The other day at the Million Dollar Heater at the Beau Rivage I played in three tournaments. Those of you who play tournament poker know this story isn't going to turn out well. If you're playing in three tournaments in one day you probably didn't do too well in the first two.
The first tournament of this particular day was the noon tournament. I had lasted a couple of hours when I got into a pretty big hand. I won't bother you with the particulars but I got all in after the flop against another guy. I was in the lead and the only realistic way he had to catch up was to catch either a Queen or a Seven on the turn or the river to make his straight. Well, you know the rest of the story....he caught a Queen on the river and put me out of the tournament. It just happens.
From the noon tournament I moved on over to the STT tables and entered an STT. I played pretty tight and had roughly starting chips at either the third or fourth blind level. Again, I won't bother you with the details but I got all in after the flop against another guy. I was in the lead and the only realistic way he had to catch up was to catch either a Queen or a Seven on the turn or the river to make his straight. Guess what......you know the rest of the story again..........he caught a Queen on the river and put me out of the tournament. Not only does it just happen but it just happened again.
Then I entered the 4pm tournament. A couple of hours into the tournament I moved all in after the flop on a semi-bluff and found myself behind and needing either a Queen or a Seven on either the turn or river to survive. Neither card came and I was out of the tournament. Apparently, "things just happen" didn't apply to me when I needed it. I guess sometimes things just don't happen.
All we can hope for is to get our money in good. After that what happens happens and that's all there is to it.
See you at the tables.
