Anyone else catch our Ctweblogs.com buddy and Coffee in NorthEast? Blogging is much hotter a topic than I assumed when the semester began.


I want to relate what playing in a poker tourney is like here on the blog so that others might understand how very different the experience is compared to what we are lead to believe. My notes are overly detailed and boring, so a summary is probably best and easier to understand.

First object of note, this was the worst tourney I have ever played. The cards that I was dealt were horrendous. To make matters worse, the three tables I played at were raise-happy. Part of winning at poker is "stealing," or making raises from a late acting position in order to force the players who have forced, blind bets to fold and acquire their chips. With constant raising in front of me, this play was not possible.

I won a total of two hands, both bluffs. The remainder of my chips were expended on one fairly sizable bluff and paying the blind bets.

time at the table 1 hour 49 minutes

hands dealt 38

flops seen 8

hands showndown 1

dollars won - ZERO