Welcome to the Jungle

So I am back in school and Denver is recovering from the two big snowfalls in the last couple of weeks. In case you are not aware, a few days before Christmas a massive blizzard diumped snow all over Denver and essentially closed the sirport(soemthing unheard of in this part of the country). And then as thr city was diging its way out a few days before new years more snow came and dumped over Denver. Many people saw this out of their window.



Fortunatly, the snow is now melting and everything sees back to the way it should be. The roads are plowed, the sun is shining and it is a crisp 45 outside today. However there is more snow tomorrow, but it is not supposed to be too bad. It just means I will have to get up early and get out the door earlier than usual in order to get to work on time.

And school has also restarted. First day was yesterday and the professors seem pretty nice. I think it will be a lot of work but the courses seem pretty interesting so far. I had 3 classes yesterday and will have 2 more on Tuesday. I am still working out which two as I am not sure which course I want to cut out(of three I signed up for).

I also played in my very first poker tournamnt a few nights ago. While I have played a little bit with friends, this was the first time I ever played in a tournament. While the tournament was free, it did nto take away from the fact that this was my first time playing poker with so many people. Most of the small games I have played have had maybe 5-7 people at most. In this tournament, there were 10 people at my table and 50 people in the entire tournamnt. Now, I know the World Series of Poker has a massive field, but playing with 9 other people was tough. First of all hands that were once pretty good are no longer as strong.

The best play I made was when I was given 2 Queens. I called the bet and then waited. oOne other person decided to play and he called the bet too. The first three cards were 2H-QC-8S. I now had 3 Queens and a very good hand, so I decided to make a big bet, and my opponent called it. The next card was the JH. This time I checked to my opponent. My oponnent made a very big bet. I looked at the cards on the table and tried to figure out what he had. I figured the best he could have were 3 Jacks, but I had him beat at this point in the hand. So I pushed all my remaining chips into the middle and loudly declard that I was willing to risk all of my chips. My opponent looked at me and then decided that his hand was better. He confidently showed me his cards: an A-7. In essence he had nothing. I then turned over the 2 Queens in my hand to accompany the one on the table to show three queens. The final card came out(though there was no way he could win) and it was the 8H turning my hand into a Queen high Full House. Here is a picture:



That hand gave me a lot of chips to play with but alas it was not enough. I did not win the tournamnt but I did finish 11th out of 50, I figure thats pretty good for a first time in a tourny. Maybe next time I can do a little better.