My Alternate Universe :)

I did not have to work on New Year's Eve so naturally I headed to the Crazy Moose for some 2-20 spread action. I had a great time and basically broke even, but stayed way too late (for me) and did not get home until after 2:00 a.m. Yawn! I was all wound up from having fun and probably didn't get to sleep until after 3:00 a.m. Yawn again!

For some reason, I woke up at about 8:00 a.m. and could not really get back to sleep. At some point I realized that it was Friday and there was a 10:00 a.m. tournament at the Moose. I spent about 30 minutes trying to talk myself out of it because I was REALLY tired, but naturally I went anyway. I did not arrive until almost tournament time and Roland informed me that I would be NINTH alternate. Yuck to the max. I absolutely HATE being an alternate because one is so short stacked to begin with in these stupid 10-minute blind round tournaments and then there is posting involved and it's just nuts. However, I was already there and I was already awake. Once I'm awake I don't go back to sleep unless I'm sick or something, so I decided to stay.

There ended up being 13 alternates. They froze the blinds at 100-200. I did not get into the tournament until almost 11:00 a.m. Luckily, I was seated one behind the button when I did finally get to a table. However, I had to post 300 and was left with 1700 chips or only 8.5 big blinds. Icky poo.

I won the tournament. I still find this to be totally amazing and I'm not at all sure how it happened. I know I survived no less than 4 all-ins before the final table. I scratched and clawed and bluffed my way up to about 6000 chips and then I gave half of that back when an all-in player's pocket 4s held up against my AK hearts. I ended up being the shortest stack at the final table, but hey! I made it to the final table. I simply went on the luckiest streak of all time and took down the whole thing for $510!! Not too bad for a $25 buy-in.

I told Roland I would never bitch about being an alternate again. LOL. However, I still intend to do my utmost best not to be one. I hope everyone out there is having as good a start to their new year as I am! See you soon!