By AHMWM on October 23rd, 2007 (more posts by author)

Well sorry I haven't posted for a long time. I really hoped my blog would be a daily journal more than a weekly update but it hasn't been going that way. I really haven't played much poker though anyway. Disappointing but my schedule hasn't really allowed it. On Saturday at K-Mart (refer to last post for info) I finished 3rd out of about 40 people. I cashed for $110 which I decided was decent. I did buy-in 3 times plus an add-on investing $48 into the tourney. At one point I didn't see a single flop for 51 minutes, then proceeded to build my stack from 2,600 to about 14K in about 10 hands, thanks to 2 flopped sets and a flopped 2 pair that turned into a boat. I then didn't see another flop for 1 hr and 19 min. At the final table my tightness worked decently well. I waited for big hands and then pushed and managed to grind my way into third before my AQ ran into AK 3-way. If I could have won that one I am sure I would have taken the tournament. Well I was definitely happy with my performance and only took one bad beat. The last hand of the first hour (rebuy period) I called the big stack's all in move with QQ. He showed KQ and spiked a K on the turn.

As for NL10 on FTP I have played a very minimal amount. Even though I have only played a few hands I am up 2 buy-ins over the past two days. With rakeback I hope to brake into the 30-32 buy in range and keep on pace for moving up before the end of the year. Well I'll keep you guys updated, hopefully more frequently than I have recently.

As a side, wonderful job by Adanthar and guys like apefish at 2+2 on covering the Absolute Scandal. You guys were unbelievable in deciphering the situation and uncovering the truth. Awesome job, and I know I speak for everyone in the poker community in saying that guys like you are great for our game. But for me.....It's Back To The Grind......