Running cold

Bad news, I didn't survive the first day. Yea, it's the first live tournament I've ever had where I busted out on the first day and it sucks just as much as I thought it would. I'm not in much of a mood to recap many hands but I will tell you about the big ones later. I never could get my chip stack over $11,000 and I think I literally got re-raised on over 50% of my raises. I couldn't connect on almost all of the hands I played, when I actually had a real hand I never got played back at. Overall it was just a bad situation and was strikingly similar to the CPC in the Bahamas. I played my image up perfectly today and I think everyone at my table would say that I was incrediably wild and loose. That's the exact image I want because it will allow me to accumulate a ton of chips early in a tournament, however when you don't make any hands this style will backfire on you and cause you to bust out early. It's part of the game and I have to realize it.

Shannon was killing his table when I left, the kid is insane, and Jon was fighting back after a rough beat that almost knocked him out. If Jon can get some chips he will be tough. There's a lot more to tell you about the experience but I just don't feel like writing much more right now....