Nightmares...

Haha, so maybe not nightmares. But I had trouble sleeping last night. Maybe it was because I didn't go to sleep until 4am. But I remember waking up at about 8am, previously having a dream where I was in a tournament, playing 5 handed, and we were on the final table bubble. The bubble wouldn't end, every short stack that was all in found some way to survive, as I saw my chip stack slowly shrink. This went on for a while, and when I woke up the bubble still hadn't burst.

I guess this is the kind of nightmare you have when you get 10th and then 12th place in the same tournament within the couple days.

I have thought about it alot (as much as possible in 7 hours), and I think I should have folded the AK in that situation. My chip stack was fine, 290k, and I shouldn't have put my tournament to chance after all that time. Especially when I knew I had a big skill edge over the field. The problem was this move was so out of ordinary for the player I felt it had to be AK-AJ. I guess I made a good read, but who knows, maybe he does the same with 99. That deep I should avoid putting my tournament at risk when I have so many chips. Next time I like to beleive I fold.

Nonetheless, I mademy move, got it in good, and he sucked out, so it still really hurts. I am due for a win, so I hope I can roll one off soon because these 26$ buyin tournies are so donkey. I am also starting to play the fifty-fifty and turbo fiddy when I have the chance. I am pretty much bankrolled for them, and they are both good value. I think if I play the turbo fiddy on a regular basis, it will payoff big for me even though it is very high variance.

Today I have the big 30k iron man freeroll. This should be an interesting tournament because everyone should be a fairly solid player. But with only 360 people, I like my chances with the way I've been playing lately.

-Boooom