The tournament went off as planned, and personally, I think it went great. The atmosphere was relaxed, everyone remembered how to play (even in a few split-pot situations), and we had fun. There was interest in doing it again before the night was even over, and that will happen, likely sometime in January at the earliest.
My play: pretty good, actually. I won the first pot of the year/night, folded quite a bit after that before taking down a couple more, and eventually got short-stacked (though not by much) with five remaining. In the small blind, a great hand - A/A - which was a no-brainer shove when action came back to me. Only Matt and Tina were still in the hand; the former folded despite "really wanting to call because I know you have ace-something". (As an aside: NO ONE, not even Tina, can read me like Matt can. He's not always right, but more often than not, he is. It's uncanny, and unsettling.)
Tina called, and we flipped. I was ahead, but not by much, over her pocket tens. Despite the long-standing belief that "aces never win", I was confident. After all, the math was on my side, right? Yeah, not so much - the flop contained a 10, the turn and river were duds, and that was it for me in fifth place out of 9.
So, a middle of the road finish, which isn't great, but we all had a good time which is even more important. Matt ended up winning the whole thing, outlasting CJ whose second place finish was easily the best of his life. The biggest surprise of the night, though? Not a single winner on the nine $5 lotto tickets. The big win is still elusive, and we will keep chasing.
10k progress: 2.5 home game hours, 156.75 total home game hours, 268.25 total hours
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