Sunday Tournaments

Yesterday I played in 5 tournaments and only cashed in one. Two of them were to win the Bahamas trip, and 3 were cash. I got in one by using points that I have accumulated, and I won a satellite (smaller tournament to win free entry to the larger tournament) into one, so I didn't pay nearly as much as I do on a normal sunday in entry fees. I cashed in the biggest one one the five, but just barely for $440 (around 510th place). First place was $247,000, so congrats to whoever won that one. My net loss on the tournaments was like $500. I also played a little heads up and some six-handed cash games before and after the tournaments. I lost a little in the six-handed games, and crushed one maniac in a heads-up match, so I ended up with a small gain on the day.

Today I'm heading to Pendleton Oregon for the Pendleton Round-Up poker tournament. They have this tournament twice a year, and I have gone to the last two. Last Fall I went for 4 days and did poorly in the tournaments (there is a tournament every day for like 10 days), but did extremely well in the cash games. In the Spring I went for 7 days with my friend Ted and I did ok in the cash games and well in the tournaments. I played in 5 or 6, cashed in one and won another one. The tournament I won had around 650 people in it, and it is still the biggest tournament that I have won to date. Tonight and tomorrow night I am stopping in Ellensburg, WA to stay with my friend Vinny for two nights who now goes to CWU.

Last night I decided to scrap the attempt to win a trip to the Bahamas. The tournament there is in early January, so I would have a month and a half to win a seat which would be very doable considering the fact that I was right on the doorstep 4 times in the past week. However, after talking to my brother, he told me about 3 concerts in Denver in early January that I really want to go to, so I will be doing that instead, in less I change my mind again. Also, the Bahamas tournament will be extremely tough because it's 18+ to play, and is run by poker stars, so all of the internet poker players will be down there making the tournament much tougher than most large buy-in events. This tournament goes on every year, so maybe next year I will go. I also feel like I need to bring at least one or two people when i do go because the accommodations at the Atlantis are so nice that I would feel like it's a semi-waste going my myself.

Wish me luck in Pendleton. Besides my previous success there, the tournament is very fun with a lot of very nice people; more so that any other tournament that I've been to. The atmosphere is very good there, as everyone is there foremost to have fun, which is also there main reason that I play poker.