It's a small world
Today's poker-tester tournament wasn't a big success. I came 10 min late, got some small pots and lost half of my stack with K's against all-in J's. Next round I got the J's and lost the rest of my stack on a semi-bluff. So I left after 10 more minutes 51st of 57 players (a new record number of participants!).
Having some free time I decided to play a 180 player ($20+2) SnG at PokerStars. I had a good start but went card dead during the middle of the tournament. Finally went all-in (eight BB's left) with TT. Got called by the table-chipleader with AK ... a King hit on the flop and I was out at 56th place. Chipleader or not ... calling an all-in that may cost you about half of your stack with AK is a very "optimistic" play.
But there was something that made this tournament remarkable: While waiting for the tournament to start I saw a familiar city displayed in the players list. There was indeed a player from my own city (which is a quite small city near Munich). We had some nice talk during the tournament. He had a good start too but was hit heavily with a flush against a full house and went out sometimes before me. I tried to direct him to the poker-tester forum (avoiding any violation of the PokerStars rules). Hope he got the hint correctly as it would be fun to talk to him a little more.
And regarding my last "Winds of change" post:
It's now official that I quit my current job. We still have to discuss the final date but quite soon I will start with a new position. The new one will lead me to southern Bavaria, Switzerland and Austria. It will be a sales position for computer software. I'm really happy about the new position as I will work for a good and successfull company with great products. It's a nice area to work (I love Switzerland and Austria) and it will be great to be on the road again after three years in the office.
Having some free time I decided to play a 180 player ($20+2) SnG at PokerStars. I had a good start but went card dead during the middle of the tournament. Finally went all-in (eight BB's left) with TT. Got called by the table-chipleader with AK ... a King hit on the flop and I was out at 56th place. Chipleader or not ... calling an all-in that may cost you about half of your stack with AK is a very "optimistic" play.
But there was something that made this tournament remarkable: While waiting for the tournament to start I saw a familiar city displayed in the players list. There was indeed a player from my own city (which is a quite small city near Munich). We had some nice talk during the tournament. He had a good start too but was hit heavily with a flush against a full house and went out sometimes before me. I tried to direct him to the poker-tester forum (avoiding any violation of the PokerStars rules). Hope he got the hint correctly as it would be fun to talk to him a little more.
And regarding my last "Winds of change" post:
It's now official that I quit my current job. We still have to discuss the final date but quite soon I will start with a new position. The new one will lead me to southern Bavaria, Switzerland and Austria. It will be a sales position for computer software. I'm really happy about the new position as I will work for a good and successfull company with great products. It's a nice area to work (I love Switzerland and Austria) and it will be great to be on the road again after three years in the office.
Now that it's official, I can really say congrats! Switching jobs (and locations for that matter) is a pretty big deal, and I wish you the best of luck with your new position!
Viel Glück im neuen Job und natürlich beim Pokern.Dein Blog ist übrigens sehr gut.
bitsun
Hallo Harald,
für welche Firma darfst Du durch die Gegend schleichen? Ich bin gerade mal wieder in Shanghai... für 2 Monate, mal sehen, ob ich hier endlich Geschäft zum laufen bringe.
Viele Grüße
Andreas
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