Puck’s Blog

I went to play at the weekly River Rock Casino’s Texas Hold’Em tournament last night.  It’s only my second time playing at a casino tournament and I felt like I played really well up until I got into a weird mindset after coming back strong from being short-stacked and made a terrible play that knocked me out of the game.  When the hand was done I literally looked up and thought out loud “Why the heck did I do that?”  Andy Zieger thinks I was still in “desperation mode” from the short stack mode and hadn’t turned off into a more careful style of play, and I think he’s right.  Oh well, lesson learned.

Other than that huge mistake, I played very well and stood up against some really experienced players and their attempts to bully me at the table.  I bullied them right back a few times and I think I got some respect — at least until my final bonehead play.

Oh, and as I was waiting around for the tourney to get started, Roberto Luongo walked in and paid his entry fee.  I never got to play at his table, but he outlasted me.  The guy who knocked me out was his friend (not a hockey player, trust me) and they had arrived together.  It’s a bit surreal to go “Hey, isn’t that guy one of the best goalies in the world?  Oh yeah, that is him!”