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11th 45 Person SnG

Not so good this time. 23rd. I was just card dead and I stayed out of the way for awhile. But the blinds got up to 75/150 and with 1100 or so I needed to act. Oh well. 4 more to go in the challenge.

11th SnG

I just upgraded to WordPress 2.0.4. So far everything *seems* to be working. We’ll see.

Only 99 here today, 100 forcasted for tomorrow and that doesn’t count the heat index. It is going to be tough to mow the lawn this weekend.

Have a great weekend everyone!

10 45 person SnG

Made a good run today finishing 2nd (only lost to a 3 outer A7s to A5o when a 5 hit on the flop which crippled me). Good for 8 points to put me in 8th place currently. Not bad.

10th SnG

Drewspop was able to rail me at the end. Got to love this brogger community.

9th 45 person SnG

The results are in. I don’t totally suck. Ended up 4th. The chip leader when we hit final table had a 5 or 6 times lead on everyone else and he played the big stack pretty well. He did end up 3rd though.

9th 45 SnG

6 more of these to go by next Tuesday (I think). Should not be a problem. If I make a run, I might make it close to the money- but we have some strong contenders so I don’t bet on it.

Also made a little at the $25 NL tables on Stars tonight. All in all, a positive evening.

8th 45 person SnG

Shitty results. Again. 25th. I was short (730 with 50/100 blinds) and pushed with A9 of spades. I was quick called by someone with 2330. He had Q6 of diamonds. I don’t think I am a bad spot until two diamonds hit the flop and a third on the turn and good night.

8th 45 SnG

back to ATX

I’m back. I got in about noon yesterday and hit BD Riley’s for a 42 Tournament. That is dominos for the un-civilized people.

No poker last week. If you don’t count teaching my neice and nephew 5 card draw and 7 card stud. They didn’t know anything- not even hand ranks so we didn’t really bet. Grandma pulled out pennies so we played penny ante, no betting poker. They started to get the hang of it. They kept wanting to know how to play the “hardest” poker game. I had a hard time thinking if it was Omaha Hi-Lo, Stud Hi-Lo, Razz, or Deuce-Seven. No, I didn’t try to teach them any of those. They are eight by the way. Oh, and I won 3 pennies. Bad man. I know.

Got to play golf with my Dad and brother on Friday. I tried hitting my 3 wood for the first time 20 minutes before the round. Not good results. Because of that I shot a 56 on the front. When I put it in the bag for good and hit 3 iron off the tee I got better. I started to work my draw. I played one of the toughest par 4s all year. 90 degree dog-leg left. 150 to the bend. 225 from the bend to the green. The bend is at the same level as the green but there is a good 30 or 35 yard drop to a ravine in the middle. I shorted the green and ended up with a 6 giving me a 52 on the back. I could get under 100 in 3 rounds there. It is all course management. I think I am going to pick up a hybrid as well. I might be able to swap my 3-iron for it. Hopefully my re-headed driver comes in this week. I have a 6:51 tomorrow morning at Forest Creek, and it would be nice to have my driver back.

I need to complete a bunch of 45 person SnGs this week for the challenge. I need to ace a few to even be in contention.

Got back to catching up on BlogLines. Only 430ish Poker entries to read and another 100 or so others. Yeah, don’t think I will be reading most of those well.

I actually used allofmp3.com today. That service really is pretty good. I pulled down a bunch of albums (Chris Rea, Hard-Fi, Bob Marley) and pulled in some random songs I was looking for. At 10c a piece (about) you can get a lot of song for the money. I will probably have to put some more money on later in the week- but not too much, it is so easy it will probably end up like crack. Music crack. Mmmmm.

Off to the grocery store, then laundry, then poker. I might even head out for a few beers at a nicely named place: C Hunt’s Ice House. Yeah. You read that right. I have a few friends who work there on Mondays.