2 Tournaments and Some Cash

This week has been pretty active for me. Saturday I had not planned on playing but my dad called and wanted to run a session, and because Ashley was working, I had only planned on playing Fallout 3 all night. I drove out to Sycuan with my dad and missed the tourny which I was kinda bummed about but we spent about 6 hours grinding the $1-$3 cash game togther and I was able to book a $500+ winner, and my dad was able to take down about $200.

The only semi-interesting hand that got played was as follows:

2 players limp early, I raise to $25 with AQo. The cutoff calls, the button calls, the BB calls, and both limpers call. (I know, it was a huge raise, but my image was such at the table that players generally give me respect...apparently not in this hand though...) Flop is Qc Tc 4d. I fire $100 at the pot after everyone checks to me, it folds back to the BB who ships for $250. I don't think I am ever folding here because the price Im getting laid is pretty good, unless I just ran into 44, or MAYBE TT, so I call it off and dude turns over AcKc. I fade the turn and river and scoop a pretty decent pot. It was nice.

The next night, Ashley and I went to dim sum for brunch, and ran some groccery errands for our house and for my parents. After dropping off the groceries I got the itch to play and we headed out to Sycuan again to play in their WSOP qualifier tourny. For some reason once I got there, I wasnt really into playing a tourny, but was able to make a few good moves and pick up chips at the right times. I final tabled with my buddy Alan, and qualified for the WSOP freeroll to the main event on May 31st. So along with a few hundred in prize money that was fun. Ashley made the final 3 tables but faded out at the end. She ended up playing the cash game, and made about $3oo so it wasnt a bad night for her either.

Monday was a boring work day, and again we made our way to Sycuan after I got off. That night the tourny was $24 with rebuys and an add on. I got seated at table 2 which I was pretty happy with since I am friends with the dealer and got to joke around with him throughout the tourny. I played with some REALLY weak passive players and they let me roll them over. By the time we made the final table I had a bit more then 1/2 the chips in play. I ended up taking a chop because I was bored of playing and I only got $150 less then first place which was ok with me since my sleep was more valuable to me.

Vegas is coming up next week, and I can't wait to get out there and mix it up. My spirits are good, and I feel like I am playing pretty well, especially coming out of the slump of the last few months. Up, up and away!