Deeeeep Run in Midnight Madness

Shoot - all that time and effort, only to fall just short of the final table in Wednesday's Midnight Madness. The funny thing was, right at the money bubble, I had around 1,000 chips! Someone at my table even said, "Hey light - keeping an eye on the bubble?"

I was down to about 650 after the bubble popped. A combination of a hot run and expert short-stack play (of course I am experienced in playing with the little stack!) got me going to the point that I was eventually chip leader! However, as the blinds and antes increased toward the end, the tournament deteriorated into mostly a fold or shove fest at my new table. I thought my A-7 would get me the blinds, but I unfortunately ran it right into A-Q. Looking back (that good old 50/50 hindsight), the fact that it was late, I was tired, and had been playing Mookie/Madness for seven hours, all added into a decision that probably was not the best. Yep - I should have folded and picked a better spot.

In addition, there is that lousy feeling -- all those hours put into the tournament, trying to keep awake and focused, knowing that work will be a crappy day with the lack of sleep.

Well, at least this tells me that I can at least hang with the Midnight Madness donks. But wait -- that really isn't a good thing, right?

As for the Mookie: I watched the deck slap Astin right in the freakin' face time and time again while I got 9-3os and the like. The Mookie and Midnight Madness -- talk about completely different stories.