 Vegas November 2008 |
| Day Four (Going Home/Prolog) |
| First, since I'm typing this up only about 6 hrs after posting "Day Three" let me point out that there is a "Day Three" post. And, by the way I welcome feedback on whether the new format for the pages (each day on it's own page) is good or not. I like it, but then again I set it up that way so of course I like it...
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| As it always is, this November trip was a draining "long weekend". I'm sitting at the airport now with an hour to kill on about 3 hrs sleep, and that was only slightly more sleep than I got the previous two nights. I'm surprisingly awake but I fear if I close my eyes for more than a blink I'll pass out and miss my plane...
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| In case it didn't come across, I'm extremely happy with my play this weekend. Part of me is very happy at the prospect of getting back home and seeing Joann and the kids but I'd be lying if I said I had no desire to sit down in today's Mega Stack or the $150 at 7:00. Busting out 9th last night ... I have no regret at all. I made the right decision, I had a chance to take a good size pot, forced someone else into a decision for their tournament life, they decided to gamble and it worked out for him. If I saw his cards before I made the all-in bet I would have made the same bet ... and I suspect if he saw mine he would have agonized just the same about making the call. There were a lot of hands that he would have had to fold immediately and outside of me running into a made flush the number of possible hands he could call with was very small. And as I always say, I play to win.
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| Just brought up the odds calculator on cardplayer and I was a 52.42-47.68% underdog, I actually expected to be farther behind than that so now I feel even better about it...
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| But having said all that, I feel like I am leaving with unfinished business. I would have owned that final table if I'd gotten that huge chip lead. I had a game plan for everyone I played with at my previous table and was already formulating the plan for everyone else. "K-6 guy" was going to give me every one of his chips if I'd stuck around long enough to get them, I would have made a Mark Messier guarantee on that. And Patrick knows what happens when I predict I'm going to take every one of someone's chips...
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| Going home with more money than I left with, of course, is always a good feeling. I do feel a little bad for Tommy because he also played very good poker and got very close to money but just couldn't get over the hump. He should not be stuck for as much as he was stuck for. But I know he's going to look back on this trip and feel good about it.
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| And there are other things we didn't do that I wanted to do. We never got to Rio, would have liked to have had that buffet again. We unfortunately never got in touch with Hans and Maria or Ben and JoAn. Would have been nice to be the first people from work to congratulate them on their big day. And I believe this is the first time I've ever visited Las Vegas and didn't go anywhere near downtown or the Gambler's General Store. Although perhaps our week-after-9/11 trip since that was a very short stop here.
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| This was a great trip, hopefully it won't be the last November getaway. Although I only got permission this time in exchange for buying Joann another 18,000 piece puzzle (which I didn't get, you know I'm going to hear about that but I'm saving $10 buying online today and I was going to have to ship it home anyway...) and, well, unless they start making a new one I'm out of 18,000 piece puzzles to buy...I just know next year, if there is a next year, will probably require a trip to Tiffany or Coach...
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| Once again thanks for reading. With this little win and the way things are going on UB, June is looking more and more likely... |
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