Tournament for Charlie

Played in the PokerStars "Tournament for Charlie" today. It was a $20 buy-in event for charity to honor Charlie Tuttle (Who's he? http://msn.foxsports.com/other/story/3710354). I figured it was a good chance to practice against some experienced players, including some of the well known bloggers and at least one star that I recognized (Wil Wheaton, who's a very skilled player). Can't say that it went well. I finished in 131st out of 145. Granted, this was my first online tourney aside from play money games, but good grief! Looking back over my hand history, I got nothing but junk. My best high card hand was A-Qo, and two of the three pocket pairs I got I won before the flop . They were low pairs, so I bet 3xBB ($60 at the time) and nobody took me up on it. The other pair was 7's, and I lost to a guy who made top pair with Jacks on the flop.

Oh well. It was for a good cause. I'm observing Wil now, and he's gone from 210 to 2100 in about 8 hands. He started with a nice double up on A-10 vs A-9.

People are coming over tomorrow night for a home game. Can't say I've gained any confidence from today's experience.

BTW, finished Potter #6 yesterday in one sitting. The ending is like a boot to the chest. It's a well written book without all the whiny behavior from the last one, but she's clearly setting up for the last battle. She could have left out the Peter Parker moment in the last few pages. By putting it there, you can almost guarantee that arrangement won't last. I'm not sure Voldemort is still going to be considered the most evil character after this.

TMBG

Went an saw They Might Be Giants at the Music Mill the week. The music was great. The organization was spotty. The gap between the opening act (Corn Mo) and TMBG was over 40 minutes. This made the night seem a lot longer than it was. They did a good mix of stuff from various albums, including a couple off their childrens' albums. Kathy described Corn Mo best...a mix between Meat Loaf and Jay (as in Jay and Silent Bob).