Well, the good poker weekend continues. In positive news, I cashed in both events I played today: a $10+1 pot limit omaha tournament with 160 or so entries, and a $10+1 NLHE rebuy event with $35k guaranteed. 1060 people ended up entering, with about 3500 or so total rebuys and add-ons. I was busted once early (bad beat) and rebought, more than doubling up on the very next hand, so I only rebought the once. From there I picked my spots and built a nice big stack. Everything was cruising, and I was hitting just enough hands, and stealing just enough blinds, to keep me at the average chipstack right up until we got near the bubble, which was 99 people. There I went on a massive run, doubling up once, taking the chip lead at my table, and then just bullying around. It worked to perfection, and by the time the bubble burst, I had bought a massive amount of blinds, and knocked out two to three people, including one sick hand where I was the fourth to call an all-in, with 9T offsuit from the big blind. The flop came 45T and my tens held up, even in the face of a dude that bluffed the dry side pot on the flop and the turn. That was actually my biggest pot for a while, but I dragged tons of small ones.

In any case, I cruised as a top ten stack until we were down to three tables, and I ran into an unfortunate series of hands. I'd been hitting a run of horrific cards and just waiting it out, as I did have the chips to sustain a bad run and my table had gotten aggressive - I'd lost more chips than I'd won trying to steal the blinds. In any case, I finally hit a nice rush of cards. TJs from the button, which I raised and took the blinds with. Then AJ suited from the cutoff, same. Then KQ offsuit from middle position, ditto. And for my finale, I was dealt JJ.

I raised it up and the dude two spots to my left reraised, up to about half his chipstack at the time. I'd seen him do this when I knew he sensed a bluff before, and he had T7 suited. It so happened that the T7 suited won, since he had the good fortune of being up against 66, but since I'd raised three hands in a row previous, I felt there was a strong chance he had me on a steal. Besides, I had a premium holding anyway, so I felt justified in pushing.

He had KK, and that crippled me. I went out two hands later with AQ, in 24th place.

Now, I'd spent $40 total on the tournament and scored a $190 payday, which isn't all that bad for a few hours work. But it was disappointing as hell, since I was just starting to get to the exponential upswing in payout. The final table paid out a minimum of $650, and 7th place or better was north of a grand. First place would have been a whopping $10k+, and I could just fucking taste it. Still, the play is good when you get that deep and I just needed a little more luck.

It's weird to be so disappointed at winning $150 net, but that's the way it goes I guess. Next time. Next time.