Last Saturday I, along with Jarek and Catherine, competed in a poker tournament sponsored by the Residence Hall Association (RHA). The tournament was no-limit Texas Hold'em, no buy-in, and it drew 74 players from across campus, most of whom had competed before and many of whom were pretty good.
The structure of the tournament was such that there were eight players to a table, each of whom started with $100 in chips, so that the total chip count floating around was $7400. I started at a table where the only person I (vaguely) knew was the RA from Speed 1, Mark. Blinds started at $1/$2, and we had two empty (but bought-in) seats at our table to feed us.
Mark had competed in this tournament his past three years on campus, so he was feeling pretty confident, and I pretty scared. But surprise! He left pretty early in the second round, having gone all-in to another player at the table and losing on the river. The blinds, at this point, had doubled to $2/$4. After Mark left, we had seven players and five people (the two empty seats stayed).
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