On Friday we went to the Hollywood and I played a little $1-$2 no limit. Its was a juicy game with one fish in particular that made my mouth water. But after several hours passed I never had been able to get myself into an opportunity with him. I guess I should have known early on. One hand I had pocket AAs and he ended up folding on the turn, but not before he commented, "I've played with you before. And you took all my money." He was such a wonderful juicy delicious fish but he wouldn't give me action. A few hours later I had pocket 88's and flopped a set. I thought, "Now, here we go. Just what I have been patiently waiting for." Again he folded on the turn. I don't k ow why he had to be semismart against me! I mean this guy was so dumb that he was calling my mom down with no pair, no straight draw, and just hoping a diamond would come to make his 8 high flush! EIGHT! But I couldn't get any action from him. Lesson learned. Next time some guy remembers me (I didn't remember him) and is scared to play against me I may as well leave for the day. I ended up being card dead most of the day and since I was unable to capitalize on the few hands I had, I left $300 down on the day.
Then on Monday we went to New Orleans and played in their $60 tournament. Now first I have to say that Sunday night I decided that I would win. I didn't just think it. I felt it. I was certain of it. So we were on the way there and Mom and Grandma were talking about us all being on the final table (a fantasy that we all three share before every tournament we play) and I said to them, "Look y'all I realized yesterday that I am going to win today. Ya'll are welcomed to join me at the final table but I am going to win." They laughed and we talked more about us all in the end.
I started the tournament at the same table as my mom. We had the slowest dealer in creation. The T had 15 minute levels and from the time they said "shuffle up and deal" and the time we actually got our first hand 5 full minutes had ticked off the clock. The final four was on NOLA so there was lots of fish to take advantage of. I watched my table for a hand or two and noticed they were not tournament players. They would make min raises and min reraises and play almost anything. Content that I had at least half of my table figured out after 2 hands I set a plan in motion. These Ts go very fast. The 15 minute levels would be ok but I know that by the time I get to the final table the levels are so big with relation to the chips in play that most or all of the players are technically shortstacked. Added to that my slow as molasses dealer and I decided to play this one pedal to the metal. No time for small pot poker here. Have to make big pots. Try to felt other players. And collect chips as frequently as possible. And if I get felted in the process? Well thats just a consequence of unfortunate circumstance when you play big pot poker. So i never made. 3x raise the whole day. I started out with big raises and kept my bets proportional to the pot to keep growing it. This strategy combined with luck, good opportunities, good reads, and good timing on my part did work. I made it to the end. When we were 5 left we agreed on a chop. The chip leader wanted more money out of the deal. I sat 3rd in chips and would only agree to an even chop. So the other players worked out the arrangement. I would get the even chop amount $469. They would each give extra to the chip leader so he woukd be happy. So it worked out that with 3rd chip stack I got the second most money out of the tournament. It was a good deal for me. And the guy with the second highest chip stack? It was probably his first time. He didn't seem to realize that he had more chips than me and was taking less money!
So -300 +469 -70 (tournament buy in) leaves me back in the positive range plus whatever I said I was ahead in my previous blog.
Thats it for now. Sorry about the typos.... writing this from my phone.
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