Poker, Family and DisneyWorld!

My brother Rob and his family came into town to visit for two weeks. He is in the process of changing jobs and is uprooting his family from Kentucky to the Atlanta area.

As I have stated in my previous posts, I am a born again Christian. My bother is also an unabashed Christian, and he has spent the past few years heading up a very vibrant college student ministry on the campus of the university of Kentucky. He is taking a position with a growing church in the Atlanta area which will provide many challenges as well as many blessings!

Spending time with Rob and his family is always a great time, but three days after he and his family arrived my family and I were forced to go to Orlando for a week at DisneyWorld.

Okay, so we weren't really forced...but the timing was unfortunate!

Now, in the middle of all of this - the NWA Poker Club had a poker event on the Saturday before our trip. I was pretty high in the standings and felt obligated to participate.

My luck had not been very good over the past few unofficial tourneys so I was not expecting to fair very well, but being third in the player of the year standings I couldn't afford to give up the points.

Just a note: Chris Peplinski and Chrissy Quinn have been very generous in sponsoring many of the events for the NWAPC. They were in the process of getting married the week of my Orlando trip so that did add quite a bit to the weeks excitement.

So there I am at an eclectic table. I have only played two people at my table and the rest were all new players. The play was pretty erratic, so I decided to tighten up and watch for a while. As players began to move, Tom Patulak arrived at my table. He had a nice chipstack and began pushing players around. This worked in my favor. As the new players tried to target Tom, I was able to steal some pots. Just as I was getting into a nice groove, the table split up and I was moved.

The second table that I was at had some really young and aggressive players as well as Mark Johnson with a huge chipstack. The hyper-aggressive play along with some really terrible cards sealed my fate and I was essentially blinded out.

The second tourney was a bit different. I got up really quick with some great cards. I was able to sit back and let other players beat each other up and then I would get a great hand and take down a huge pot.

It came down to me and Chris Peplinski in the final two, and Chris was dealt a pair in the last three hands to win it all.

I had a good time and took home a little cash for my effort.

Although I did well, I did not have too much time to revel in my play because I was quickly on a plane with my family unit on the way to Orlando.

-m²