APRIL 06, 2008

I'm trying to blog every day this month because I hold the idea that I will play better and therefore post better results if I feel that somebody is watching.

Yesterday, I played only one tournament and missed the money. I called a button all-in with 5-5 and was up against T-T. Once I saw his hand, I realized what a stupid call that was but at the time I just crossed my fingers and hoped to win a coin toss.

Today was Sunday and I played four events, cashing in three. First came the $256 Sunday Brawl at Full Tilt. I missed the money but made $200 in bounties to cushion the blow. I played a $22 event at Stars that offered one rebuy and one add-on. I like that structure because I only pay the house on the initial buy-in so it is like playing a $60 event for only $2 (and likewise a $150 event for $5 which is the one I usually play). I consider it a $60 event, but in the instance where I bust out during the first hour, then it only costs $40 so you can see why that is a good structure for a fella. There were 716 runners and I made it to 27th before an unfriendly river card filled a straight for the other guy. It paid only $149 which doesn't seem like much considering I was in for the full $60.

My best ROI for the day was the $22 heads-up tourney I played. It began with 256 players and paid $1380 to the winner, which was me. I had to win eight individual heads-up matches to take the prize. The only match that was in question was the first one. I played it well, and even got my money in at the end with ace-high versus king-high, but my vanquished foe guaranteed from the rail that I would not make it through the second round. I like to think he stuck around to root against me even though I doubt he did. I didn't have much trouble the rest of the way and many of the matches were over fairly quickly. Due to the small stakes, there was no Lee Jones to congratulate me on my win but it did feel good to win one, since it's been awhile.

The final tourney I played was the $216 at Tilt which I had won a ticket to the other night for $75. I finished 311 of 3551 for a $375 cash. I was doing fine and had no problem making the money cutoff at 522, but then I had a horrid run where I lost three successive hands holding K-K, J-J, and J-J again. On the fourth hand, I was on the button and I pushed my A-8 into the small blind who woke up with A-Q to decimate me. I was practically dead after that even though I survived my first all-in. All told, I profited $1550 on the day to bring me up to $4k on the young month.