dang, better luck next time tass

Shit I was waitin for you to hit the jackpot but it turns out you got sharked just like the rest of 'em. Oh well better luck next time I know how much of an elitist you are when it comes to games.

337 people were in the tournament... paid out 27 places. bit low, IMO, but even if it had been 36, wouldn't have made a difference for me. of course, i kept second guessing myself after the fact if i should have waited for something better than JQo or not. but i was close to being big blind again, and that would have really eaten in my stack. just sucks to play that long and get nothing to show for it.

then stop paying for it. stop reading it. or stop bitching about it. don't you care about my life? *cry*

one of the reasons I'm gonna quit being a sub, pokelda.

Lol i find these blogs entertaining actually.

It's fun reading about how Tass epically loses money. Sucks though. Life lesson, don't gamble.

Argh whatever happened to what happens in vegas stays in vegas.... Or.... Is this organization known as FFR run by a bunch of elves that occupy the area of Las vegas?

Dang. I personally wouldn't stick in 340 bucks.. But you sound like you had some fun so hell, that's good to hear. :)
/ignore people flaming -.-

Hey tass, being a seasoned poker player myself i feel your pain. nh with the jacks, i hate them for personal reasons. Last brick and mortar tourney i played was a little $100 sunday lunchtime tourney @ crown casino (melbourne). Problem was when it started, i was at the tail end of a 26hr cash game session. Made final table as big stack (72k-ish) with blinds @ 2k/4k. I lay down Queens preflop at the cost of 1/4 my stack, (he had aces however and 9's got drilled xD). But in a matter of hands i copped 3 bad beats, 2 of them were 2-outers for runner runner.
At the end of the day, 5th wasn't so bad. But the payout was a lot nicer for top 2. gg tass, let me know if you ever to an australian casino run, i'm there. :p

Dang, that must have been a really rough tourney. I'm not old enough to gamble, but I like to play free money online poker tournaments, and I too, play really tight poker. It sucks to make an attempt at gaining chips when you are card dead. =/

don't get me wrong... nowhere was i complaining about losing 340 bucks. i wouldn't have entered if i'd get upset at losing it. in the long run, i've made thousands and thousands of dollars playing poker. you won't ever finish in the money at every tournament, or have a winning session every time. getting upset at not winning is a really bad mentality. it was more of the fact that i played for 9+ hours and didn't cash... i've played for 9+ hours in tournaments before, but i've usually won them or finished top 2-3.
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and to the "haters"... as i said in the previous one... anything i post in my random comments gets put on the main page. i don't have control over it. if you don't want to read it, don't. hit the "hide" button. or don't post about it. or unsubscribe. trust me, your money did not go to me playing in this tournament or me going to vegas at all (i didn't even pay for the trip to vegas... whorli is here for a convention and took me along for my b-day).

Lawl, quite a night. In a year I'll be old enough to gamble, though since I live in Vegas that would be a bad thing for me to get into it.

Sorry about that, Tass :(

The hick idiot made it deep enough in the tournament to still be alive when you pushed, so he's either among the luckiest idiots in vegas or he knew what he was doing. A7 off is probably a pretty loose call, but maybe he was in a desperate position too.
PS let's play poker we'll have a tightness pissing contest.

lump: i'm aware, but with the blinds coming in 2 more hands, and getting eaten for 9000 chips per 9 hands... i had to make a move before the big blind hit me. i figured QJo was the best i'd get, and even if i was called, i'd likely have 2 live cards.
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chaz: surviving != skill. trust me, i played with the guy for 2-3 hours, he was not a good player. if anything, i should have folded because of how overly protective he was of his bb, including multiple donkey calls previously to protect it. i figured given how tight i was playing, the fact that it was 3/4 of his stack, etc... that he'd be willing to give it up. not like it's an amazing hand, about 60-40. he nearly folded, but he was definitely a gambler and loose player, so meh. oh well.

Meh, I mean I just figure if he had 4/3rds your stack, he was getting close to desperation too, and if it's just down to his big blind and you, A7o isn't a horrendous call for protecting. Not just that, it's an opportunity to eliminate a player, getting you that much closer to the money.
I'm only playing devil's advocate because whenever I find myself really mad at someone for what seems like an atrocious call, I usually find out later that the guy was the shark of the table and got a read on me.

CARDS!!!! :-D
~Cardman~