played a poker tournament

I had some cycles the other day and I played in a poker tournament. it was a $5 MTT on PokerStars.

It was good to be playing again. I've missed poker. The tournament was fun. About 40 minutes in I got all in preflop 3 way I had AK vs A8 and AQ. there was an 8 on the turn and I was out. I didn't mind the result. I felt good that I got my money in thick to put me in position for a potential nice run.

thinking about it afterward there was a hand earlier I snap called a river donk bet heads up in position. however after I realized that the only hands I could beat on the river were bluffs, and there should be few bluffs in his range in that situation. oh well, some rust to shake off and I realized I played the hand a bit emotionally. it's all good a better play would have been to either fold, or bluff catch/fold with some balanced percentage such as 30/70. oh well.


I hadn't played a hand in some months. I'd been thinking about playing again. There were some life events last year and my poker bankroll was wiped out. I realized though that I can play occasional $5 events here and there out of pocket. After all even with rust I believe I still have at least $3 of equity in these events. So I can afford basically effectively $2 each to play if I look at it that way.

so that's that. I plan to keep playing tournaments here and there. $5 NL and Omaha on Stars. I've got a bit of money on Bodog too so might as well give that a $5 shot.