Friday, May 1, 2009

Poker lol

Having one of the biggest breaks I have ever had from poker (in the sense I actually sit down and take it seriously, cos everybody knows boozy games with ur mates, pushing with crap don't count)... Am el busto cos of recession, pay cuts and mainly cos of the new car and the whopping insurance fee. So dropped out of Connie's 10th anniversary down in Killarney. It was a game that looked to have absoutlely fantastic structure, the kind I like to play. But then at the start of the month I realised the 275e buy-in fee along with addditional expenses (travel, accom n food) for the weekend would make a sizable dent in my fast diminishing funds so I dropped out. Which was just as well, cos I hadn't played poker in like, forever. So I did the next best thing and bought a 10% stake in a horse, TJ Tracey who I had tangled with at the LEPO and earmarked as one of the two good players I figured played very well.

When the tournament came around, I had no pangs of desire or regret which sigifies how much my appetite to play poker has dwindled and I don't know if I will ever recover the desire that used to rage within me every single day when I took the game up.

But poker did provide me with a big thrill that weekend though even though I wasn't playing. It was following TJ's progress in the tournament, which he would keep me updated by texting me. I got a massive buzz out of it especially when he was chipleader at the final table with 6 players left and a first prize of 8k. As it turned out, he came 4th but all the same it was a fantastic result and I was really thankful for the absoultely fantastic run he gave me and for the buzz I got out of it.

So a 10% stake saw me get €250 which was much welcome. TJ transfered the money on stars on monday night and just as I was about to cash out the monies, an emotion of impluse overcame me and before I knew it I had registered for a $10 tournie with less than a minute before it was due to start.

Managed to battle through a field of 2000+ runners to finish 12th after 6 hours of play. I had forgotten how frustrating it was to go so far and yet finish so close to the final table where the real money is paid out to the top 3. The next day I still felt the same way about poker, the run I went on didn't really reinvorgate my desires. As it transpired the guy who busted me in the tournament posted on boards too. Spotted his user name and asked how he got on. He went on to take down the tournament for 3.5k. Not a bad result for a $10 buy-in! :) At least he was irish and put my chips to good use.

Anyway probably wont post again for another long period of time I don't really feel the urge to post nor to play poker.. In the meantime, take care y'all