Overall this was a pretty light weekend. On Saturday we managed to get away and see X-men III. Andrew was nice enough to hold down the fort at home seeing as how he already saw the movie while we were in Vegas. (This also works out as paying for 3 people at a movie gets pricey) The movie was good. Not great, but good. I will say this, if you haven’t seen it yet and are planning to, stay until after the credits. If you leave, you will be missing something important! On the way home we did the standard stop at the comic shop and picked up the weeklies. Then it was home for a relaxing time chilling and watching some TV.
Sunday was, of course, father’s day. I was woken up (all be it somewhat late) when Amy and Andrew came in with Starbucks sandwiches, Morning Chai, and a few gift bags! Andrew picked out a T-shirt and shorts with a few sayings on them. Amy found me a star wars scout figure from EPIII, some IBC and (though she might have had influence from Andrew) a handheld baseball game. I spent the rest of the morning (and early afternoon) lounging while my slaves did my bidding loving girlfriend and son took care of housework. I cleared off some of my favorite shows that were waiting for me on the Tivo. Around 3:30 I began to prepare for my tournament.
At 4pm the Pokerstars bloggers tournament started up and I jumped into the thick of it! Playing for real stakes is so much more apparent in these games and I was doing awesome! If I had crap I folded and when I had good hands I won. I judged the others play based on betting patterns (just as the great Chris Fergeson instructed) and watched to see if someone really had something or if they were pulling legs. I was almost always 1k above the average for the tourney. One of my favorite hands had to be the Ac 6c I was dealt. After a number of calls and folds I raise the pot and two guys call me on it. The flop comes out as a 5s 6d 6s. The first guy bets out 100 and I raise him an extra 100, the third guy folds and the first calls me again. The turn card comes out and sure enough it’s the 6h. This gives me four 6’s and an Ace. The first guy checks and, knowing only 2 hands could beat me at this point, I go all in. (Only a royal flush and a straight flush can beat four of a kind) Sure enough, he folds. It was very exciting.
At one point in the tournament I was up to $7,262 in chips. This amount had me in the top 100 leader board. I was on top of the world for the moment. Then, of course, the god of fate steps in at 5:17pm on June 18th 2006. The power for the house goes out. No, wait, it’s worse than that. The power for the entire neighborhood goes out.
Fate hates me.
The front office has no explanation as to why the power went out. They couldn’t get a hold of the power company (probably because they were the only ones calling). The power stayed out until around 6:15pm. I was able to get back on and find that I was completely kicked from the tournament. After having my “Hand history” e-mailed to me, I found out why I was un-able to re-join. Apparently because I had lost connection, the computer took over for me and posted all blinds and ante’s but then folded at first chance. This continued until 6:02pm. My last “hand” (even though I wasn’t there) I had 157 chips and posted the ante, I was big blind and apparently went all-in. I was delt a 5s and 8c and promptly fold my way out of the tourney. With out playing for almost an hour and only folding away my hands, I managed to finish in 372nd place out of over 2200 players. Overall, that’s not too shabby! I really think I could have done pretty well if I had stayed in.
After spending 30 min trying to get an admin to tell me why I couldn’t come back in, I finally gave up and left to take a drive and cool my head. I got really pissed off. (I think I was scaring Amy) I called and talked to my dad for pretty much the whole drive and was able to collect myself and calm down. The rest of the evening was un-eventful. I did manage to get back on and watch the end of the tourney. The last 2 guys battled it out and ended just after 10:30pm. I hugged Amy and Andrew, said thanks for my fathers day, and headed to bed.
Now to find a way to get back at fate.
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