Treasure Island Tourney/Mirage $1-$2

Interesting day of cards. Started off at Treasure Island for their 2 pm tourney. Ran like God, and took it down. Interesting thing though was how much play you actually get for $65. You start off with $10,000 in chips and 25/50 blinds with 20 minute levels. Only complaint i really had was that they are eager to get chips consolidated into two colors, yellow (1k) and white (5k). Prize pool was about 25 entries and final table had small stacks with 12bbs, structure was nice, i'll play again.

But as good as I ran at the tourney, i ran bad at the mirage cash game. I would flop middle pair and get raised on cbets, or I'd whiff the flop entirely. I am thinking that I may have put myself in a bad position, because of game selection. I can't just write it off to bad luck. Bad play, bad luck, bad game selection isn't going to net very many wins.

Thats what i love about the game of poker. It teaches you real life. In anything you do, you need to put yourself in a solid situation to succeed. And if you're prepared, and with the right timing, "ANYTHING IS POSSSOOSOOBOOOOLLL" (Kevin Garnett voice)