TOURNEY TIME

Tyler came over close to 9am this morning so we took off immediately to Pechanga. The drive there was pretty smooth but we got in right around 10am. There were some cute cocktail waitresses (at least from behind) who were just heading into work as we walked quickly inside the casino. Even though we were about five minutes late, there were still open seats for us.

I felt good having slept pretty well last night even though I went to sleep late. I was glad I didn't play poker at Jansen's. The dealer at my table commented I was late and I smiled weakly.

Both Tyler and I made it past the first break which was the farthest I got. I was impressed that Tyler made it that far since I've been in this tourney three other times and never made it this far.

I got great hands most of the day with AA, KK, QQ and AKs that I took pots down with. I realized that you need good hands to make it pretty far in the tourney. I got down to one last $1,000 chip with two tables left and actually one a pot when I went all in with the last chip. I had A6 spade suited to go all in with just four chips and lost when someone paired A7. Out of 194 entrees, I was 14th. Although it was cool, I still didn't make any money since this week was the first week where they pay only the final table.

One of these days, I'm gonna win this damn thing. One of these days. . .