Not the start I'd hoped for...

After finding a BoA ATM, got some cash and some lunch and headed over to the Bike to play in some cash games to get "warmed up" for the tournament that night. Played 3/6 limit Hold'em for about 6 hours, started w/ $100 and held it at around $125 for a while, but by the time it was time for the tournament, I was down to $0. At least the timing was right...

Kevin showed up just in time, we registered ($150+25) and picked up our complimentary Bicycle Casino baseball caps (I wound up w/ Kev's, he doesn't wear hats/caps). There were about 375 entrants, but I was a fairly early departure. I tried to play a pretty conservative game, I only played about 6 hands in 1.5 hours, but ran into sets on the last two of those and I was gone.

From there, I went back to the cash games, but decided to try out the No Limit tables this time. They had a $100 buy-in game that looked to be within my abilities, but it was a 2/3 blind structure, instead of the 1/2 structure I expected. Unfortunately, I lost $200 in short order and realized I was not playing well and got up to check on Kevin's progress.

Before the tournament, Kevin proposed a couple of side bets/deals. I declined to accept a "last longer" bet, which is a good thing, because Kevin lasted much longer than I did. But I did take him up on his offer to swap 10% stakes in one another, which was a good thing (for me) since Kevin made it into the money. He finished 17th, which gained me $35. Not much, but better than nothing.