Chopped for 1st in UB $8k!

Alright, now we are rolling. After the win on Wednesday, I took Thursday off because I had to write a paper and had a test on Friday. I got the paper done and the test was alright. I tried to clear my weekend in preparation for the UBOC, but apparently I am an idiot, and the UBOC is actually in January, lol!

Oh well, I wasn't going to let that stop me. Friday night was pretty cool. No drinking or anything just MTT's. I signed up for the 4pm $5r. I'm not going to detail too many hands, but I managed to come to the FT 10th in chips. I chipped up and was chip-leader with 7 left. I lost a big race with 66 against AJ and then came the bust hand. With around 400k in chips, I raised to 60k at 12/24k I believe, with 88. I got flatted by the button. The flop came K 4 3r. I decided to check with no plan. The guy bet 65k, less than 1/2 pot. The only hand with a K in it that he could have was KQ. So I decided to go with it and jammed for 340k. He insta-called with KQ and held.

So I got like $300 in that. I was also deep in the 6:20 $7.5k. I ended up finishing in 12th in that which was kinda depressing. Overall, a pretty good day though.

Yesterday (Saturday), Pete came up, and we planned on giving into our vices to that max. We went to Sudden Valley to play some golf. I started off par-birdie-birdie. Then I missed a 3-footer on 4 for par. I parred 6 and birdied 7 and 8 before I bogeyed 9 from middle of the fairway with a 9-iron. Overall, 4 birdies, 3 bogeys. Oh well.

After that we got some port of subs and I picked up some crickets for Samantha, my pet scorpion. We started throwing down some Coors Lights and I played one table of $1-$2NL. It was kinda a roller coaster. I bought in $200, was up to $300 then down to $60 after I ran AQ into a limped QQ on a Q x x A x board :(

I ended up stacking this maniac when I iso-raised his limp with K9dd. HU we saw a 4 3 2ddd flop. He checked and I bet like $8 into a $23. He bet pot, and I flat called. The turn was an offsuit A, and he moved in. I called and the pot was shipped to me when he showed 10-7ss. WEEEEE!!!!!!!

After about 6-7 beers each we taxied it to the Pitch to play some 4-8 and drink pitchers. Not that I got super drunk but I don't really remember a ton of the hands. I DO remember raising the turn against this super nitty asian woman with K8 on a K 7 6 8. She just called my raise with 10-9. The river was a K, and she bet out again and called me raise hehe.

That was a fun night that included Grant stopping by the bank on the way back, and Peter hijacked the car and drove around the block, risking both of our lives lol :/ We made it home safely thank God.

Today I woke up around 9:30, set my fantasy lineup, and immediately started signing up for $200k qualifiers. I whiffed about 4 of them but was going deep in the 11am which is a $30 sniper, $5k guaranteed.

There weren't too many interesting hands other than me winning a big race with JJ against AQ for pretty much all of my stack in a 10k pot at 150/300. I cruised to the FT 4th in chips with like 40k in chips at 1k/2k. I chipped up relatively easy at the table, and there were not really any players that were 3-betting me light p/f.

I knocked out 2 players when I found KK in the SB, and AQ and 77 moved in, and I held. That got me up around 100k with like 4 or 5 players left. I continued my hyper-aggression 4-handed and got HU with a slight chip-lead against this player who had been playing really tight.

The blinds moved up to 5/10k with like 360k chips in play, so when he offered to chop, I obliged. With $2150 left in the prize pool, we decided to each take $1,000 and play for the remaining $150. I did this because of the huge pay jumps on UB. Anyways, I didn't really adjust to the fast structure and ended up losing in a silly bust hand. He limped the button, and I checked J2. The flop came 5 6 7. Check, check. Turn J, and I led 14k into a 22. He called. River the stupid 2x. I was a little bit suspicious but decided to try and get some value if he had a J. I led 24k into a 50k. He "tanked" and moved me in, and I said "nh" and called, and he showed 8-4. Oh well, at least we made a deal.

I am trying to hurry up and finish this blog because the Hawks are playing on Sunday night against the Bucs. I just wanted to reiterate how silly life and poker is. When I started playing today, I just sat there thinking how incredibly confident I was that I was going to go deep in one of the tourneys I was playing. Ahh, the power of positive thinking. But seriously, things feel good and I am really liking the way that I'm playing. Despite seemingly not making a FT all summer, I have made 3 in the past 4 days including 1 1/2 wins. Man, feels good.

Anyways, it's 5pm. I haven't showered and the Hawks are about to start, so it's time to go do work.

LET'S GO HAWKS!!!!!!

JG