At last the much anticipated day arrived. I warmed up with a quick Sit 'N Go tournament, winning it easily. Then off to the casino for the regular 10 a.m. tourney. Dark clouds on the horizon, I am knocked out just before the final table. Just not getting cards worth playing. The tournament starts at 1:00 and there are 17 in our flight (a total of 5 flights will play). Only the top 4 will move on to the finals on Sunday, and we will carry forward our chip count, so it is important to not only get a seat, but to collect as many chips as possible.
The tournament starts slow for me, up and down from the original starting count of 10,000 chips. I maybe hit 14,000 on my maximum. I survive to the final table, but pretty short stacked. I get all in against Ramon, known as the "golden horshoe up his azz" guy, for his good luck. He has AJ vs my AQ, looking good. The board double pairs and we end up chopping the pot. He retains his seat, I fail to double up through him, and a couple of hands later a guy knocks 2 players out on one hand and we are in the final 4. I am second in chip count with only 12,500.
The leader has run over the table collecting 141,000 in chips!!!! So, now I am in the finals, with a very short stack, and will have to go all in within the first 30-60 minutes. Oh well.
I play in the live game later, and make $120 in about 4 hours of play. I had a great night the day before, making $400 in 2 hours, so poker is paying for me this weekend.
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