Home Alone, Bad Beat, Resolutions

I went to NY to visit my family for the holidays. I was there for about 12 days. I flew out the Monday before Christmas and flew back yesterday. I was surprised to find out that my folks had already made plans to travel for Christmas, so I found myself Home Alone in my parents house on Christmas morning. No big deal, I spent the days with my little sister, she cooked dinner both Christmas eve and Christmas night. She is awesome and so is her boyfriend.

The day after Christmas I went to Turning Stone Casino, which I had planned before I even got to NY. I arrived at the casino around 6pm, checked into my room, and hit the cash games right away. The biggest game they run is a 2-5NL and they usually only have one table going. So, I had to wait for a seat, which I did while playing in a fresh 1-2NL game. Less than 40 mins into the new game and 2 players hit the Bad Beat Jackpot for $87,000!!! Royal flush over straight flush. I only think the dealer, myself, and 1 other player even knew what happened. It was awesome! Usual payout of 50% to the loser, 25% to the winner, and 25% split amongst the rest of the table. I made $3107 for just sitting in the game waiting for my seat at the big game. After getting paid my seat opened on the other game and I ran even by the end of the night. I only planned on staying through the weekend because the games dry up during the weekdays. I woke the next morning, ate breakfast, played Bingo for a couple hours until the 2-5NL game started back up, and was able to profit 2 max buyins before calling it a day and heading home before 7pm. I’d say it was a good run at Turning Stone this trip.

New Years Eve was spent with all my friends from back home. Nothing to extravagant, especially with my flight home the next day. However, I did make a few New Years resolutions, which are…

• Stay healthy
• Play much more poker (professionally?)
• Fly a plane

Lets see what I can accomplish this year. Best of luck to everyone and myself.
Happy New Year!