Mark Wright’s Blog

Last night I had the privilege of playing in a No Limit Texas Hold’Em poker tournament.  The event was sponsored by Sellers Group L.L.C. one of our neighbors where I work.  It was a great chance to meet new people and enjoy some food and beverage and play poker. 

As I had written in my previous blog, I had some concerns about playing in the tournament since my only exposure to the game had been watching The World Series of Poker on ESPN.  As I sat down at my table, my only real goal was to not be the first one out.  I started out playing very tight.  I did a lot of folding in the first five hands.  Once we got further into the game, I started trying a few of the tricks I learned from the countless hours of coverage that ran across my corneas.  A few worked well and others were a dismal failure.  I slow played, bet aggressively and a few times just got plain lucky on the river. 

By the time it was over, I placed second which was a total shock because there were a lot of better players than me at the table.  I made some mistakes but had a lot of fun in the process.  I want to thank Terry and Patrick Sellers for letting me be a part of this.  You put on a great event and I had a wonderful time.