I'm Sorry Everyone

The run on Atlantis is over. I built up my stack with great play and got out in 73rd place. With aj one to the right of the cutoff, i raised the standard to 3500. The small blind, a good player who knew he could outplay me, smoothcalled. The big blind a tight player who i knew was not that good called as well. The flop came q of clubs, 6 of diamonds, ace of diamonds. Check, Check, and I bet 8200. The small blind raised to 20,000. The big blind folded. I went into the tank for about 6 minutes, thinking about every possible hand that he could be holding. I had seen him play at my table the previous day, and knew he was capable of making a reraise with anything. I thought he had a flush draw, and the only other real hand i was worried about was A6. Although I could have put him on AQ or 66, I ruled those out by the way the hand progressed. I knew that I couldnt' just call the extra 12000 chips. It was either all in for 45000 or fold. He had me covered, and I thought and thought and thought, and breaking my rule about no big pots without monster hands, I pushed all in. He called and turned over two queens. There was absolutely nothing I could do. The way this player played, I could not reasonably put him on QQ. I had been making solid reads so far with tight aggressive play, and with 35000 chips in the pot, I wanted to take it down right there and not give him a chance to catch up. Unfortunately, he was already ahead.
I'm sorry to everyone that has been cheering me on. This was my chance to do something big, and this time it didn't work out. Thanks to everyone that gave me advice and followed me to the bahamas. Ill see you when i get back.

Big Day

Today is a big day in my poker playing career. The field is down to 93, 45 cash, and at the end of the day there will only be 27 people left. Will I be one of them? I hope so. As JWeb so astutely pointed out, my table draw for the early rounds this morning seems to be a good one. I'll be the second table to break, but I won't have to face any of the bigstacks for at least an hour and a half. Jason and I think that the money will probably hit around the end of the third or fourth level today, and hopefully I'll still be around to talk about it. Keep checking our blog, as well as Paradise's for all the latest updates. Wish me luck!!!