Blogger Tourney

[Aequitas58]

For those who don't know, the blogger tourney was open to all bloggers and blogger readers. The field was shockingly large, and it just goes to show how many bloggers / readers there are out there. Word spread fast.

The decision to play was last minute for me, so w/ 10 minutes left, I had to find the password. I'm not too much of a blogger "reader" so I had to track down the password from Sir.

Unlike most NL tournaments, this was EXTREMELY tight. Usually, after the first 15 minutes, it's not out of the ordinary to see over 20-30 people eliminated. Not so last night! I think we were 1/2 hr into the tournament, and only 6-7 people were out! I told Sir over AIM that it was going to be a long one.

He was doing better than me in the beginning - he was getting great hands, and some of the were holding up. He took a beat early on, which brought him back to my level, around 1250. I finally had a playable hand, it held up, and I was sitting w/ ~1600. Sir, on the other hand, took off. Before I knew it, he was over 2400. Good for him.

I raised all-in w/ the hammer (72o) and the table folded to me. I told you it was tight. I showed, and my table got a kick out of it. After that, it all went downhill. I lost w/ KK against A8. Lucky ass made his A2345 straight, runner runner, of course!

I told Sir I had to make some big moves, because w/ the blinds at 50/100, my ~800 stack looked REALLY shitty. I took a shot and went all-in w/ TT, and I think someone cracked me w/ KJo.

Oh well. It was a good tournament - a very good mixture of players - and I'm looking forward to the next one.