Chris Halverson’s Blog

Balance: $141.16
Ranking: 9/166
Level: 1/2

There has been some confusion with the OIC over the last couple of days. Specifically TGC has not correctly recorded any play in terms of BRP (bonus points) and the “official” leaderboard. They’re aware of this and promise things will be taken care of, which is good because I will have cleared another $20 of my $200 bonus. Thankfully, Gaming Club Guy on 2+2 has been updating the top 10 by hand.

What I also found out was that I screwed up when I registered. The form was working sporadically and it asked for your “forum alias”. I wasn’t sure if they wanted my 2+2 alias (chrisdhal) or if they wanted a name for the forum that I was associated with (I put 2+2). It didn’t work when I put “chrisdhal”, so I tried it again with “2+2″ and it worked. Therefore, my name on the leaderboard from that time forward has been “2+2″.

This newfound knowledge led me to find out I have been in the top 10 on days 18 (9th), 17 (9th) and 15 (8th). Woo hoo!

Day 17 found me down to $119. It was one of those times where I didn’t have much time to play. I left work early (thanks to HD for pushing me out) and had about 90 minutes before dinner. I pulled up TGC and it was one of those “I don’t really feel like playing, but I know I won’t have any other time” type of sessions. I bled away about $20 and was pissed at the end of it.

That night had me hitting my brother’s party for a bit. I didn’t really drink much and basically spent all night talking to Jason and his brother while decidedly avoiding playing poker with the neighbors. I know I probably should have, just to keep things friendly and socialable, but I really didn’t feel like playing “blinds double every orbit” crapshoot tourneys.

Saturday was a better day poker wise. I played an TGC table and at Interpoker for a while hoping to hit their pocket Kings bonus. I took a beating there for a while before working back up to be down only 7BB. I thought I was going to have to go somewhere and logged off, then plans changed and I was able to play again. I decided to fire up PokerPlex instead to work off that bonus (since the Interpoker one stacks) and of course I get KK in about my 10th hand. Great, no bous for you! I won the hand though, so it was OK.

I worked my way back up to $141 which is about where I was 3 days ago. Such is life and at least it’s going in the right direction. I’m hoping I’ll get to play some more today (Sunday) and work up some more. I’ve got to finish some homework and help my son on a couple of things, but I should be able to find some time.

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