Liquor Up Front, Poker in the Rear

Yeah, I had that Big Johnson T-Shirt. If you don't know about Big Johnson T-Shirts, that is probably a good thing. Anywho, since we last talked I went on a nice little run at the tables, 4th in a $69+6 FullTilt tourny of 122 entrants and 6th in a $10+1 FullTilt tourny of 432. And I had some decent results in a few cash games. Few things I've learned while playing away are patience and focus. Two things I really am not good at in regular life oddly enough. Unfortunately, I was unable to accomplish my goal of entering a WSOP event (any would be fine with me), mainly due to time. I've been travelling a lot and not really had the time to play as much as I would like or opportunity. Such is life and there is always next year.

That said, I went ghetto style and played in the "Mini Series" at the Bicycle Casino here in LA. It is basically the WSOP but at 1/10th the cost. I didn't fair well in one of the events. I was not patient and lost focus and was gone. Tonight is their "World Championship Main Event". I find it funny when places add World or International to their title to make it sound "better". Like Will Rogers International Airport in OKC. I lived there for 26 years and never once heard of an international flight in or out of that airport. Anyway, tonight's buy-in is $1,000 as opposed to the WSOP's $10,000. My bankroll would be seriously dented if I paid for that entry fee outright and my wife would seriously dent me if I took that money out of the bank. So, I entered last nights Mega Super Satellite, $110. 174 entrants 17 get in, 18th gets $440 cash. I started out with a fury and was up between 7 and 8 thousand (we started with 2) within the first hour. After the first four 20 minute rounds, we went on break. Thats when my cards went cold, ice cold. Over the course of the next hour and a half I played exactly one hand. I folded every big and small blind due to large raises and had to let go of marginal hands due to large raises (from solid players, if they were chumps I would have called). Anyway, I fought hard and stayed focused and patient. Needless to say, I made it into the top 17 and will be playing in tonight's Main Event. So look for an update tomorrow. So tonight's theme will be focus and patience. Good luck in your endeavors and talk to you tomorrow.

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/results/2074