Matusow would call me sick.

I love Tournament Poker. Specifically, I love Multi Table tourneys. I'm sick, I know. If you don't think that this is a sick way to play poker, let me run down my last five tournaments.

First, I've made the money 3 times in these. I've made the final table once, the final two tables another time, and the final three a third time. Of course, I got furthest in the cheapest entries, but c'est la vie.

Friday night, in the 14k (24/2 entry) on Full Tilt, I finished 17th of 660ish. That was good for 85 bucks, or about 60 bucks profit. I felt I played quite well, I just took a beat to go out. Saturday, I felt I played pretty mediocre, but still managed to finish 20th of 330 in the 30k on FT, 100/9 entry. That was good for about 180 bucks. I netted an additional $100 for eliminating Full Tilt Pro Erick Lindgren, as his AK was no match for my TT.

Sunday, in the 500k on Stars (200/15), I did not last more than 20 minutes. 89 died to 66 after I got the player to commit a significant number of chips on the 997 flop. He spiked a six on the turn, and I paid. In the 60k on FT (200/15), I finished 61st of 360 as I fell to another poor play. Weirdly, I thought while I was in the tournament that I was playing simply horridly, I was just lasting because I went 2-2 in coinflips.

Yesterday, in the 14k on Full Tilt (24/2 again), I finished 6th of 660, good for 753 bucks. Again, for whatever reason, I felt I was playing mediocre poker, I was just getting some cards.

Anyway, the moral of the story? 3 cashes in five tourneys, including a final table. Net profit? Less than $530. I'm fucking nuts.


As an aside/postscript, I felt I played nothing more than mediocre yesterday and poorly on Sunday, but looking back, I actually played pretty damn well. I took a LOT of pots I had really no business taking with good understanding of table dynamics and well timed bets and raises. I think the moral of THIS story is that you can never truly analyze your play until after the fact.