Who says you gotta be good?

I just won another tourney!!! I think I played very well, even tho I won on a total suckout. We got heads up and he had a big chip lead. We played quite a long time, trading the lead back and forth a few times. Finally, I caught middle pair on the flop and raised. He reraised all in. I thought about it for a while and called. He had top pair. Doh!! But I caught 2nd pair on the turn and won the tourney. I kinda thought he had it, but he could have been raising with 2 over cards, a smaller pair, or anything. Plus, after his raise, if I fold I'm crippled again. At this point it was 730 am, i'd been up for more than 24 hours and was quite fatigued. The thought that I didn't wanna fight my way back from small stack may have had something to do with my call. Willing to concede 2nd place if indeed he had it.

It was the only bad beat I dished out all tourney, but it was a doozy. I feel bad for Nzealand, who played a helluva game and deserved the win. But I don't feel TOO bad, because twice I've been heads up, with the chip lead and had the other guy all in against my better hand only to have that horrible flop steal the tourney from me. So, Nzealand, if it helps, I know how you feel. Thanx for being so nice about it.

Like the last 2 tourneys I've won, it came after I'd flamed the forums out of frustration with some bad times. I don't handle bad runs well sometimes, I'm my own worse enemy at the poker tables and sometimes embarrassed by my behaviour. Posting that sort of rant does me no good, and only makes me feel worse.

However, having noticed this pattern, I plan to post a rant in the forums this Sunday, right before the big freeroll. lol. That trophy is MINE!!

My girlfriend is in Colorado this week, so I can't call and brag to her about it. One of quite a few things I need to talk to her about, so I'm missing her a bit. Last time she went to Colorado on business I took a vacation from work and went with her. Was a great time, too. Woulda liked to go, but just not doable this time.

I went to buy new clothes this week. My old clothes aren't fitting so well. I know I'm losing weight, because the scales tell me I've lost 27 lbs, but because I see myself all the time, I couldn't really tell the difference in my body. Buying new clothes really drove it home for me, tho. I've gone from a xxl to an l in shirts and 42/44 size pants to a 38. "Vera nice!" as Borat would say. So, between the Tourney wins and the weight loss I'm feeling pretty good!

Cya round, guys