YES! YES! YES!
No I`m not recreating that famous scence from "When Harry Met Sally" I am however extremely pleased with myself at the moment. Two wins in two days and this time it isn`t a little sng. In fact it`s a tournament I`ve wanted to win for absolutely ages. It`s not a tournament that has a huge payout because half of the buy-in goes to charity. Instead the winner is gifted with a rather nice shield accolade on their avatar. Run every month this is one of the best spirited games you`re ever likely to play. I guess the kind of people that get off bad mouthing players and generally annoying people aren`t the kind of people that are going to donate money to a charity. Go figure . . .
Anyway it means I`ve finally managed to pick up an accolade after about two years of trying. I`ve been close on numerous occasions but I`ve always fallen just short. But not tonight! What makes it even better is that I played what might well have been the best game of my life in winning it. I ran in 2nd and 3rd place for the major part of the game, only taking the lead when at the final table. It slipped away for a while when we got down to four players but after I eliminated 3rd place I had a 2-1 chip lead and was in no mood to let it slip away from me. I can`t recall a time I`ve played so aggressively throughout an entire tournament. There`s no doubt I had some very good cards but I took more than a few blinds betting out with mediocre hands against a pretty tight table. I had a couple of lucky breaks on the way too but that`s to be expected in a tournament.
If anyone wants to play this fun tourney it`s held on the first Saturday of every month on the Merge network. It`s called The 5th Street Charity Ball. It`s a $4+40 buy-in and $2 goes to the prize pool, the other $2 goes to The Make A Wish Foundation. It`s a great cause and I know you`d have a great time playing.
Anyway it means I`ve finally managed to pick up an accolade after about two years of trying. I`ve been close on numerous occasions but I`ve always fallen just short. But not tonight! What makes it even better is that I played what might well have been the best game of my life in winning it. I ran in 2nd and 3rd place for the major part of the game, only taking the lead when at the final table. It slipped away for a while when we got down to four players but after I eliminated 3rd place I had a 2-1 chip lead and was in no mood to let it slip away from me. I can`t recall a time I`ve played so aggressively throughout an entire tournament. There`s no doubt I had some very good cards but I took more than a few blinds betting out with mediocre hands against a pretty tight table. I had a couple of lucky breaks on the way too but that`s to be expected in a tournament.
If anyone wants to play this fun tourney it`s held on the first Saturday of every month on the Merge network. It`s called The 5th Street Charity Ball. It`s a $4+40 buy-in and $2 goes to the prize pool, the other $2 goes to The Make A Wish Foundation. It`s a great cause and I know you`d have a great time playing.
posted by DangerMouse at 12:05 AM
3 Comments:
Congrats DM...not a worthier player could take it down the following month after I did . ;-)
Congrats on the win and the accolade. That was the only time I have missed the game and only realised I had when I clicked on you and saw you at the FT.
Huge congrats to you hun xxx
Thanks guys, that win meant a lot to me.
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