Well I started off the poker tournament well last Saturday. I managed to buy a couple pots when no one would bet. We had a pretty tough table, one guy was hard core bragging about getting 2nd in the last tournament but then he looked bad when he was the first one out.

Next out at our table was my buddy Will, he was fairly pot committed on a bluff and couldn't lay down his hand. He had almost caught his opponent with his bluff.

Next out was me. I made a stupid mistake. The dealer was shuffling the cards and showing us the bottom 2 cards, so when an A-7 suited came up to me I figured I had the nuts after everyone but me and another guy folded. I pushed all in and he called it. He shows his cards A-J offsuit. All I could really hope for were the hearts or a 7 and the flop came up rainbow and all I could hope for now was a 7! The turn comes and no 7, then what do you know, the river comes up Ace! I called it right that the odds of a King or a Jack coming up were slim but unfortunately for me he had the higher kicker and I was out of the tournament.

I was probably 10-12 out in a 30 person tournament but I was tired of playing passive since the 2 guys beside me were chip leaders at our table and bullying me out of pots.

After that I went to the bar with Will and we both had a shot of whiskey to help swallow the loss. After we were done we went back and watched for awhile. Catherine was at the final table and pushing everyone around with her massive chip lead and tight play. In the end no one could coax her out of any chips and she ended up winning the tourney. I was really proud of her she has really good patience at the poker table and would never go all in with a freakin' A-7 of hearts!