WBCOOP - Hanging Tough

I am sitting with T18000. We started at 10,000 times 1,337 runners. There are 350 remaining, and I am 276th with blinds at 500/1000.

In the BB, I've just gotten rockets and a walk on my blinds. It's been that kind of day.

Hopefully it has a good ending.

5:44: Blinds going up to 750/1500 with 150 ante. I'm at 19K. 234/274.

5:50: A new addition - surflexus is on my right.

5:52: I am now playing this tourney with a lightly sleeping infant on me. Hooray for multitasking.



5:59: Baby = good luck again. up to 115 of 236.

6:02: Table change. Sitting ar 46K.

6:10: Lightly sleeping infant is now heavily sleeping infant in crib. I haven't played many hands and I'm still around 46K in chips near the 3rd break.

6:19: 3rd break. I am 105 of 188 with T57,050. Average is 71K. Another 107 to go.....

6:35: Still hanging tough. 49K. Lost one hand I played from the BB that I shouldn't have played. We are down to 171.

6:43: Heading in the wrong direction - down to 40K with blinds at 1500/3000 and a 300 ante. My stack is getting a bit low for my tastes. 140 left.

6:55: Double up with AK vs. 8-8 when a King hits the flop. Up to 69th of 126.

6:56: Chip up with A-Q against A-4. Over 100K.

7:06: I am 53rd of 111. T107K.

7:19: Very few posts because I'm sharing yogurt with a three year-old on my lap. Still at 100K, 58 of 94.

7:22: Drop to 75K. 71 of 91. 10 to go.

7:24: Break #4. I am 67 of 91 with 75180.

7:31: Back over 100K.

7:45 Bubble time. Sitting at 90K.

7:46: Made it.

7:53: Shortly after bubble, I pick up A-Q. I call a preflop raise. Flop is A-7-4. I check, player bets, I raise all in, he calls and flips up A-K. Turn gives me nut flush draw, but the river bricks. On the next hand I lose with a pair of kings to Broadway and I am out in 71st.

At least I get a PokerStars duffel bag and a deck of cards. It's something. Too bad it's not the iPod, or the Plasma TV. But it's something.