I haven't played live in 6 months, it's probably been closer to a year since I've played a live tourney. I couldn't resist any longer and finally went to check out a tourney in the San Diego area. 30+10+6 bounty tournament. Chopped with 3 people left for $265 plus I won 2 bounties! Of course I hit some bad luck on the limit table afterwards and the slots on the way out the door, but I still walked out $100 ahead all ready to invest in another tournament some time!

My favorite play of the night was something I couldn't have pulled off online. I was the bb with A rag. Flop comes with an A and I go ahead and bet to see where I'm at. It felt like the 2 that stayed in the pot were making weak calls because one played very aggressively most of the time and the other was a calling station. I made another standard bet on the turn and they both called. River came and it was a coordinated board with a possible broadway draw. I made a fairly large bet to push the aggressive player out of the pot. He took time thinking about what his move was going to be which led me to believe he either had me out kicked or had 2 pair. So I waited about 20 sec, slowly leaned back in my chair, let my hand shake a little, and avoided eye contact. He threw his hand away right after I did that. Of course the calling station threw his hand away, he was never a threat, probably had 2nd pair.

The best part though is that I have been really working on improving my game over the last 6 months and I definitely felt like the shark in the water. It was so easy pinning everyone's playing styles down and in that cheap of a tournament there weren't that many good players. Hopefully I can take it down again sometime!