The Poker Maximus Series is over. This weekend was crazy with poker. I played games that I hope I have a chance to take a shot at again sometime when my bankroll gets larger.
We went to the high school football game Friday night. Our team lost but played well against a team that looked very good out on the field.
Saturday I got up and started playing NL cash. I had a pretty good run and felt confident that I would do well in tournaments the rest of the day. I played a ton of tournaments. It didn't go to great. I only made 1 final table in the PL HO where I finished 2nd. That still left me down for the day. I got in another tournament and played some HU SNG's while I was playing it. I got talked into playing at higher stakes than I should have, with a player that I kept beating. When the dust settled I was up a couple hundred dollars after hours of playing. I was in 1st in chips on the tournament, with 3 tables left. I was the table bully, and was doing really well, until I fell asleep. I finished in 14th place.
Sunday was Main Event Day with 6 Main Events going on and the 4000.00 guaranteed game. I might have pushed it too hard on Saturday, because I wasn't wanting to play too bad. I still played. I was doing o.k. in the 2.20 and 215.00 games. I couldn't do anything in the others and busted out when the blinds got high enough I had to push and pray.
I lost the 215.00 game when I took a chance and raised AK suited from early position. I got 2 callers as usual for that table. All low cards and 2 of my suit hit on the flop. I pushed hoping to get the other 2 players out of the hand. I got called by big blind who had QQ. My A K or other suited card did not fall.
In the 2.20 game I got to rolling right after we got into the money. I doubled up then doubled again right away. I became 2nd big stack at the table. Then I ran into the big stack with JJ. He was directly to my left and would re-raise me every time I raised. This time I shoved my stack. He called with K 2. The rest is history.
I played fairly solid in the Maximus Series and had some semi-deep runs. I cashed in most of the Maximus tournaments up until the end. The last 2 days were a little harsh. Luckily I had bought into most of those games with tickets.
Now that the series is over and I have taken my shots, I will settle down again for a while. At least until next week when I leave for Las Vegas.
It will be back to playing after 8:00 on the few games I can get into. Back to familiar territory with familiar faces (avatar's), with some extra poker thrown in on the weekends when we aren't doing somehting else.
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