Off to play!!!!!

Played in a live poker tournament tonight after quite a long hiatus. I found a rather large group of Texas Hold'em players online at Meetup.com. Needless to say, it an illegal gathering of sorts. I had visions of Tony Soprano, Chris Moltisanti and Paulie Walnuts sitting around supervising and making sure they're getting their cut.

Well, in a way it wasn't like that. Although it was weird to be playing poker at a series of six tables in the middle of a warehouse in an industrial area of Portland. Pretty cool though. The betting structure and set-up made things run smoothly. It was a $20 buy-in, no rebuys and the proceeds were split between the top eight people.

I lasted about 2/3 of the way through the tournament (56 people total), which put in around 20th place. Not bad for my first tournament. Went "all in" with pocket kings and really nothing on the board. The guy who beat me had pocket queens and pulled a third queen on the river. That sucks, but there's always next time.

We're off to Park City, UT for some fun, snow, sun, hottubs and Super Bowl this weekend. See ya'll Monday or Tuesday.

Go Patriots!!!!!!!!!!!!