Last week in ATL...

Well I have 4 more days of work up here (we're off Friday). I'll be moving back either Friday or Saturday.. I'm sooo happy to be moving back. I mean I like it up here, but its just not home. Stephanie and a few friends of mine came up here this past weekend and we went out in Midtown. It was a pretty good time. We went to the summer beerfest at Marlow's Tavern, which had 3 of Atlanta's breweries there setup with all their beer. We played a marathon game of beer pong (15 cups, not big cups either so harder to ring). David and I beat Leighton and Chris of course.. Thats how we roll.

I've finally finished clearing my $200 iron man mid-year bonus, so I don't really have a need to keep playing sngs. I believe I made a small profit this month on turbo sngs though, which is good. From now on I'll probably just stick to tourneys a couple nights a week. I've also been playing alot of omaha HU sngs, and I've been pwning pretty good. I'm getting the feel of the game and I really enjoy it. I didn't realize how many bad omaha players there are at that level. I've always thought of omaha as a game of way more luck than holdem, and to an extent it is, but there is still alot of strategy. Its easier than I thought to have a clear edge on someone.

So I've had a few final tables in the last few weeks, although most were small cashes. My biggest 2 cashes lately were a $26 pot limit HA (half holdem half omaha) tourney on FTP a couple weeks ago where i got 3rd for like $475. Then tonight I got 2nd in the 3k limit holdem on FTP for around $670 I think. I was really upset about both though, as 3-handed in the HA tourney I had half the chips in play, and I had close to a 2-1 chiplead in the limit one tonight. Both times though I went pretty card dead or got sucked out on. Mostly tonight I was card dead, and that sucks in limit because you can't bluff much and you go to showdown alot. The biggest disappointment is that of the few final tables I've had the past few weeks, I've had no wins. I really need to break through and get a win. Its fine though because it just gives me that much more motivation to play. I love being able to play tourneys for fun and not having to grind cash or sngs for money. The money situation is improving, especially with me moving back, and I shouldn't have to cash out much. I'll probably play some tourneys again tomorrow night. Well thats it for now.

- Brandon