After the unfortunate news from back home, I decided to continue my plan of playing some cards.

This was a bad idea . . . maybe something Karma-based behind it!

I headed to the Galaxy Starworld poker room and took my seat on a HK10-20 NLH table (roughly AU$1.50-3 NLH) with a 2,000-chip stack.

My first hand of note (and first stacking) came when I got jammed in the middle holding Q♣ 10♣ on a 3♥ J♣ 9♠ 7♦ board against a set of Jacks and sevens. The river bricked in the 7k pot and I was forced to rebuy.

I slowly built my new stack up before my 5♣ 4♣ ran into 8♣ 6♣ on a Q♣ J♥ 10♣ 9♣ 4♥ board after he tanked called a twenty percent pot bet on the river.

Our table broke and I once at the new table I had my Kings cracked by three-deuce off before this hand came up.

I looked down at A♠ A♥ under the gun and opened to 140 – nearly double to what I had normally been opening to. Five callers later and a flop of K♠ 9♠ 4♠ saw me fire out 600 only to get raised all in. I threw in my last 2,000 and when the turn came the 9♣ and river the 2♥, I re-bought for my last 2,000 when shown J♠ 10♠ by one of the Skandi’s on the table.

3am ticked round and my A♦ J♦ was unable to improve against Kings on a two-diamond board to see me head home stuck HK$5,000.