Amazing Sunday

Well I never thought I would get to write a blog entry such as this.
I had an incredible run this past Sunday morning, one that probably will not be duplicated again.
Now I did not win thousands or just play blindly but I ran incredibly well.
I now know how it feels to run that way and it is a very very satisfying.

I played live on Saturday. Had a decent day but I was very card cold. I had a young friend watching my play and cards after he got knocked out of the tournament and he was laughing at my hands. They were that bad. I would get a red 4 as the first cards more time than I can count. This was a very strange day. I think I documented once before when I was playing 10/20 limit holdem that I received a 4 as my first card dealt 16 hands in a row!! After the first 6 or 7 first 4s I started just turning my first card face up. After the 16th time I sat out until that dealer was off of his shift. LOL Never happened again after that day.

So Saturday I ended up 15th out of 62 players which wasn't terrible except that my last hand I actually flopped and oesfd against two overs. I had 20 outs! We were 8 handed at the time. I was in the small blind with blinds being 1400/700 + 200 ante. I only had 2100 behind and the bigstack at the table counted me down and bet that amount. I chose to call and was fairly pleasantly surprised to find he only held KQo without a diamond against my Jd9d. The flop was 10d,8d,4h. Now any diamond (9 outs), any 8 (3 outs), any Q (2 outs), any J (3 outs) and any 9 (3 outs). Unfortunately he hits a red K on turn though not the diamond obviously, reducing my outs by 6. And the river was a 2h. You know how you see the red of the card... and for a moment... just a moment... you think you have hit. LOL Such cruelness the poker gods can exhibit. No matter I had enjoyed myself as many of the players in this tournament I had not seen for awhile.

After the tournament we drove back to our home city and went to a small home game I enjoy on Saturday evenings ( and many times early Sunday mornings ). This game is only 1/2 NL but sometimes the players are out of control. Unfortunately for my friend (and somewhat myself) this was one of those times. My friend did not fair well for his first visit but I think he will be back in the future. The place can be rowdy bettingwise or one where you simply get called down on everything. But it is a fun social evening with poker the main course. I faired better than my friend but only walked away with a $10 win. LOL A win is a win, right?!?! LOL

So I get up Sunday morning, somewhat expecting more of the previous days slight of cards. I am fairly used to it but one can always hope for a better day. And Sunday proved to be much better. I entered several tournaments on several sites (PS, UB FT and Walker). Yeah yeah... I know... spreading myself around, would be better to concentrate on one site at a time.... but this way I don't wipe out any one account quckly. Don't try to figure it out... it is my own screwy logic. LOL
I ended up playing in twelve tournaments but none of them over a $5.00 buy in. Two were freerolls of which I didn't make if far in either. Another was the lone tournament on Walker I entered..... for .25. LOL another failed attempt. Of the remaining 9 tournaments I cashed in 6 of them. I can not recall if two of the 6 cashes were in SNGs but I believe they were. The other 7 tournaments were all MTTs or 180man SNGs. My friend even talked me into playing in a TurboHeadsUpShootout MTT on FT. I am not a good headsup player nor short handed player. My game is improving but I am truely weak in these areas. The field was 98 players and I went out in 11th place.... good enough for a cash. Was happy to have cashed at least in it as I really didn't think I would do well at all.

The other 3 cashes were in a $5.00 MTT (202 players), a $3.00 MTT (210 players) and a $2.00 SNG (180man). I finished 3, 2, and 1st respectively. It was one of the more incredible runs of my life in poker. No it was the most incredible. I stopped playing. After I finished the final tournament which was the first place finish I just felt I shouldn't push my luck any more. LOL Actually I was more in shock than anything that I had run that hot. I guess I was just satisfied with my day and chose to do other things and get out of the house. Course it helped that it was a very nice day out. I would elaborate more on the games but I don't remember them all that well. Of course many many spots I got lucky but I also played pretty well. But more than anything I was just lucky either to have the best hand to start or to hit.

Now if I could only duplicate a run like that in larger than $5.00 buy ins! LOL

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Well it has been awhile since I posted.
Poker is just kinda trudging along.
Haven't been doing very well but not losing.... just not gaining any ground.

I have found myself sitting in games I do not really want to be in just to help keep the game going or even start it. There is a new club on the west side of town. But I fear it will not make it.
Everyone thinks they are too good to start games. They will only go once a game is already started. Hell if half the people that called to see if a game was going showed up we would have two tables and a waiting list.

Have decided to mix it up a little and just play in some games I haven't been to in a long time.
Going to the little $20 tournament tonight with the horrible blind structure. They will get over 140 players and it still will be over with in 4 hours. And that is with a 10,000 starting stack!

I think I will also not stay in any game I am not comfortable with. I can't help it if a game doesn't start or breaks because I don't want to play. I am down almost 3 buyins in 3 weeks and that includes a double buyin win in the middle of those 3 weeks along with a few other small wins.

Since it has been so long since I posted I have played in my monthly tournament twice since I bubbled the final table in 10th. I followed it up with a 7th place but then was the 3rd person out in the last tourney. I gambled and took one off for the nut flush draw on a paired board. I should have known I got lucky for a reason, one of the other players flopped quads. LOL