gg MTT's

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Did horrible in the 150k guaranteed. In fact I think it was my worst showing ever. Maybe its the 4 redbulls I drank before the tourney began. I tried to stay out of the game, but just couldnt. I tried to make some moves with medium pocket pairs, and didnt have the nuts to follow thru on them. I ended up finding my self with about half my starting chips and dealt QQ UTG. I bet out 3.25x the bb, and found 4 callers. Flop showed an Ace and a flush draw. I should have let my hand go. Everyone checked. Turn brought the flush card. I had the Q to the flush and had about 1200 in chips, there was about 700 in the pot. there were 2 players to act behind me and 2 in front. The two players in front checked. I thought about it and decided to make the movepush, unfortunetly one of the players behing me had J9 to the flush. I didnt catch another heart and was knocked out 801 of 890. Just a terrible and feeling knowing I should have let the hand go when the A came.

Anyway, I went ahead and cashed out my paradise account. I wasnt real found of the site, and unless they are running some deposit bonuses I wont be playing there in the near future.

I decided to go and mess around on bodog since I had about $70 on there still. I played a $11 STT and went out in level 4. I then ditched that site, b/c playing the STT reminded me why I hadnt played there in a while. They really need to work on their software. Apparently they have made some improvements, but its still crap.

I then went to check on my UB account. I had $2.27 on their from rakeback from a month or 2 ago that was deposited after I cashed out. I figured I couldnt do any harm playing with that and sat down at a 6 max 0.05/0.1 limit table. O the drama.

I felt kind of rediculous playing that low of a limit table but decided to make a challenge of it. I had about $70 in bonus $ that I hadnt cleared. I statrted a table so that I earned 25% more UB points than normal, and started grinding away. I actually managed to get it up to $5 before my table broke. I also cleared $2 in bonus $. I took a break to eat some dinner and then sat at another table. It was another 6max .05/.1 limit table. I played for a little bit and when I quit my UB bankroll was a whopping $9.49. I think I might mess around and see if I can clear my entire bonus before moving on. If I can get up to $25 I will move to the .25/.5 table so that I will earn a little rakeback while I'm at it. I'm earning rakeback at the .05/.1 limit but I'm sure its something rediculously miniscule. I havent checked my stats, but at 300 hands with an average rake of $0.03 at 6 max with my 28% rake I would earn $0.42. Woohaaa time to retire.

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I noticed that pokerstars had a 5500 person field today in the 750k, which put it over 1 million. The field was so largethe software couldnt handle the payout structure and resorted back to 50/30/20 for first second and third. Pokerstars owns the online tournament market.

The revised payouts are posted online

The winner is set to take down $173k. Thats just unbelievable.

I dont think I will be playing any MTT's for a while after my latest results. My game seems to go in cycles. I think I am in the ring game cycle right now, maybe when I get back into MTTs I will take another shot at the largest online weekly tournament.

Right now I am going to be focusing back on bankroll building through cash games, and primarily focus on limit games and bonus whoring with rakeback.

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Something else thats been on my mind lately is that In less than 4 weeks I will turn 30! Man how time flies. I honestly never thought I would live to be 30 when I was younger. I grew up in the inner city ghetto and in the hood nobody lives that long. I can remeber being 16 running around being a thug, getting shot at or doing the shooting. So many of the guys I grew up with died at a young age, or are spending the rest of their life in prison. I always felt like I might be shot the next day, and really came to expect it.

I feel privlidged that I was able to escape that environment, and mentality. I worked hard and was fortunate enough to have a few people who ended up being role models and positive influences in my life. I actually got in some serious trouble when I was 17 , and even after I turned 21. There was a real chance that I was going to be joining those friends in prison. I managed to dodge the bullet and get a second (or fourth, or fifth) chance to do the right thing.

I went to school and earned a college degree to keep myself from being involved in the activities that had put me in that predicament.

Anyway looking back now I realize how lucky I was, and am glad that I am going to be bale to enjoy my 30th birthday with my family friends, and children. Even if I am going to be the subject of over the hill jokes, its better than the alternative.