Back In The Saddle Again

Kudos to Dr. Phil for being "muy caliente" and to "Anonymous" for reminding me that I have been extremely lax in posts. I was out of action for a long time due to various money issues (car needed new motor, changing apartments) and family fun (visiting relatives and granddaughter moving in with me) so I did not play poker at all for over 4 weeks. Last Friday night I returned with a vengeance.

I had Friday off for the Thanksgiving holiday so played the morning tournament at the Moose. I got knocked out very quickly (bad play on my part) and felt that I had completely forgotten everything I'd ever learned during the 4-week hiatus. However, I decided to get back on the horse and play 2-20 that night. I started with $250 and left with $960. Wow. Woman on fire. I even hit a smallish ($124) straight flush. It was a terrific night. Of course, winning is always better than losing as we all know. I went home fairly early (10:30) because I wanted to see if I could improve at all in my tournament play.

Saturday morning I split the 8:00 tournament with Mike D. and won the 10:00 tournament outright. I guess I remember how to play tournaments after all! I took a break after that to go shopping with my granddaughter and we blew a bunch of money on stuff at Wal-Mart and had our hair and nails done . . . girls day out. I had silly little hearts and clubs put on my nails as they didn't have any spades or diamonds of the correct size. I have hearts and clubs on my card protector so that works.

I gave back my 10:00 tournament winnings Saturday night in the 2-20 game and could not cash in either of the Sunday tournaments, so I was back to being bummed again. I'm so wishy-washy. But last night I won the ladies tournament at the Island so maybe I'm on another up swing. We shall see.

Keep up the excellent work Dr. Phil and to him and to "Anonymous" - hope to see you at the tables soon! If I don't see you before Christmas, I hope you and your families have a wonderful holiday.