Tonight was crazy. It seemed like every tourney I entered I would build a big stack only to go down in flames really late. I was feeling real good about my play in all of the tournies, but it was disappointing always getting knocked out right before the big money. Fortunately, I fared much better in my last tourney of the night, the Lava 25r on Paradise. I had a big stack pretty much the whole tourney, and I was able to make the final table around 5th in chips. Weapon X was moved to my immediate right, and we were involved in a big hand right away. The Blinds were 8k/16k with an ante of around 1k, when it was folded to him in the SB and he completed. I had 63o and checked. The flop came out 35T(2 hearts) and he min bet into me, I called. The turn brought an 8, he checked and I did as well. The river came another Ten and if he had a flush draw he missed. He quickly bet all in for about 110,000 chips. This bet sent warning bells off, I knew something was fishy. Instead of throwing it away immediately, I thought to myself, "What could he have?" The more and more I thought about it, the less likely it seemed to me that he would make this play with any kind of made hand. It had to be a bluff. I called, and my bottom pair was good :-)
After that, I had a good amount of chips and, despite the shallow stacks, I was never really in any danger of getting knocked out until we got headsup. The blinds were pretty high, and we were even stacked going in to it. I made a few mistakes, and eventually ran into aces finishing 2nd for about $4,000. The money wasn't even a very big deal to me. I was more happy about how I played and my finish than the money. Finally I feel like I can accomplish something again in Poker :-D
After that, I had a good amount of chips and, despite the shallow stacks, I was never really in any danger of getting knocked out until we got headsup. The blinds were pretty high, and we were even stacked going in to it. I made a few mistakes, and eventually ran into aces finishing 2nd for about $4,000. The money wasn't even a very big deal to me. I was more happy about how I played and my finish than the money. Finally I feel like I can accomplish something again in Poker :-D
I have had probably the worst 2 or so weeks of poker in my life. No big scores, lots of times I'm making it far with real good stacks and something happens. I either get caught playing too fast, or a brutal suckout to cripple me. I still feel I'm playing well so that's a positive, and I sign that success should continue in the future. If you see me bitching at a table, it's probably because I've been so stressed from this downswing, so watch out!
