An update

Today I woke up, after less than adequate sleep, and remembered I had pre-registered about a week ago for the $2500 NL tournament today. I was still really drained and didn't feel like playing, but I'm not one to just throw away money (pre-registration is non-refundable) so I decided to go ahead and play. No miracle story here today. I just played pretty poorly and couldn't hit a flop for the life of me. People kept flopping top pair on these stale boards that were perfect for continuation bets, and would just check raise me or call down and force me to slow up. So I was whittled down to about a half stack after about four hours of play and was in push/fold mode. I got A7 o clubs in the big blind and shoved over a small blind raise and he flipped over 88. I pulled a beautiful flop of 7hJc5c but was unable to spike one of my 14 outs and I was busto. I wasn't depressed as this gave me a chance to go back to the condo and rest some.

I lounged for a little bit and then got the itch to play online some. I am still in the process of feeling out 2/4, so I knew it wasn't going to be a long session. I played for half an hour and and ended up just over +$350. I was never involved in a really big pot and I just slowly built my way up by playing my postion, making some nice, light 3 bets, and executing some great check-call river setups. All in all, I felt I played really solid and am starting to swing back up again, which is always good for the account. I also talked to the guy who set up my Pokerstars representation deal for yesterday's final table and he said Pokerstars will be depositing the money in my account no later than three weeks from now. With this money (not going to specify how much), I will be adequately bankrolled for 3/6, but I still plan on playing 2/4 for at least another month to make sure I can continue to beat these stakes and be properly prepared to make the jump.

On a side note, I had Tony Cousineau at my table again and he was doing some great Borat impressions. It cracked me up so much that I think I am going to watch that movie tonight while I chill out and eat one of my frozen pizzas. Sometimes you just need a night like this to recharge your battery and get ready to perform your best in upcoming events...