I bought some groceries today, so in return one of my roommates let me use his account to play a $5 buy-in poker (Texas Hold 'Em) tourney. I finished 2nd, which pays $13.50, so I played another, and finished 3rd for another $9. I decided one more, a two table tourney, to take me up to bedtime. I've got about 1600 chips, and get A-Q in the pocket. Some guy goes all-in with about 500 chips, so I call. Another guy also calls. Flop comes A-7-Q, so I'm feeling pretty good and go all-in. The other guy calls, everyone shows. Me and the other all-in guy both have A-Q. The third guy has K-J for a straight draw. Of course the 10 comes in on the last card, he gets his straight, and I say bye bye.

Poker, while lots of fun, can be very frustrating. But hey, I'm still up like $12 for the day.