Small world. My lawyer friend was invited to a live tourney, and he RSVP'd for himself and one extra (me). It was out of town for me, so I flew in for the tourney. Turns out the Dealerbuttons.com guy was helping to run the tourney, and he was playing in it, too. Got to finally see some of those buttons up close. They're very cool. I'm definitely going to work on a unique design, and have him make me a card protector. Adam, the dealerbuttons guy, is pretty cool, and I think he came pretty close to the money in the tourney, too. I'm pretty sure he was still playing when I busted out.
Tourney was $100 buy-in, 70 players, top five places paid. I went out in 12th place. Started strong with a couple of good pots, then I changed tables so I could deal and speed up the action at that table. I ran cold (i.e. - not one face, pair, or suited connector for over an hour). I hung in there and finally caught aces and quadrupled up, which allowed me to hang in there a little longer. Actually started picking up some good cards, and thought maybe I could make a go of it. Got aces again, and a bunch of callers to my raise. Flopped the set, and slowed way down. Got sucked out with a runner-runner flush, and I was majorly short-stacked again. Shortly thereafter, picked up 22, and went all in with 200 (BB was 150 and about to hit me). Had four callers, and I flopped the set (woo hoo!). Wouldn't you know it, the river made a str8 for some guy, and I was done. No complaints. I didn't make any big mistakes that I regretted, and didn't have any crazy bad beats. (Yes, I could've done a few things different, but I was pretty comfortable with my play.) It was a very well-planned, and well-run tourney.
