$2500 Shorthanded Tourney

We were running a few minutes late getting out of the house on time so by the time I arrived at the Rio and eventually my table, I had missed a couple hands. As I finally saw my table in the distance, I started to walk as fast as possible because I saw the dealer dealing out a hand. As it turns out, it was my BB and I didn't *quite* make it to the table in time, but since the dealer saw me coming, she held on to my hand for me (thanks again, Heather!).

As it turns out, UTG raised to 150 (blinds 25/50, starting stack of 5k) and the button 3bet to 600. I look down at Queens (thanks again, Heather!) and contemplate my options. I opt for a cold 4bet to 1800, obviously committing myself to my hand. UTG folds and the button shoves in for 5k. I make the call and was pretty shocked when he flipped over 55. The words that then came out of his mouth were pure gold:

"Oh my f***ing God. We're playing 6-handed and I'm dealt a pair and you get a higher pair. What are the odds of that? What a cold deck."

I put on a little smile and look over to him expecting him to be smiling as well, but as it turns out he was dead serious. I dodged the two remaining 5s in the deck and doubled up to 10k thanks to the unbelievable "set-up" situation of pair vs overpair (thanks again, Heather!)

I continued to chip up to 15k, playing with the likes of Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Bill Edler, who by the way is one of the nicest poker players I have ever met. I lost a substantial part of my stack after raising to 550 with blinds of 100/200. The SB 3bet me to 1550 and I 4bet him all-in with AQs for around 7k because he had 3bet me so often. He made the call with 99 and I lost the race. I suppose I could have slowed down and just called the 3bet or even folded preflop, but if I had won that hand I would have been patting myself on the back for playing so well. Results-orientation ftw.

My stack continued to whiddle down before I found myself with just 3800 left and blinds of 100/200/25. The button (most active player at the table) raised to 600 and I shipped my stack in with A9o. The BB reshoved for 4600 and I figured I was drawing to 3 outs for sure. To my surprise, he tabled 77 after the button folded and I had 6 outs to hope for. However, I bricked all 5 community cards and found myself in the taxi line a little sooner than I would have wished for.

Not much else to write about, I'm going to be playing online these next days and stop donating to these WSOP prize pools for a while. I think we're going out partying tonight. If I'm in the mood I'll take some pictures and post those later. Peace!