Played the nooner at River's casino today.  I have grown to hate this place, and the state that governs it.  The Nooner is a $80 tournament of which only $50 goes into the prize pool, and are notoriously top-heavy.   Today there were 52 entrants, 1st place paying out a little over $900, 7th Place paying out around $160.  I got lucky in a few spots, but also made some great laydowns, and a made a few bluffs that happened to work.  I was headed to the longest final table of my damn life.  I was 3rd or 4th in chips and the bubble slowly came around.  I was a victim for playing too tight, but I knew there were three short stacks - less than 20BB's so I layed low for a while, It's not like I was getting any hands but definaly missed a few opportunites to take down a couple rounds of blinds and antes.

Four times I heard a short stack say "all in", four times I heard "call" and four times the short scraped away with the win.  I couldn't believe it, while waiting for the bubble to burst, I myself became a shortstack, and was going past the 4th hour of play - mind you this tourny had 15 min blind levels.  The action folds around to me on the cutoff, I have Ac7c (blinds are 1500/3000 - 500 ante) I have 19,500.  I pray, please just let me pick up the blinds and antes, note that my image is very tight right now and I only have to get through three players.  I push, button folds, SB folds, BB wakes up with what else but two kings and calls.  I have him outchipped by 500, so if I hit an ace the bubble will be officially busted.  Flop was 9c ? 8c; I think ok, Ace or a club - now it's a coinflip.  Turn is 6s; I'm thinking come on, a five, ten, club, or ace, still flipping... one time, and I think of all the one outers and runner-runner's against me, just let me hit one of my 19 fucking cards.  The river was the mighty 4s.  I'm all in the next hand for ante's I get 2-5os, I lose in 8th place which payed out goose-fucking-egg.

So I go for a walk, get a crown & coke and try to relax.  I go around the table games and am immeadiatly disgusted.  The only blackjack games with a shoe are $25 min, whitch essentially makes it a dime game and I don't have that much change.  I think about going back for more punishment at 1/3NL, 2/5 NL or 4/8 but elect to go drive home in 40 minutes worth of rush hour and drown my sorrows.  Don't count me out fuckers.  I got to go back to work but bet me I'll backrupt that mother fucker.  You want to get greedy?  I'll count down a 20 deck shoe. You bitches owe me a lot of rakeback.