APRIL 19, 2008

I spent Friday morning getting my car tuned up. I had a delicious chicken omelette across the street from the mechanic, always a treat, and I finished reading Classic Feynman which I had begun while on vacation last month. Good stuff. I played a couple hours worth of cash NLHE and finished about $185 in the hole.

Saturday, I played a bunch of tourneys while the girls planted flowers in the yard. I had success only in the first one. It cost me $26 to vie for a $535 ticket to the monthly one-million guarantee. There was money paid out thru four but I managed to win the whole thing and get the ticket. I'm thinking of palming the ticket for next month because there's a $335 live event at the Bike which I may decide to play. I try to get out at least once a year for a live event.

I tried another $22 heads-up event but I busted in the second round. It was pretty ugly too - I called a raise with 7-6 and flopped T-9-8 against Q-T. The money got in on the turn but the river was a J and he had me covered. I shelled out $190 for a last-chance turbo sat to the final qualifier to an event in Latin America. One in three entrants would earn their way and I liked my chances. The starting stack was only $1500 so it was important to win early. I drained away a few hundred before flopping a set of sevens. I got it all in on the river even after the flush card came but I was eliminated by the A-J flush. The only other notable exit was in a $55 MTT which also saw me eliminated holding sevens, this time in an all-in pre-flop battle versus A-7 which hit the three outer to bust me. I also lost $93 on that silly, silly game, Omaha H/L, the lion I am determined to tame.