Mixed weekend

Lousy lousy pathetic Friday. Got knocked out of tournament real quickly. Played lousy and also had lousy luck in live play afterwards. Down some $250 for the day. On the other hand, I kicked ass at Wynn today, up $150 or so; Roberta wasn't so lucky. Pleasant weekend all around.

Live play at Wynn

Interesting day today at Wynn. $4-$8. The first two hands set me back $60 -- first, KK beat by two lousy pair; second one, I had AJ of diamonds, board comes down with a J and two diamonds, but no third jack nor fifth diamond was to be found, alas, and dude with QQ beat me. By the end of the first hour or so, I was about $200 in the hole. But things turned around, slowly but surely, and I walked out of the place about $150 ahead. Quite a swing. Meanwhile, Roberta did the exact same thing, except without spotting the table $200; she won about $350.

Odd day! Very pleasant. Part of the success was this one big old Scotsman, who was friendly, and a very very bad player; he came there with some $500 and played almost every hand. Thank you Scotland! It was his first time playing casino poker. We didn't pile on to him -- it wasn't necessary.

Hmph

Lost my first tournament for the year. Lasted less than two hours! Was chip leader after first hour; didn't win a damned thing, and got good hole cards (which makes it a lot more expensive.

New year going well

The year's off to a nice start, tournament-wise. I came in in the money again yesterday -- 8th place (they paid 10 this time), only $150, but still a win. About two hours into the tournament I was all in twice (this is limit, remember), and about 20 minutes after that I was chip leader. Didn't win much after that, but marshalled my remaining chips well.

It will be fun to post our wins/losses here. Thanks for the invitation. This will be a good year!

We start the new year off well. Last Friday, I came in 3rd in my usual Friday Omaha tournament. $475 on a $80 investment. Not too bad. Today, though, I dropped a couple hundred bucks at Wynn playing $4-$8; Roberta picked up something like $125. Not a bad day.