I'm happy

We just got back from the casino, it's 5:42 a.m. here, but it's good we are back so late because that means one of us did really well. Tonight was the 300 euro buy in Pot-Limit Hold'em event and Adam Geyer and I both played in it. Adam got unlucky in a couple hands at got about 42nd out of 167 people. I won a few races and played very well and this time I didn't miss the final table. I got to the final table about 5th in chips and got very lucky to catch KK and AA at the final table, getting action on both. The AA was quite a hand because I re-raised a guy who had almost as many chips as me and he eventually called with 22. The flop came J 7 2 and I the room gasped in shock.... The turn came a 10 and I stood up, about to concede the hand but the room erupted when the A of hearts hit the river and Shannon and Adam both comment on how much of a suck-out and luck sack I was. I think I played very well at the final table with a couple hands where I made questionable plays but stayed alive. It got down to 5 handed and I was really wanting to chop the tourney and take about 7k euro down instead on getting 5th for 1,900, but one crazy German guy did not want to chop so we played on. We eventually got down to 3 people and I chopped with two Swedes who were both very good players. I took and even $10,000 euros (almost $13,000 U.S. dollars) for a hypothetical 2nd place finish and was very happy. First place would have paid $18,800 but 2nd would have only been $9,400 so I feel like it was a good deal to make. Tomorrow is the 300 euro Limit tourney, so hopefully I can do well in it again and keep the streak of good tourneys alive. Spain is awesome.

Here is a list of the results from last nights tourney, when they update later they will list tonight's as well: http://www.pokerpages.com/tournament/result14901.htm

Oh, by the way Shannon made quick work of his first round opponent and beat him in 10 hands! It was one of the fastest matches in tournament history, tomorrow he plays a dangerous German player who beat Marcel Luske in the first round. You can check his blog for more info :)