A Poker Party in my buddies basement

The kidinthehizy was back on Party Poker last night looking for some action and to increase my bankroll. I started off by playing a $10 No Limit tourney and my chip stack was constantly going up and down. I played pretty aggressively throughout this tourney and I was eventually the chip leader with three players remaining. I had a commanding lead once I was heads up and a couple of loose calls sealed my fate and I finished off in second place. I was calling the guy strictly because he was short stacked and I wanted to finish him off. Unfortunately I didn’t win but I’ll take the second place finish.

Alright now its time for the Poker Party to take place. My buddy’s basement is the perfect spot to set up shop for the night for some poker action. We’ve got the big screen television, the wireless connection, our laptops, and oh yeah mad beers. I was getting ready to play in the $10 Multi-Table No Limit Hold’em tournament at 8:30 EST. We were well on our way to havin a solid poker party. My two other buddies were playing at Poker Stars in a multi rebuy tournament.

Its time to get my tournament underway and I take a look at the number of entrants in the field and there are just under 2200 people. I knew that if I played well I could be here for awhile. I started off a little too aggressive and I saw my chip stack slowly going down real fast and I knew I had to double up, but I was going to wait for a pretty good hand before I made my move. I got a couple of great hands and I quickly doubled up a few times and I got right into the thick of things. For the majority of the tournament I was double the average chip stack which I was feeling real comfortable with and I knew that was the key for me to continue to make a move in the tournament. There were a couple of big hands that I won and there was one hand that really hurt me. I had pocket jacks and there was three of us in the pot. One player was shortstacked and he went all in and another guy called and then it was my turn to act. I called as well. Both of these guys were all in and the pot was at 38,000 chips. We flipped our cards over and one guy had AQ, and the other had AK. I was in the lead and was just hopin for luck to be on my side. Unfortunately, the Ace hit on the turn and I lost the bet and my chip stack went from 33,000 down to 19,000. Ouch! I was able to hang in there for awhile. I ended up finishing in 40th place which is not too brad considering there was 2200 people playing in the tourney. My Poker Party lasted for just over four hours in this tourney and I earned a little bit of cake for my efforts. Partypoker puts on some good tourneys and I’m sure I’ll be hitting up another tourney tonight.