Showed up today for the $1,050 mega for seats in the $10k Main Event. 169 players so 17 seats to be awarded (the last 17 players standing). Won my seat and play tomorrow at noon in Main Event. Table 17. Seat 7. This is going to be good.

As I am wont to do … I am rethinking hands, doing my post mortem and going through the entire tournament. I played for over 20 hours and never saw aces once, not one time. I had KK three times, twice under the gun where you have to raise to keep limpers out, everyone folded and the third time I reraised pre flop and took it down there. Never saw a pair of Queens but had Jacks and 10’s. One time on Day 2 I had 10-10 under the gun, I raise it, everyone folds except the big blind. Flop is 5 6 7, I fire, he calls me, a 9 hits the turn, I check and he checks and the miracle 8 hits the river, putting a straight on the board. I fire big time and he calls me only to see a higher straight. He got pissed, which seemed rather ridiculous, then goes into a lecture about how many people he has busted from his big blind. I smile. That didn’t seem to placate him so he tells the table he had Q 8, I’m thinking that didn’t make him look too good because he would have hit the straight on the turn and he checked and let me get there on the river. Guy says “you got lucky” and I say “it’s a key part of the game.” That didn’t seem to satisfy him either so he says “your over-bet on the river looked like a steal,” and I tell him the truth “it was supposed to.” Goofball.

So even though I would have liked to have taken it down I am really all right with my play. It was a rough session where I had to be quite creative with chip accumulation. Although this game is much easier when you have premium cards which also match the board I’m getting damn good at make believe. Ha.