I managed to get a little bit going in poker. Two days in a row I've made the final table in tourneys where the top prize was about $1K. Both times I should have been chip leader going in to the final table, but got sucked out on right before. Last night I had pocket kings, some guy goes all in, I call, he shows 8s, and of course flops another 8, taking about 1/3 of my stack and putting me in the middle of the pack. And both nights I made absolutely retarded mistakes right away at the final table to knock myself out in 9th place for about $80. I keep kicking myself, because I knew better each time. That's $2000 I should have had a decent shot at, but basically gave away when I got hit by a stupid stick. At least for last night I can use the excuse that I was high on nyquil.

Wish me luck for tonight. Won't be able to play too much for a week or so after that. I have a final I need to study for, and since I missed last week being all sick and such, I have a lot of catching up to do.