It’s only Thursday and it’s already been a tough week on several levels. The company just launched a major project and I have a significant milestone coming up on another project on Monday. On top of that, I have yet another project going into beta next week so the stress level is already pumped up.
Oh, and the WPBT Winter Classic tournament starts in 39 hours.
But I can’t think about any of that because Howard Lederer, Chris Jesus Ferguson, and Perry Friedman have popped into our weekly tournament and I’ve drawn a table with Mr. Ferguson. After a round of Knob Creek that Chris cracked open, I mostly fold my way into a table change.
I’ve been selected as the lucky recipient of a seat at the table with Howard Lederer who is in the process of busting another WPBT Winter Classic player who is in a hurry to bust out so he can get on the road to Vegas. Unfortunately, for me, his strategy of pushing every hand resulted in him busting out three other players and now that he was giving those chips to Howard I was in a world of hurt.
I watched as UTG limped for $100 and Howard comes in raising for $500. Hanel pushes for about $1200 and UTG just calls. Howard goes into the tank and mucks his jacks face up as he shakes his head. Hanel shows pocket kings and UTG shows pocket aces. Bye, bye Poker Geek.
I lasted to the first break and as is normal when I can’t get any momentum going, I busted soon after the break.
Now, a quick stop home to pick up my luggage and I’m off to Sin City. Wait, there’s an email from Linda saying that Barry Greenstein wants to come and speak before the tournament on Saturday. Whoo hoo.