A nice day but a little aggravation - results from 5/12

So yesterday was a very interesting day. I played a couple of tourneys on Pokershare with lousy results. Then I go play a .50/1 NL cash game on pokershare and win all my entry fees back plus another $108.

I then made the kids dinner and when I came back to play all the good tourneys at pokershare were over. They cater to the European market so they stop having good tourneys at like 8pm est.

So I decide to play in a 180 man SNG. Just as I get started five guys from the Bluff Magazine Forum decide to play in another 180 man SNG. They decided to do a $5 last longer bet plus the six of us would split any earnings equally. I figured what the hell, let me join in on the fun.

So I fire up a 2nd 180 man SNG. Both of these are the $20 one on Stars. I love those tourneys because the blind structure is awesome. In my first SNG I slowly build up chips during the first hour. At the end of hour one I am at about 5k. By hour two I am at 12k and pretty much in the money. Then hour three came and I started picking people off like crazy. When we got to the final table I was chip leader with 70k. With 4 people left I had almost all the chips. Then the aggravation came. One guy had connection problems and since we were at the final table they would give him like 4 minutes each round to make his move. He finally went out 4th. We knock out another guy and I am up 5-1 in chips heads up. He chips away and wins some small pots when we get allin with me holding 55 and him holding 33. The flop comes up 223 and I am stuck rooting for a 5 that never came. That gave him the chip lead and about 15 minutes later he wins the tourney. I was really upset with that 2nd place finish even though it was worth $720. I felt that I should have won if not for that damn 3.

So how did the other 180 man SNG go???? Well all 5 of my buddies finished out of the money (thanks guys!!!), with the closest being my buddy Jeremy who finished 20th. I reach my 2nd final table and finish 5th for $234. I won $5 from each of my friends and then we split the winnings.

So back to back final tables is a pretty damn awesome feeling. Hopefully that jump starts the bankroll again. It jumped $958 overall last night, which puts it back over 12k. Here is how it looks as of today....

Jan 1 bankroll - $5252
May 13 bankroll - $12,418
Profit - $7166

Today I am playing a live tourney at a friend's house. Tomorrow I may play late because I am spending time with my family. I am cooking dinner so hopefully I do not burn the house down. Take care and good luck.