APRIL 08, 2008

Looking to redeem myself from yesterday's big loss, I got into the cash games and did my usual thing where I drop a quick thousand then straighten up in my chair and promise to get it back. If I can turn that first hour into going in the opposite direction, I will have more big days. I bought in for a total of $2240 over the course of the morning, keeping track of the money going in and out as I reloaded or left tables. I had a good run in my final 90 minutes, but I was certain I was looking at a $400 loss on the day, yet when I tallied all the numbers, I realized I was $250 ahead. I was so surprised, I tallied again, then thought back to if I had possibly missed tracking a buy-in, but the numbers kept showing a profit so who was I to argue. I guess I finished well enough to offset the earlier ugliness. At my worst, I blew hundreds with JJ against AA when I knew he had rockets yet paid to see them anyways. It was after that hand that I bought in one last time and went on to turn the profit.

After watching American Idol and tucking in the kids, I should have just gone to bed early, but 930P seems too early to sleep so I got involved in a handful of tournaments, all of which I lost, before realizing that the place for me was in bed. So, I lost about $100 on the day in total.