January 09 In the Books
The last day of January is now behind me. I played a couple of tournaments today and ended up for the day.
Due to Party Poker being out of the picture, I played a couple of tournaments at Full Tilt as well. I expanded my tournament play today by signing up for a $2.25 18-man sit-n-go. My play was focused and I was able to make it to the final table sitting in 4th place. Here I stayed until there was 6 players left and the 2 low stacks were to my right and left. The guy on my right for the last few time he was on the button was going all in with about 1300 chips. My stack was around 2500. Then I was dealt Big Slick. Everyone folded to the button and as predicted, button boy went all in again. This time I called. GRRRR, no more easy blinds for you mister. Big blind folded.
And what did he have…. the LADIES !! My AK vs his QQ. Not terrible odds unfortunately the cards didn’t land in my favour. Just like that I was down to 1000 chips.
The very next hand I got A9 unsuited on the button with only 1 mid position caller. LET IT ROLL!! I went all in. Small blind folded and I was called by the mid position monster who was sitting on 4500 chips. He showed KJ. Things looked good until the turn when the Kings brother showed up. No help on the river and boooom. I was out!! Top 4 was getting paid but I wasn’t joining the parade today.
I managed to update the stats on the sidebar today and I noticed that my numbers were a little off. I had an extra $20 in winnings for Cake in December. A little over zealous I guess. Well everything should be in order now. With the second full month done, I am still shy of $200. A little slower than I would have liked but using percentage gain calculations, that works out to 925%. Looking at the percentage definitely helps me to stay positive.
Here’s to February and all the treasures it will bring !!