My only consolation recently, has been the new weekly cash games being played on Genting Poker with the Hendon Mob, and some of the regulars from the Hendon Mob Forum... not that I've covered myself in glory in those either, but I've managed to run even over the past few weeks, and even made a small profit counting spot prizes and bonus dollars!
Anyway, I finally managed to turn around my woeful form this evening. I had been intending to play the Pokerstars world record attempt tournament this evening, but didn't get around to registering until the tournament had capped out. So I logged into a $3.30 H.O.R.S.E. tournament instead. I've played this tournament a few times recently, and haven't performed well. However, things seemed to work well for me this evening, and I quickly established myself in the Top 10. I picked my spots well, and [incredibly] established a reasonably tight image at the table, with opponents actually respecting my raises!
Of course, it helps when you pick-up hands like this one in position!
Going into the final table, I took a massive hit at Limit Omaha Hi/Lo split, going for the scoop and missing both sides. However, I managed to turn this around betting aggressively during the three rounds of Stud games, and worked my way back into contention. To cut a long story short, I found myself in first place out of three, with twice as many chips as the next two players... at this point, I felt the tournament was mine to lose - and I didn't intend to lose this one! The other two players seemed to be playing each other for second place, which was incredibly obliging of them. First place was duly mine - taking down a respectable $68, and getting this tournament programme back into line, after a long and dusty road.
So... I can finally bear to post my results graph - if you imagine it without the last result, you'll see clearly why I didn't want to post it previously!
