Trials of a Poker Apprentice: It takes effort to suck this bad

The 2006 blogger tourney over at Poker Stars is in the books, and the good news is that I was successful in not repeating my brilliant performance last year, when I was knocked out on the first hand.

The bad news is that I lasted precisely twice as long. Yup, knocked out bluffing on the second hand.

I don't want to talk about. Suffice to say, I was a little over-eager.

Oh hell, I guess I could be a good sport about it and tell you that "Daleroxxu" was the ultimate winner, receiving an entry into the World Series of Poker main event. The rest of the final table included ZbjaffeZ, thelivewire, max1090, Tomstra, glyphic, cashdaddy69, HoodedMan and silenthedges, in that order, and they will all get to play in a $1,500 WSOP event. I don't recognize a damn name in the bunch.

My piss-poor performance put me on a day-long tilt that saw me give back every bit of the money I'd made the past week at Spades Lounge. I also tried giving myself a consolation tournament by buying in to a $10 tourney at Hollywood Poker, and I actually did somewhat better, choosing to bust out close to the bubble in that one.

Frustration ... setting in ... feel need to ... blow all my money.

By last night, I'd settled back down a little and chose to actually deposit some money at Poker Stars. I ended up struggling to break even most of the night. I actually managed to make a little in the cash games, but my crappy performance in countless $3 tourneys wiped all but $2 of that out. Oh well.

Some freaking Father's Day.