Long Weekend and Headsup Final

I had no poker planned for this weekend as we had a non poker playing friend in from out of town. Its a long weekend here in Canada. Its called Victoria day. Not sure why we still call it that as why honor some dead queen from another country but for the working folks it's a paid day off so they can call it anything they want.

Downtown was swarming on Saturday night. We had 3 huge cruise ships in town and there was tourists everywhere. We actually went by the cruise ship terminal and as usual I was blown away by the size of the ships. Still haven't done a cruise but it's in the plans in the next couple years. As long as I can find one that deals poker during the cruise!!!

Watched the 3 hours of the semis and finals of the NBC Headsup Challenge. The match between Farha and Seed was a marathon with Huck I think realizing that Farha was a better after the flop player because I couldn't figure out why Huck was pushing with almost every hand (why else was he pushing). I wasn't impressed with his play in that match at all and I think Farha should have won. Huck just got really lucky in my opinion. I really came away impressed with Farha's play though. Very patient and he really wanted to play poker not just let a race decide it. I think he folded K10 suited twice and he might have been getting a little frustrated with Huck's all in or nothing plays.

In the other match I thought Rousso played well against Grospellier and actually it was a pretty even match. Nice to see her win. Grospellier is very aggressive and will play any two cards.

In the final Huck played so much better and basically had Rousso wondering what he had most of the time. She actually had Quad Aces and Quad 8's during the two matches but didn't get paid off too much when Huck made a great lay down on the quad Ace hand. He just basically had her number and she knew it at the end. She did incredible in beating the competition she did in her five previous matches.

Snow in March

It's snowing like crazy here. Whats up with that? We never get snow and here its March and its coming down like crazy. Better not last

Well I see Huck Seed won the the heads up tournament that NBC is going to televise. He beat Vanessa Rousso 2-0 is a best 2 out of 3. Should make for decent ratings as both players are well known.

Was watching some of team poker championships that was on the Score last night. 8 countries represented but it seemed like a shove fest after awhile. Maybe it was just the tv coverage but a lot of all in plays. I like the idea of a team tournament just like to see a better structure but its good to see a couple pros playing in the event like Greg Raymer and Daniel Negraneau.

Well another soldier killed yesterday. That's 112. Most by roadside bombs. I totally support our troops but I don't support the mission. Why can't we use better vehicles or helicopters to transport troops?

Played 2 online quick tournaments and bombed in both when in the first my 2 pair ace king got river by a flush and the other my kings cracked. Oh well. Now you know why I only play for money in casinos and not online.

Heads up final

Well as I had hoped its Huck Seed against Vanessa Rousso in the finals of the NBC HEADS UP POKER SERIES. The final goes later tonite. I see they have the tv schedule up on the NBC site. They will televise it in several installments over the next few weeks. Even though I will know the result its still fun to watch the strategy. Always looking for ways to improve my game. Played 2 -9 person sitngos and finished 3rd in both. Should have finished higher but my suited ace queen got rivered when the villain hit his 6 on the river. He was calling with jack, six. No comment on that call.