Happy Turkey Day!

Good afternoon all. Much has transpired since my last blog report. Ostrich and I both had a big stack in the Full Tilt Event #1- he made a play that cost him a lot of chips- but it was the correct play. Unfortunately, his opponent put all his chips in on a flush draw and hit. Ridiculous. I lost with JJ to a flopped set and there was no way for me to get away from it with the stack I had compared to my opponent (Buckohfive). So, unfortunately we did not cash, but I believe I played extremely well.

Since then, I have bubbled the UB 2pm twice, won the 8pm 20k guar, 12th in the 8pm, four cashes on Full Tilt without going deep into the money ( I need to work on that), and several bubbles. Last night was horrendous. I had so many ridiculous calls of my all ins and reraises and while I was way ahead, the three and two outers hit like no tomorrow. But that will happen. I really feel good about my game. I feel that it is getting better and better every day. I also feel like my decisions are more thought out, deeper and more psychological. I feel that I am developing into the player I want to become. It may take me a little while to get there, I have always been a slow learner, but when I learn, I learn good. =)

In live action, I played three tourneys in Atlantic City, the $340 on Saturday, the $midnight madness (just for fun), and the $120 on Monday. I cashed 3rd in the Saturday for 5k, bubbled the midnight and donked out of Monday with Kj against bottom two.

The $340 on Saturday was the BEST absolute BEST tournament I have ever played with one exception. I did not readjust myself for 3 handed play against two players who were extremely extremely aggressive. And because I was playing super aggro the whole tourney, I did not change gears, which is def the most difficult part of my game and the one that needs much improvement. On the upside, my ability to self-criticize, review my mistakes and improve is huge compared to players who just keep playing & repeating the same mistakes.

However, if I can get myself into my A game zone for every tournament, I will go much deeper more often. One important aspect of Saturday's tournament was that I took notes on every single hand I played, and at the final table, every hand regardless if I played or not. I got this idea from Thomas Fuller's blog (http://gnightmoon2006.blogspot.com/)- I check his blog every so often to read his hand history anthologies, and they are very useful. I also found that when you record your hhs, it forces you to think harder, and play better, because now your hands are memorialized. Maybe this is just psychological for me, but it works nonetheless.

I will post hand history from the Borgata $340 later this week.

Enjoy your Thanksgiving all!!!!!!

Good money and peace,

Lucky C and her sidekick, Ace.