...and again...

Got another Round 2 ticket tonight. Final hand was the funniest thing ever.

It'd been 3-handed for a while: 1 big stack, and other dude and I were switching between 2nd and 3rd in chips (big swings). I had just taken a big hit and was down to about 55,000. Button had about 130,000 and BB had about 150,000.

Last hand button goes all-in. I've got Ad 3h. It's probably a calling situation, but I'm willing to take my chances next hand and be the pusher rather than the caller.

Then, the funniest thing happens: The chipleader in the BB, who only covers the button by about 20K, calls!!

BB shows AKs, button shows A9o; king on the rainbow flop seals the deal.

I was very surprised that the bb called there as they both had me severely outchipped, and I would likely be all-in bad during one of these upcoming hands. Guess he saw his shot, and took it.

All I had to do to get into the top 2 was fold!

So I've got 2 shots at round 2. I also got down to the final 13 in another, and busted in 24th in another.

Finaly

Snicker if you want, laugh if you must, but I'm psyched about this. This weekend I final tabled like 4 of these things, never once using the all-in preflop for the first 5 hands to create a mega-stack. Due to the insanity surrounding these things, I hunker down and play super tight. But when I got the hands, I bet the hell out of them. At one point I went from 2nd to last in chips, to 15th in chips within 10 minutes and 4 hands.

I'm only like 2 steps away from a Main Event seat!