Yes, I won my first Tavern Tourney outright on Halloween. Things just fell into place. When we got down to three I caught 8's and the flop came 5, 6, 7. My opponent, the tournament director, bet big and I raised all-in and he called. He also had 8's and we split the pot. A 9 came on the river.
With a mountainous stack I put the two final opponents all-in with K, 10. One hit his pair with a Q, the dealer, and he was calling for a J for the other guy, larger stack, to hit a pair and keep in the game... supposedly. The problem? The J gave me a straight and it was all over.
It didn't put me in the black but I am now less than $300 in the red in almost two years of poker playing including casino play. The sometimes buy-ins and any cost of sodas for which I received chips all recorded in a ledger. Not recorded is mileage costs and any purchases I did not receive chips for.
And on the first tourney of the new six month cycle I made third. Not much in the way of cards most of the night but buying a round and then hitting a couple good hands took me deep for a small payout. I don't think I will make the monthly on Saturday (starts too late, too far away and we have to work) but plan to make the six month the following Saturday. If Tavern Tourneys wants to grow in the Milwaukee market they need to find a nice place a bit closer to Milwaukee.
Mostly playing Omaha hi/lo on the Internet. Taking some Texas Hold'm Sit&Goes for play money quite easily. Played one last night on Ultimate Bet and am pained to say I don't like the patterns I see. Same cards up against each other with the same outcomes several times throughout the same game. Nothing nefarious, just reads poorly in the mind of the player. At least when you are on the losing end of the hand.
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