Last nights game ended up being a pretty decent tournament for me. 600 entries. $10 with rebuys. At some point, the game had an error that started to insist that everyone was disconnecting when few people were (if anyone at all). This error persisted into the rebuy period and prevented me from being able to actually rebuy! While I was a bit annoyed by this (and immediately emailed support), I was sitting at over 12k in chips (starting stack and rebuys were 1.5k) and was in the top 80 or so. Several times I came close to the edge of going bust, but was saved by a few miraculous draws.

First, I went all in with pocket 4s (when I was down to about 5k in chips) and an A/K looked me up. The flop was AK3. I was ready to shut off my computer and go home for the day when a 4 came on the river to double me up.

The other save came after I cleared the money (top 60) but would lose in the bottom rung of the payout bracket. As SB I raise a large stack 2xBB (didn't want to seem like I was trying to buy his blind with an all in and wanted to seem serious - both of which might have been a mistake). He calls and I am holding 8/9. The flop is 2/5/8. Great flop for me, I push all in. He calls and is holding 8/5. I get ready to turn off the computer and a 9 comes on the turn! It was a good time for me sucking out.

My last hand was with pocket 8s. I push in my chips in middle position. The cutoff calls me with AK and a K hits on the flop. 36th place with a payout of 76.50. Not my biggest tournament payout ($300 from winning a 100 person tournament), but getting that deep was a bit reassuring (though a few 2 card and 3 card suck outs certainly helped).

I doubt I will get too much poker in the next two days, so the next planned events are a $5 home game Friday night and plenty of small stakes no limit on the weekend.