A Happy Mother's Day Indeed

Today was a pretty good day for me. After waking up and calling my Mom to wish her a Happy Mother's Day, I got after some online poker pretty hard while watching the Lakers vs. Rockets game. I had quite a bit of money on the Rockets +9 (and unloaded some more on +9.5 in the second half) and also stand to win quite a lot if they win the NBA Championship (which admittedly is a longshot, but I got great odds). Anyway, they dominated today in a game where the Lakers never held the lead. Despite losing Yao Ming for the rest of the season, I think this team can still be competitive against L.A. Yes, they're dogs to win the series, but I like their chances of forcing a Game 7, and if they can do that, anything can happen.

Online poker went really well today. I made a couple of deep runs in a few tournaments, all but one of which resulted in mildly-disappointing mini-cashes. In the Bodog $100k, I finished 2nd for $15k. I've historically had a lot of success in that tournament. This is the third time in less than two years I've finished 2nd. I've also bubbled the final table in 10th twice and have a couple other high finishes in that tournament. I think it suits my strengths very well. The field is soft and the structure basically dictates a shove-or-fold strategy towards the end which I think allows me to play pretty close to mistake-free poker.

That score helps lighten my need for a backer at this summer's WSOP which means I'll be able to have a lot more of my own action. Unlike the other two 2nds I took in that tournament, I have no regrets about my heads-up play this time around. 'jjjj' played great and deserved the win and the $25k.

I'm going to Vegas this weekend for no particular reason other than to hang out for a couple of days. If there's a Game 7 next Sunday, it will be awfully tempting to hop over to L.A. and watch it in person...