I've been pretty horrible about updating my blog but it is fortunately due to being busy with a lot of projects rather than me being tremendously lazy -- so I don't feel as guilty.

Anyways, I found time this past weekend to play the $350 buy-in Chicago Poker Classic event. The event drew 940 runners with a $65k first-prize. An impressive number for a relatively small event.

I hung tough and actually met some CR'ers. Highlight of the tournament was when I had 73cc in the second hand we played. Multi-ways and we see a flop of 4c5cTx. Old woman leads and I flat; we get heads-up. Turn is a 4x and it goes check-check. River is another Ten and she shakes her head and instant-checks. I fire out about 2/3 pot and she beats me into the pot. I show my hand and she tables J8cc to scoop the pot.

I kept my head above water and my stack above average for most the night until an ill-timed 3-bet with 46s against an aggro opener. He lead an A77 flop and I had to fold.

I busted out later with AT when I squeezed 17 BBs from the big blind after a MP open and BTN flat. MP iso-shoves and tables AK and I'm out in 200th ish place.

The next day I grinded some Sunday events and I got fairly deep in the Daily Ninety Grand $55 MTT on Stars. Ironically I busted out in an identical fashion except this time I had AT vs AQ.

I have a few other things I'd like to write about but I don't have the time at the moment.

GL at the tables!