Saturday live game

On Sat, after unsuccessfully looking for living room furniture (anyone have a 10' x 12' oriental rug to donate?) I hosted our local poker game. Since two of our key regulars were out this weekend for Easter (Tonja and Scott), the game had a different flavor.

Attendees: Myself, Andrea, Randi, David, Klay, Brad, Derek, and Christina.

Results: After going to 1 1/2 buy-ins, Klay ended up the big winner early. He easily cashed up up 2 1/2 buyins total for a nice score. I believe David and Brad also rang in the positive. Me, once rebuying (gasp) quite early, ended up only slightly below par for the night as a result of us playing four-handed for a few late hours. I do like short handed live games (with friends, that is) as long as everyone's is good to go...

After we broke it up (maybe 4am), I did sneak in 2 $33 SnGs...Where I finished 2nd and 3rd for a modest (+$84) win making the overall day profitable. That win actually made my career SnG experience move into the black for the 1st time ever (over $5k in buy-ins, OK, maybe that's only 150 SnGs). Well, that's a lot of Tournaments! I may decide to play online cash games for bonuses only and play tournaments mid week and when bonuses aren't an issue. My shorthanded game has gotten good.

I'm off to Florida on Friday to go to a wedding. Except for some quick SnGs this Tue-Wed, there may be an opportunity to play at the Hard Rock in Hollywood FL this weekend if Andrea is keen. My college friend Scott (and Slip from LV) do like to play cards, and I've never played with them. I think they haev fixed limits there, so it's not worth the hassle. It's funny that I'd rather hit the pool than two guys, once in LV and the other near AC.