One day I'll be like Bond18 and carry detailed notes so I can type out awesome trip reports. This tournament is not one of those trip reports.

I played some interesting hands of poker, I was never all-in and called until my bustout hand (jammed 28bbs over a guy who was opening too much LP v EP with AQ, he had QQ), and while I think I played just about every pot perfectly I still have an empty feeling in my stomach coming out of it because I had a really gay hand against David Singer where I think I should have pulled the trigger but didnt. Thead here --> linky.

I wish I had a better read on Singer because all I had going for me was his prior hand against Ike, plus his overall looseness, and beyond that I didn't have a consistent read that wacky line = full of crap. And given gameflow it seemed less likely he'd go wacky 5 hands after the Ike hand. But maybe I'm wrong and maybe I should have shoved, either way this particular bustout feels a little more sour than prior 10k bustouts since I hate it when I neglect to pull the trigger and later wonder WHAT IF I EMPTIED THE CLIP. I usually empty the clip, so neglecting my trigger finger depresses me afterwards.

Anyhow I'm stuck in LA until Monday, and the internet quality at my newest hotel is proving to not be much better than the Commerce. I might tough it out and play some Sundays, my hope is that I can get together with some people and watch the USA v Canada hockey game in a sports bar somewhere.

All in all the week ended up going very nicely for me, largely due to one good 40/80 mix session and one very lucky asian kid from Nebraska. I'll take it, but I'll be very happy to get the hell out of here

Commerce has killed my work ethic with regard to posting in the SSNL forums, I'll make sure to get back on the horse once I'm back in San Diego. Will probably crank out some more videos aswell.