played last nite for the first time since my win

didn't go all that great. i think i was expecting to win another one which in the wacky world of multi's is not all that reasonable.

i funded my party account so i could play a couple tournies there. i started with the 6pm $33 which has a 5k guarantee. i probably won't play this tournament all too much but i wanted to get my feet wet with the party structure. i busted early 2nd hour with no real notable hands other than chopping a 3-way pot with one other player. we both had AKo, the 3rd player had KK and we sucked out and hit our 2 outer. i think i lost a race to go out.

i played the 7pm $109 on party also and when i looked up the players at my table in thepokerdb there was some massive winners. so maybe the tournament isn't as soft as i think it is but i'm still going to be playing it. for a clear indication on how bad the tourny structure is at party, i played one pot and stole the blinds in the first 45 mins and was down to 13.5bb's. after 45 mins of play and a 3k starting stack the blinds go to 100/200 which is pretty crazy. i think i play a mid to short stack well though so i believe i still have a good edge in this tournament. unfortunately the 2nd hand i played i shoved 10bb's w/ 99 and ran into AA for a gg and welcome back to party poker.

the 6pm on ftp was uneventful and i busted just before the first break

i went off again in the 7pm building a massive stack. i had 16k at 60/120 and was 2nd in chips only to go bust at the 200/400/50 level. i was playing pretty aggresively throughout trying to pick-up blinds and i got played back at a ton. so i was up and down between 11k and 15k before i made a steal attempt on a short stack in the bb. i raised w/ Q9s from mp and he shoved his 6bb's in with 33 and i lost that race. no big deal, it was a small pot for me right?

about one orbit later the short stack now has about 5k and raises from mp. i had 77 in the bb and re-shipped it in since he was playing a little laggy since doubling up. he snap called me for his whole stack w/ the powerhouse K6soooooooooooooted.


obv he flopped the world and i was down to 8k but still in good shape. the hand tilted me a bit and before i knew it i was raising his blind w/ A9o. he called and when he weak led the A hi flop i shoved and he called w/ AQ and it was gg me again.

he was now sitting on over 20k and i was bust. no more than 20 mins before i was sitting on 15k and he was clinging onto a measly 6bb's. this seems to be re-occuring practice for me, i double up the shorty and then later in the tournament he busts me.

since i had a stack in the 7pm i decided to take a shot at the $150 at 8pm. i was all over the place in this tournament and eventually busted in 121st out of 400+ players when i made a re-steal w/ 88 from the blinds and lost the race to AJs.

during the tournaments i also fired up some $55 and $110 turbo sng's. i played 3 $110's and bubbled two of them and didn't get close in the 3rd. out of 5 $55's i believe i ended up with 2 wins and a 3rd which helped balance the night out. i think i will stick to $55's for now until i get more comfortable and start showing a good profit in those.

not sure if i'll be playing online saturday but all signs are pointing towards a live session of 1/2 no-limit down at Niagara falls Casino. should be fun as the play is horrible and i usually get half in the bag while i play which makes for a fun time.

monday i will play quite a few tournies starting late in the afternoon and if im feeling froggy i might even hop into a satellite for the big 1k that night.

other than that i need to get ready for the few ftops events i'll be playing which means brushing up on my o8 and stud games.

tg