i: miss poker

sooo tired today. headachey. i was up kinda late last night watching the american poker championship final table. it was the first ever live poker tournament.  it lasted four hours. most of the players got knocked out within the first hour and a half of play. the third place finisher had been the big stack for most of the tournament and was expected to finish on top. but he was playing against phil ivey and this amateur internet player who was getting a string of good cards. not that it was entirely in the cards, the internet guy could play.  even howard lederer was impressed by him. the internet player was young at 21, but he may become a force to be reckoned with. much the same way that chris moneymaker has come into the game. but what was really amazing was that the heads up play mirrored our last poker tourney at glyphic's.
phil ivey and internet guy (sorry, i just can't remember his name right now) were heads up for over 2 hours. with the lead switching a couple of times before the final hand. pocket 5s against pocket jacks. pocket jacks stood and phil ivey was awarded the $500, 000 first prize. internet dude who was starting to look emotionally fatigued by the length of play ended up with $250,000. not bad. not bad at all. too bad the pay out at the home game wasn't this big. heh
 
kinda makes me sad to miss poker tonight. :(