Captains Log, Tuesday March 1, 2011. Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono Downs.
Aliens, it has to be aliens or some of that Voo Doo magic that has me going deep but not cashing. I had a glimmer of hope in last nights game however when I was in a situation being short stacked, in the BB with A3 suited. Mid position player, who is all about quality raises, calls, one more linps and then another caller has me thinking super pot odds in the Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs poker room. A chance to get 4 times my money short stacked. I got to call so I do.
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs has not been all that kind to me in these situations so I was pleasantly supprised when I hit a straight, A2345. The initial raiser hit a set of 8's, one had QQ and the other AK. My A3 made it happen. I was back in the game but the blinds where high. Hey I'll take it.
Sadly, after all this excitement - my luck ran dry and I was card dead. I was able to steal some blinds a few times with super tight players in the small and big blinds ahead of me. This is really the only thing that got me to the final table. I came to the final table about second to last in chips and the boys with the big stacks were doing what boys with big stacks do. Punishing us small stacks. (The Bastards) lol, hell, I'd do the same.
My final table blues continued and I was out 8th. Pays started at 5.
That was last night, today's a whole new deal. In about an hour I'll drive the thirty minutes to the Pocono Downs poker room and start it all over again. Each game, I'll learn more. Each game, I'll learn the regular players play "more and more" and in time I'll be sitting with Ivey and the Grinder.
I got to shake these final table blues.
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