The Florida State Poker Championships Recap

The Florida State Poker Championships have come to an end. The field started with 410 of the top players in Florida including pros Mike "The Mouth" Matusow, Michael
"The Grinder" Mizrachi, Robert Mizrachi, David "Chino" Rheem Tom McEvoy, Adam "Roothlus" Levy, Hayden Fortinni, and Mike Beasley. There were 3 day 1's and then Day 2 on Monday and the final day was today Tuesday August Tenth. I played some great poker. My day one was on Friday the 6th and I got no cards all day. I really had to work to make it through the day. Lots of bluffs and stealing pots kept me alive to day 2. I made it to Day 2 with about 33k in chips, the average at the time was around 54k. So I was a little short, but I knew I could make it work. Well, within the first few hours I was up to over 100k. I got there by knocking someone out with quad kings. I did make a mistake and took a hit, but played great when Mike Matusow came to my table and tripled up in 2 hands. At about 10 pm the money bubble burst at 41 people. I made the money! We still had 2 hours of play to go. I ended up the day with 259k, below average, but there were only 21 players left and I was moving on to day 3. Day 3 came and a few got knocked out early and I made it to the final 2 tables. The blinds and antes were very big and I wasn't getting any cards. Finally I picked up pocket Queens and pushed all in. I was just hoping to pick up the blinds and antes, but got called by 2 players. One person turned over Ace Queen and the Big Blind had Pocket Kings. The flop came with 2 aces and I was drawing dead. I ended up finishing in 17th place. Getting knocked out was bittersweet because had I won the pot I would have been chip leader and who knows what happens from there, but I cannot dwell on that. I played great and I am proud to be in the top 4 percent of players in Florida. Mike Matusow went on to win the tourney and losing to a world champion is nothing to be ashamed of. All in all, a great experience, and a great tournament! I would like to thank the Isle Casino and the staff for their great hospitality and putting on an incredible tournament. I would also like to thank Ultimate Bet for providing gear to give out. It was a great success all around. Thanks again to all my supporters and fans for rooting me on, it felt great. See you at the next tournament!