Wow, it's been forever since I have actually blogged or even put something on here....so I decided to start up again. Lately, I have been playing poker, but also going to class. NOT FUN. Thanksgiving is in a couple days so I am super excited to go back home and have that nice dinner. I have 3 younger sisters so we all do different things when it comes down to the day. I am the one that comes 6 hours away, so my job is to arrive. =) The youngest one, who is still in HS, her job is to clean and she hates it...so we have to pay her. The other two do the cooking....I help by standing around drinking and eating, maybe do a little chopping or what not...but they honestly don't even want me to touch the food. FINE WITH ME! Anyways, hope everyone has a great thanksgiving. It's my favorite holiday.
I played in a 4 week NLHE league...
FIRST PLACE: $30
SECOND PLACE: $20
THIRD PLACE: $10
....it was pretty fun....I was pretty mad I didn't "take" one, but w/e, can't say I didn't try though, gunners are impossible to beat! haha. I made sure to make enough points each week to lock up at least 1, 2, or 3rd....AND....I knew what I had to do each time coming in. Although I felt like the underdog the whole way, I showed them who the champion was. =) ME,ME,ME!
Round 1: I felt great! Got a feel of the players and basically knew the only way to take this down was to play like I suck and have no idea what I am doing.
Round 2: Bad beats everywhere. W/E. Was over the league. Then I started playing in games with some of the other league peeps and payed more low buyins to build more confidence, like how I play in free rolls. ( I play so different when I have money, even 10 cents on the line...and I am slowly getting over that...finally!)
Round 3: Knew if I either got top 5, I would have a chance to cash...since there weren't many people and there was only 1 round left. I was pretty confident I could take it, all I had to do was get top 3 in the next one....so piece of cake baby. I became CL quick, took out one or two, but then when it came down to 4, I just didn't know how to manage my stack and kept wasting it away. My finish was disappointing, but I still had Round 4.
Round 4: I was scared I have to admit going in. I knew I had to get 1,2,3 to at least get top 3 in the league...but other people had to lose for me to also win. The way everyone played was crucial...so I made sure to only play good hands and never bluff....(bc lets face it, these guys will call me down with nothing every time no matter what..which made it tricky, playing A or K was very hard!) I took out the CL which felt very satisfying....so I was on a roll, ready to win it. I felt it. THen I get in trouble with my 99 vs. AK. Yeah of course he rivers the King. Keep in mind that I raised before the flop, he reraised, I re-reraised all in. =) Just nod and smile baby.
Anyways, that tilted me like no other. So....I was on double tilt, from being crippled to 200 chips and from the smack talk of disrespect. BLAH BLAH BLAH. Oh well, I wasn't giving up without a fight though. I managed to climb back up to 1200 or so, but dropped back down and eventually got knocked out 3rd. At that point, you can see that I needed FundelMental to win...and HE DID....for me to be the league Champion. $30!!! hee hee. I am pretty happy about it. I know, if more people played, my chances of winning would have been different, but they didn't and I won! Here's the leader board to see the running.
On another note, I am happy to have made FINAL TABLE in the last two Poker Curious free rolls! Cant' wait till I take one down, but FT will do for now.
