Tuesday, August 7, 2012

My daughter and I took a ten day trip to CA, and we had a blast.
It was good to come home though.

I had no problems getting back on the chin up routine.  Well, it's not a routine, but I do the chin ups.

Poker-wise:  Last Sunday I got it all-in-pre-flop with J/J vs A/T and was crippled when he flopped an Ten, then turned another Ten.
I managed to come back but then got it all-in-pre-flop with J/J vs T/T, and he spiked a T to knock me out in 6th.  Had I won I'd have been in 2nd with at least twice the chips of anybody below me.  Oh well.
It was against my buddy, and he went on to win, so it wasn't all bad.

On Wednesday I won the game.  It was also the first game of a series where they count points.  The winner will get $50 and 2nd & 3rd somehow split the remaining $50 of the $100 prize pool.
Anyway, it's cool to be in the #1 seat.  Tomorrow night I play again, and hope to extend my lead.

I really dislike the scoring structure though.  First place gets one point for everybody in the game.  Second place gets one point less than that.  Third gets one less point, etc.  Until the first person out gets 1 point.
That scoring system sucks as it rewards tightwads who can play every game.

In my opinion poker should reward the top finishers, not those who squeak into the final table.
Someone who plays two games and gets middle finishes should *not* have the same score as someone who missed one of those games but got a 1st place in the other.
Top finishes should be top heavy with points.