HPT live fun

I went to the HPT live event on Saturday with Biggestron. He's got me verbally committed to going to Vegas in Dec. but I also had about 12 micro-brews (note to self : when getting out of the house...do not drink micro-brews as if they were Bud Lights...it makes for a rough next day) in me at the time. I don't know if I can go....but I want to. I mean leaving a wife at home with the 3.5 year old and a 6 mo. old alone is not cool. Wait a minute.....the wife left me with said 3.5 year and 5 mo. old back in Oct. for a nice little NYC getaway....hmmmmmmm. So I get to the HPT live event and there are about 20 runners for 4o points apeice. The good host AKA (ittolm on FTP) had a nice setup for a small tournament. Top five get paid errrr get points. There were a mix of bloggers : myself, RakeFeeder, WWonka69, Biggestron, a bunch of other solid players, and other assorted women and a bunch of bald guys with shaved heads (don't ask). Odds were bloggers 4:1, women 6:1, and bald guys with shaved heads 3:1 (don't get offended guys...my daughters will destroy what's left of my hair so I may shave my own head within the next 2 years). This is the second HPT live event i've been able to get to so I was happy just to get out of the house for a while.

Hilarious moment of the night :

bald shaved head guy sitting next me (also known as Meltdown on FTP) "Billy (WWonka69)......if you were a freakin' superhero....your superpower (pauses for a couple of seconds).....your superpower would be....AGITATION"!
Billy (WWonka69) "what are you talking about"?
Everybody else in the room (you really had to be there) : LOL for 10 minutes......

I got into a huge pot with WWonka69 and another bald shaved head guy (Steve maybe?.......sorry...I'm bad at remembering real names after consuming large amount of micro-brew). I had 10d-Kd....I raised 3XBB and WWonka69 called. Shaved-head guy called. The flop was 10x-Xx-Qx? (I don't know) There was a bet a raise and a call. A 10x fell on 4th street. At this point I remember being scared of the straight and or the full house. A 9x fell on the river and I bet 500. Two calls. WWonka69 had 10-Jo, Shaved head guy had his Aces cracked, and I had trip 10's with a King kicker. I think I got the basic hand right.

I made the final table and was short stack soon thereafter. After a couple of people got knocked out I started to push....not with terrible hands but it was enough to get me to the money....errrr...the points. Of course I've been there twice and Biggestron placed 2nd both times (always the bridesmaid B). Bald shaved head guy won while I was folding on the cash game table. Since I haven't been out for more than a couple of hours in the last 5-6 months I went a little overboard on those micro-brews. I must remember next time....do not drink Blue Moons and Sam Adams brown like Bud Lights. It makes for a wicked hangovah!