APRIL 04, 2008

I was home today but didn't have much time to play since I was doing some last-minute scouting for my third and final fantasy baseball draft of the season. I managed to take half an hour to play a couple of turbo STTs. They both cost me $60 - one was Hold'em and the other Omaha H/L.

I bubbled the Hold'em table. With four remaining, I chose to call an all-in from the short stack with A-2 from the blind. I figured I was ahead, albeit marginally, and I could withstand a loss if need be. He had king-high so I was ahead, but he caught his kicker. I got all in with 8-8 and fell to a weak ace soon after. I won the Omaha table so overall I made a quick $125.

UPDATE: The draft ended up commencing at midnight PST since one of the EST boys had an early Little League practice he was unable to escape. In the hour leading up to the draft, I killed time by playing a few short tourneys - and won them all. Two of them were turbo STTs and the other was a three table regular structure in which the top five scored tickets worth $216 for a $75 entry. So I was able to bank nearly $900 before the bidding began. After four days, I'm half way to the $5k goal I set for myself this month.