Ok so maybe I wont give up poker just yet....

I took second place tonight in a $2500 Poker Source Onine Freeroll. It was a small field of about 170. If you would like to sign up for some awesome promotions for playing poker I recomend you sign up for PSO, I sign up for any site that I cannot get rakeback at, and have never been dissapointed. There are several links to the right to their site.

Anyway, I was kind of dissapointed that I couldnt take down first. When we gotto the final table I had a solid cheap lead for first. Before I knew it we were 3 handed, and then heads up. going into heads up I was at a chip disadvantage, and was workign on picking up pots when in position. The other player had been playing a pretty aggressive and semi loose game. and when he had me out chipped 2.5:1 was a recipe for trouble. I tried to be a little more selective in my hands when out of position, and raise when in position. I was still pretty confident in my skills. I thought I finally had him when the last hand came up.

Stage #362059942 Tourney ID 606137 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1500 - 2006-03-26 00:48:30 (ET)
Table: 15 (Real Money) Seat #9 is the dealer
Seat 4 - CRASHPAT ($169572 in chips)
Seat 9 - _NO1UNO_ ($69468 in chips)
CRASHPAT - Ante $200
_NO1UNO_ - Ante $200
_NO1UNO_ - Posts small blind $1500
CRASHPAT - Posts big blind $3000
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to _NO1UNO_ [Ac Ad]
_NO1UNO_ - Raises $7500 to $9000
CRASHPAT - Calls $6000
*** FLOP *** [7h 6d 8d]
CRASHPAT - Checks
_NO1UNO_ - Bets $9000
CRASHPAT - Calls $9000
*** TURN *** [7h 6d 8d] [3s]
CRASHPAT - Checks
_NO1UNO_ - Bets $36000
CRASHPAT - Raises $72000 to $72000
_NO1UNO_ - All-In $15268
CRASHPAT - returned ($20732) : not called
*** RIVER *** [7h 6d 8d 3s] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CRASHPAT - Shows [4d 5h] (Straight, four to eight)
_NO1UNO_ - Shows [Ac Ad] (One pair, aces)
CRASHPAT Collects $138936 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($138936)
Board [7h 6d 8d 3s Qh]
Seat 4: CRASHPAT (big blind) won Total ($138936) HI:($138936) with Straight, four to eight [4d 5h - B:8d,B:7h,B:6d,P:5h,P:4d]
Seat 9: _NO1UNO_ (dealer) (small blind) HI:lost with One pair, aces [Ac Ad - P:Ad,P:Ac,B:Qh,B:8d,B:7h]

I wasnt quite expecting that, but it happens. Anyway it helped keep me in the game, and I am happy to take down a profit for the day consdiering how it began. It was really a low day for me early. I have already initiated the cashout from the site, and will use some of my winnings to fund the scheduled BPT events. I am going to continue to play the $0.05/$0.1 NL games and keep a couple extra buyins in my accout. The best part is now I can afford to buyin at max rather than at half.

Hopefully, I can take down one of the BPT tournaments next, or at least one of the other freeroll tournaments I have lined up.

March 25 bankroll:
starting: $145.88
ending: $413.56($400 Neteller, $13.56)
gain/loss : $267.68 (183.5%)