Monday, November 12, 2007

To update...

I have been somewhat AWOL lately, especially in the BBTwo which is really unfortunate because from the reports it is filled with amazing amounts of dead money. Advertise and they will come I suppose. Monday's I've been playing at my local casino where I've gotten into a nice rhythm of showing up around 3 PM, playing some supersoft 1/2 NL Holdem, taking a little break for supper around 6, and back to the poker room for the 6:30 $40 Omaha Hi/Lo tournament. Boy I love me some O8.

Two weeks of playing the tournament and I've come out of it in 4th and 1st, the latter time being all-in with my big blind with 7 players left, and winning the main pot by rivering eights and sixes on a QJ896 board. The man in the 10 seat said it must be destiny, and from that point forward I didn't lose another hand I played, knocking out four of the other six players from that point.

Add those two results to the $430 cash I made by winning a $25 blackjack tournament on the last hand and you can see why I'm spending more time there as of late. The BJ tournament was the sickest finish ever, more nerve-racking than any all-in I've had lately. In 3rd place I bet 500 of my 1600 and of course I get 8s against a dealer 9. Go big or go home, so I split the 8s making the bet 1000, 6 on the first one, hit the 14, get a 7 for 21. The second one is a 3 for an 11, double down that one making the bet basically my whole stack, and lo and behold a beautiful king for another 21.

SICKEST. HAND. EVER.

So there it is, that's what I've been up to lately in the poker(ish) world. I've got some kind of banner coming for knocking mookie out of his own tournament with aces against the hammer. So maybe some new scenery around here. We'll call it growing pains. Tonight I'll be skipping the MATH to play the O8 tournament. Good luck to all.