Streak continues...

Got out of work late and had to zoom on over to try to get in a late tournament. I was kind of pissed at missing the nooner main. I hit 61 South and was off to the races. You guys that live up here in Memphis must hate that drive...I mean...its not long...not at all. I leave work at 5pm, and I am in a game by 5:40...it the rat hole that is Hwy 61. Nothing but liquor stores and flop houses. I haven't seen so many street hookers since they cleaned up airline Hwy in New Orleans...wait...Did they clean Airline Hwy?? Oh well...never mind. It's just funny to see verbiage on the Hotel Marque of "Trucker Special...$20.00 for 4 hours".

Anyhow...Got to Tunica and pinged my buddy Alex on the way down. He told me that they only has 81 players. He didn't get any traction. He buys into the $240.00 limit tourney at 6pm. I am undecided but eventually give in and join up. Real strange playing limit again. I could not get nothing going and never had a pocket pair over 5's. When I get shortstacked is when the suck-outs started against me. Monkey was in the nooner main with 2 tables left shot stacked at the dinner break. I go over and wish him some luck and shake hands.

I head to the Cash area after I get bounced and get in a 1-3nl game. Gabe was in the 2-5 game and it looked pretty good from where I was at. I played for 3 hours and broke out even. It was a tough table with lots of good players. No one was making any moves and all the plays seemed routine. I did not see one pot over $50.00 in the entire first hour. I figured I was not going to get my $240.00 back in this game...I cash out stuck $15.00...tell everyone later and bounce to another casino in search of a better game...and a better game I would find.

I went back to Harrah's as thats where I was staying and they had two 1-3 nl games and one of the games had a couple of "Gangster rapper" looking dudes with over 1k each on the table. Yep...I think im in the right place. I buy in for $350.00 and sit down to a 7 handed table. I start bullshitting with the guys and they are from somewhere in Kansas. The first hand I won I looked down at A-7s and call a pf raise up to $15.00. At this point I can hear another guy off to the side calling his buddies telling them to "Get over here man...theres a juicy table"...etc... Flop comes out 5s8sJs. I check Coolio bets out $45.00. I smooth call. The turn is Qs and I am convinced that my action took a nose dive...but no...I check-call $100.00 while trying to size this guy up...(Guy for the phone call now comes sits at our table and starts a barrage of text messaging). Turn bricks with a red King which doesn't pair the board and I go to value town with a bet of $75.00. Coolio calls and immediately tables pocket 4's. After several hours and our game filling up, I was forced to the main table and racked up and left $560.00. I booked a loser on the entire night but it felt good to get my buy-in back.

Headin back in a sec

"In this place where time stands still it seems like everything is moving. Including me. I can't say I know where I'm going nor if my bad deeds can be purified. There are so many things I have done that I regret. But when I come to a full stop I hope you understand that the distance between us is not as great as it seems" Brad Pitt as Henrich Harrier in "Seven years in Tibet"