The Early Bird gets The Worm

 

After falling to sleep early last night, while watching Tivo'd episodes of Hustle which airs on BRAVO, I woke up at about 5am and could not go back to sleep. I had just missed the 5am $20 Buy-In Tournament. So, I decided I would stay up and play the 6am $10 +$1 Buy-in Tourney.

I feel like I gave it my B+ game and by the time were were down to about 20 or so players remaining, I had developed my stack into what became the tournament chip leader. It wasn't just any old chip lead either. I had about a 2to1 or 3to1 chip lead on my closest competitor. It remained this way til we were down to about 3 or 4 players as I continued to make moves and pick my spots to maintain the lead all the way in to heads-up play.

I'm not gonna lie, there were times during this tournament where I felt like I was in the zone. I was playing some excellent poker. Mixing up my play when I need to. Making steals when I needed to. No, making steals when I wanted to. With the stack that I had, players realized that if they wanted to see a flop with me, their entire stack would be in jeapordy. lol I just played some good solid poker with no TV on or anything to interrupt me. OK, I will admit, I had XM Radio Online piped into my ears and I was listening to one of of the Old School Hip Hop Stations. I was feeling it.

Unfortunately, as you can see if you've been readin my blog from the bottom to the top (Look at the post before this one), I found myself in a race situation and I lost the race. I was severely crippled after losing that hand. We jockeyed a few hands back and forth but eventually, my train ran out of steam.

The end result? 2nd Place for $193.50

Not a big hit, in my book. But as my poker buddy PDoggie always reminds me, Thats one helluva positive ROI (Return on Investment). About 17x or 18x my initial buy-in. I gotta admit, I was really playing for 1st Place in this tourney. Not at one time did I play just to get ITM (In The Money). There really wasn't much to be made until you hit the final 3, as always.

OK, I think I'm going to hit the bed now. Too late to go to church. I think I'll take a nap until the $200K Guarantee Qualifier at Noon.

Good Night. I mean, Good Day!

-Big Syd