Apparently I get two nights....

[SNutizzle]

Ok, so based on the fact that Tuesday night I earned myself a hefty little bankroll, I decided to try a $70+5 tournament tonight once I got off work, and opted for the $23,000 KO.

Among the interesting moments of the night were my pocket Kings earning me an early triple up against QQ and J10, flop of 899 turn of a King to seal my pot.

Oddly enough, immediately after this hand, I get moved to another table, where my hand is KK....this time I raise and flop a set of Kings. 2 spades on board though, I bet out, get re-raised, shove all in and Ace 8 of spades of course hits their spade on the turn and no boat card for me on the river. So I lose half the chips I just earned.

Cards start going very poorly and next thing you know I'm down to 3 blinds and feeling very helpless........I suddenly say "F this, I'm making a comeback of a lifetime, dammit...."

And an hour and a half later, I am at the final table in 5th place of nine.

At that point, the cards really start sucking. My ending was quite unfortunate. I have 66 in the BB and JandL raises to 13k. I know it is either a fold or a shove and I opt for the shove. My read on this guy from careful observation was that he folded to big re-raises often. This time, however, he chooses to call with A7 clubs and I flop the magical set. But alas, it is not good enough to beat the runner runner flush that sends my ass out of the tournament in 8th place.

Still very proud of 2 final tables in 2 nights for a total of about $3600. Nothing to shake a stick at, but still wish I could have doubled up there and gone farther....at least my OPR rating is moving up

[Chipless Wonder]

Wow Stacey - quite the impressive run you're having lately!

[ohpokergal]

WTG Sunshine!!

It's so nice to see you on the forum again, too.... Maybe we can jump into the chat room sometime and dominate there too like the old days!

[Chipless Wonder]

I didn't even know we had a specific smiley for 'Dana and Stacey dominating the chat room', but now I see that we do.

[ohpokergal]

I didn't even know we had a specific smiley for 'Dana and Stacey dominating the chat room', but now I see that we do.

Actually, to be entirely accurate we need a smiley that's two girls typing away furiously.... with little flames shooting out from their keyboards!!

lol

[SNutizzle]

But for now...........we can settle for that smiley

That is so funny! Thanks for the encouragement guys. I just have spent a lot of time playing and thinking and trying my best not to let impatience and hypo-aggression take over my potential "best game" strategy.

And it seems to be working.

Now that I just woke up and re-read my post, the last hand is even more heartbreaking But I certainly can't complain at coming back to a final table after having less than 3 BBs at one point.

[1hawgfan]

That was very nicely done. Most people would have just gave up! By the way got anymoney to loan? ha ha 1hawgfan

[SNutizzle]

Thank you Are you one of those guys who jumps on to the final table, rails and then asks to be sent $5? LOL!