] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
kurokitty: shows [Ac Ah] (a full house, Aces full of Queens)
kurokitty collected $887.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $890.90 | Rake $3
Board [Qh Qd Kh As 7d]
Seat 1: JAXX-JAXX (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: kurokitty showed [Ac Ah] and won ($887.90) with a full house, Aces full of Queens
Seat 3: TERRY1469 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: DooMeRFD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mayhem920 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: confound (button) showed [Th Jh] and lost with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: LA PHARKA (small blind) folded before Flop