The Time Has Come

Deciding to play at Jokers again has been good for my truck.  Going only about 2 miles to the casino is a whole lot better than a ten mile drive further away.  I went down to the casino with the intent of only playing the live game and trying to increase my poker bankroll.  It is still basically zero so anything will help.

 

When I was asked if I wanted to do the tournament I told the dealer that I wanted to just play live.  I sat down with $30 to play the $2-$4 Limit game and this did not go well for me.  Every time I made a hand I was second best and I was putting money in to see it as well.  At this point in live games I am not reading the cards well or I am having a hard time believing the other person has made a hand.  I have to remember what game I am playing and the people around me.  Everyone wants to see the river card and when you start out good you end up being in a lottery in the end. 

 

During the game I did look over at the dealer and told him to go ahead and put me in to the tournament.  He just looked at me and said he already had my name down on the list.  Just can't stay away.  The tournament is a $5 buy in with $5 added for extra chips.  If you do well in the first three rounds, and you survived all of the all ins, then you do have a chance to add on to your stack. 

 

I put more money into the live game and ended up getting felted and so goes another day trying to play live.  Now there is the tournament.

 

With somewhere around 30 players I will need to be patient, and of course, do well by the time I get to the river.  With 1,500 chips to start out with I will need good cards to last, especially if you are playing hands to get something to play. 

 

One of my key hands during the tournament was my AK suited clubs.  I decided to go all in and see if I could win the hand.  I really didn't want anybody to call me.  One person across from me went into the tank.  You could tell she wanted to call but we had about the same amount of chips and this was her tournament life she was going to call with.  I am thankful I went all in first because I didn't want to have to make that decision myself.  She ended up throwing her cards in the muck and asked if I had Aces.  I just told her I liked my hand.

 

I did make it to the final table and at that point anything can happen.  I started watching the chips of the other players and staying away from the aggressive ones.  Let them work on getting the other players out before I need to do anything.  When I did play I had premium hands and won with either a raise or by winning at showdown. 

 

Finally, I was able to make it to the final two, and we decided, to chop the 1st and 2nd place money.  Making it a $150 payday.  The nice part of it was the other player already had a seat into the Tournament Of Champions and he let me have the seat for the event.  Now I hope I do well in a couple of days and play like I want to win the tournament. 

 

Have a fun day......