haymaker and sally/crackhouse tourney

supergirl wrote about our movie excursion on saturday here, and i realized i forgot to mention. a friend from law school made a movie, and the nyc premiere was this past saturday. the trailers are cool and you can see them here.

i enjoyed the movie, especially the super cool graphics in between scenes, and as ck says the writing and performances were terrific. i admit that i suffered a bit from dark theater/not enough sleep friday night syndrome, whereby my eyes seemed to will themselves shut from time to time, but it was not out of boredom!!! (said friend's girlfriend/actress in movie was sitting next to me).

following movie we stopped for a quick drink/dinner w/ an omaha shark and then headed out to bk. upon our arrival at the subway stop we ran into this newly blond guy. nobody seems to like his dye job but me, cause i think he looks way hot w/ his blond hair. he does not look like he has gained much weight since the last time i saw him, but maybe it is all hidden muscle.

i started off slow, and got uber lucky in a few hands. dawn was to my left and raised utg and i called from bb w/ sooooooooted cards. we checked to river and she flipped over K high. the next time she raised utg i also called w/ my sooooted A8 (had momentary post-it lapse) and somehow cracked her AA. it was great play on her part b/c i did not believe her utg raise showed strength, but i believe i rivered a flush w/ QJT9 on board. woooot. i ended up rebuying when i chased a flush draw that not only didn't complete, but which i was drawing dead for b/c dude w/ higher flush draw also called.

i made it to the final table w/ a decent amount of chips, but donked them away on a hand i cannot recall. when we were four-handed i got pocket 4s (my crackhouse nemesis hand - remember when i jammed on jordan's Ks) THREE TIMES! wtf! i called a small raise each time and each time the board came w/ scary overs and no 4. GRRRRRR. i was too scared to play any of them too strongly b/c i knew if i jammed into higher pair like last time i would not forgive myself. i did myself in when i jammed from sb w/ QT and got called by A6. this was horrible move, and another situation where i did not entirely realize how many chips i had. i thought i was way shorter, and could have easily just called there, rather than risking all my chips.

i doubled my tournament profit playing cash. don't remember hands, apart from making flush and two pair in a couple hands. by the time we were finished i could barely keep my round eyes open, but was able to stay awake long enough to enjoy a nice diner bfast before bed.

sunday consisted of tv, football and poker, which was fun. tonight i'm off to a yankees game, tomorrow night is bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce in jersey (wooot!), wednesday night is drinks w/ a college friend, and i may have to stay in jersey thursday night for work. busy week, but if my new pute comes in time i will bring my laptop to jersey and maybe play online. otherwise i may just donk around a bit once i get home from various plans.

gotta give a shout out to apple. i hate that my old ipod broke only a month after applecare ended, but i've had some problems w/ my macbook and it's always been super easy to get an appt at the apple store, and now that it's my third problem they are having me send my old one back overnight, and then sending me a brand new macbook. my model has been replaced w/ a better one, so i am basically getting a newer, nicer pute. yay! hopefully this one will connect to my wireless so i can occasionally take a break from playing at my desk.

like you care. peace out.