[DoubleDeuce]

Well Friday night was a debacle. Afterwards I felt like a pro-athlete spewing cliches in the lockerroom.

"We didn't bring 60-minutes of effort."

"They wanted it more than us."

"Their fans provide a tremendous home court advantage."

blah blah blah


Whatever the reason I didn't focus well at all, especially the one item I was supposed to focus on! The format didn't help matters either, the blinds were doubling every 20 minutes so by the 4th round it turned into an all-in fest. Its hard to practice reading hands when the only bet is preflop.

Anyways I played like a complete idiot, bungling bets and calls most of the night. Somehow I finished on the bubble one spot from the money. I don't know if that was lady luck just messing with me though. I rivered several miracle cards to make it that far and finally when I did have a monster I was sucked out (which is going to be a separate thread question).


Now Sunday's game was a much better story. The slower blind format made it a more patient game. In this game I was emphasizing on everybody's M. It's tough trying to eye someone's chip stack and coming up with an accurate total. Its good practice though and although I couldn't pinpoint players with an exact number I could keep track of what zone they were in: red, orange, yellow, etc.

This game I finished 5th as well (and two spots from the money) but I felt much better about my play. My M was down to 4 or 5 when I got pocket kings. Pushed all-in from 1st position. One of the other short stacks calls with pocket 4s. He makes a straight to knock me down to the twilight zone with a stack less than the big blind. Other short stack goes out next hand and then I follow suit after a couple more shuffles.