Top Third

Hello everyone. It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that after 9 hours of playing the most intense and stressful poker in my life, I placed 79th out of 263 in the tournament. I was less that 2 hours and 19 people away from making it to the next day. I got a pair of 10s. I was on the big blind for 1200 with only 10,000 left in chips (and the average was more the 30k). The button raised 3000. He played tons of hands and I had a rep as a tight player. I pushed. He called. He had K6 off suit. The flop came and he caught a 6. Then on the turn he got a K. No 10 on the river so I was out of the tournament. I was a 72% favorite and I should be down there right now with 25K in chips waiting for a tier 1 hand or until we were down to 60 and I was in the semi finals. I'm so bummed, I can't even tell you.

Scotty Nguyen was at my table and he busted out at about 150 something on a bad beat, he had KK, went all in, AK off called and caught an A on 5th street. The winner of the Speed Poker tournament sitting to my right busted out as well at about 140 something. Mike Sexton was still doing well when I left.

All in all, it was fun. I finished in the top third in my first big tournament. I'm all for trying to win a seat in the next big event now.

I guess it's back to the books and snow for me. I miss everyone at home and if I could fly out tomorrow I would.

Jen