Hey everyone! It's been a bit since my last post. Frankly I really have not played all that much since Saturday. I played a live game Saturday night. 11 players, $25 buy-in SNG. Top 4 got paid. Well 4th got their entry back then the rest of the prize money was split 50/30/20. Anyways, I had a blast. I honestly havn't played a serious live game in months. I mean I've played one or two homegames with family over the holidays, but those games were just fun games with $5 entry to sweeten the deal.

     So back to the live game. Like I said, I had a blast. It was good to see some of my friends again and have a good conversation and some drinks with them. Overall I played pretty good. Took the chiplead with 9 remaining, held it for a little bit, then lost most of my stack against a bad suckout. My 2 pair KJ was beat by a set of Q's. I lost the minimum for the situation though. Built back up again, but I ended up getting a bit drunk and sloppy and ended up in 4th. Still was fun.

     I've only played about 4 SNG's all week, for a loss of about $12. I have a few other things going on right now and poker has been getting pushed aside. I've been making traps in anticipation of the upcoming minnow trapping season, my car has been acting up requiring trips to the shop and I've found myself wanting to study more than play.

     Oh, and I have also played in a couple of Cards Chat Winter League games. So far my team, Team MVP is in the lead after 8 games. It's still very early in the season though so anything can happen. In my last two games I took 7th and 2nd respectively. Oh, I guess I should mention the format: 9 teams, 5 players per team. Each player plays one game per week. Points are awarded based on finish position. My teammate tpb211 has scored himself two wins already, and my other teammates are doing great as well. I gotta say, these games are fun. We're all competent players and these games require the right balance of skill and luck in order to make it very far. A great way to have fun, hone your skills and make new friends.

     As I type this I am in a $2 buy-in, $5K guarantee MTT on Stars, sitting 75th out of 320 remaining. Money bubble was @ 351 players so I'm at least going to break my no-cash streak in MTT on Stars. Mayhaps I'll be posting again tonight about going deep. We'll see.