Running hot lately...it doesn't suck.

Not going to get too much into tournament details, but over the last ten days in World Tavern, we have a solid set of results:

1 1st, 3 2nds, 2 3rds out of 8 events - all in 17-30 man fields.

A tale of 2 seconds last night at Overtyme. First game, survived as a short-stack for entire final table (including flopping a boat with 1.5 BBs left, heh), and watched the big stacks take each other out. Actually got a small chip-lead heads-up, lost a huge pot in a flush over flush hand, and lost to a deserving winner.

Second game, a set of 9s was good enough to give me a commanding chip lead with 4-5 players to go, but 3 separate river beats doubled up short stacks, and then one hand I believe I played correctly, yet still kicked myself over, happened:

3-handed, on button I raise (5K/10K blinds) with A-6. Andy (from Dino's league) shoves out of the small blind, and BB shoved over Andy. I have both covered, but a big decision for over 2/3 of my remaining stack...and one I really wish I could have made with only one player involved in the hand, because that would be an easier decision for me to make.

I figure out my scenarios here, because I really wanted to call here, but I still had to talk myself into it:

1) Up against 2 pocket pairs - but my ace is good for 3 outs
2) Up against 1 pocket pair higher than my 6, but dominated by other hand with an A-10 through A-K holding - This is the worst scenario.
3) Up against 2 face cards (K-J, K-Q, Q-J, etc), and a small pair...now my 6 may be live, as well.

Stewed for a minute, then ultimately folded face-up - both players flipped over pocket 10s. Of course, an ace hits on the door card, which would have ended things right there...but oh well, I still think I made the proper play in that situation, but results-oriented thinking sometimes takes over the mind. Congrats, Andy on winning in your return to Overtyme!

4 TOC finishes in 2 weeks at Overtyme, and 2 in 2 weeks at Buckshots...enjoying the run while I can!