Not Such A Good Day At The Track . . .

Meaning of course that my run of form and cashes in the HORSE came to an end today. I played the earlier $2+20 buy-in and the usual $3+30. Burnt out mid field in the early game, about 15th from a field of thirty. Bigger than the regular games and paying 5 places I`m not sure how much value there is in playing it. Time will tell I guess . . . Crashed out 13th from 14 in the later game. I think I was too impatient pushing with some hands I should`t have. Not that I had many great cards in fairness to myself.

After that disaster I decided to kick back and watch some TV until the league OM8 game started. Fortunately for me England were playing Tonga in the Rugby World Cup so I watched us achieve a pretty nice win. We were favourites no doubt but given our recent form and the Tongan`s indominatable spirit anything was possible. Tonga actually took an early lead but The Chariot was soon rolling with a beautiful cross field kick by Wilkinson and resulting try by Sakey (unsure of spelling, I apologise if wrong, very nice try :-). We were pretty solid after that and although the Tongans were allowed a consolation try we looked pretty good. Of course things change when we come to the Southern hem. teams but it was a sign of progress and future hope, if not in this WC then for the next.

After that success I hit the red wine . . . A Montepulciano to be exact. A full bodied cheeky little number from Italy. I hit the league tourney shortly after. All-in-all I feel I played rather well. At the final table I tried to take out a player and failed. A little later she pushed again and I was left with the choice of calling or giving her the decent number of chips in the pot. It would cost me a third of my stack to call but eliminate a player and give me a decent stack if I won. Now I`d already called the BB and I was thinking of what to do, call or fold. The thought that I would call if I were playing a regular MTT went through my head but also the reasoning that I should be cautious because it was a league game. Fortunately selfishness won out and I called and won.

The bubble burst pretty quickly and I never looked back from that point. I played strictly to win but couldn`t overcome the evil one and took 2nd. Evil666 likes omaha and although he apparently doesn`t play hi/lo much he had the larger stack and although I took the lead once he won out in the end.