Eric Rizen Lynch

Super Tuesday

Well, it was a pretty good night for me last night. I played 5 tournaments and cashed in 4. I'll start off with the bad news. I got off on the wrong foot when my son decided he wanted to be cranky and I missed registration for the Super Tuesday on Party. I have no idea why they do this ONLY on Tuesdays, but for some reason they close registration 5 minutes before the start of the tournament. They don't do this any other night for their super tournaments that I've noticed. I gave up a long time ago trying to understand Party Poker though.

On to the good news though. I finished 1st in the UB 23k 100+9 last night. There was a slight overlay as only 220 people ended up registering. I managed to make it to the final table 3rd in chips and I think I played a pretty flawless final table in taking it down. It felt really good to get another win under my belt and hopefully it will keep my confidence high as I get ready to play both the 'Grand V' on Poker Room and 'Million guaranteed' on Party this weekend.

The best thing about the UB tournament was I really only got lucky for all my chips one time the whole tournament. I obviously won a few coinflips along the way, and I had a few other suckouts, but I only got extremely lucky with my tournament at risk once. You don't win a tournament without getting lucky a few times, but I did a pretty good job I thought of minimizing the luck I needed to succeed in this particular tournament.

I thought I might be able to get 2 of the first 3 legs of the triple crown last night as I was 4th in chips with 26 left to go in the 45k on Stars. I went pretty card dead and my table suddenly became super active and I ended up busting in 14th when my short stacked 6s ran into Aces.

I also finish 28th in the Stars 150+12 to finally get over the hump of cashing in that tournament, and finished 67th in the 75 on Paradise to cash there as well. The only tournament I didn't cash in was the Empire Happy Hour, and even there I ended up finishing 14th when only the final table paid.

All in all I cashed nearly 7k yesterday, of which close to 6k was profit. Provided I come close to breaking even the rest of the month, I will have my 4th straight month with over $10,000 in profit. I'd have to check the #s, but I think with a couple of other big cashes it might even be able to be my 4th straight month over 25k in profit, but between Christmas and other obligations I won't get to play as much as I might like.

Kneeco informed me a few days ago that I've been assigned to flight 2 for the PCA event in the Bahamas. In some ways I was hoping to play the first day so I could get the jitters out and then have a day to relax before I went back to the grind (provided I even make it past the first day). This isn't so bad though, I'll get to settle into the resort and spend a day with my family right off the bat, which will be nice.

Tonight is another scheduled night off for me. I get to finish up the last of my dreaded Christmas shopping, which thankfully I'm done with everything but shopping for my son. I'll be catching up on some sleep too since I was up late with all the strong finishes. Not complaining one bit, but going to need my rest before the big weekend tournaments come up!

-Rizen