What is Pressure?

Lee Trevino was asked if he thinks Tiger is the best pressure player ever to which he quipped, 'Pressure? Are u joking? He has hundreds of millions whether he makes a putt or not. Pressure is playing for $25 a hole when u have $5 in your pocket, that's pressure'.

I have always been a pressure player. From as far back as I can remember I always had my best games whether it be Football, Basketball, or Baseball when I needed to perform the most. Well, it's not supposed to be the same in the poker world because there is an adherent amount of luck that is involved in a game of chance like Poker. That being said I feel I always play my best when the pressure is on. I remember needing a $30 k retainer to go to court to try to get visitation to my son's sister who I view as my baby girl and I took $1000 and drove 8 hrs to New Orleans for 2 $500 tourneys.

The 1st tourney I was so choked up I could barely play but I righted myself for the 2nd tourney and shipped it for exactly $30k which I took back and gave to my lawyer. Well my backer Elky is on a huge downswing but I told him I had to play the $550 tourney today at Caesars and he told me to pick up a $1000 from his girlfriend Cathy who was over there so I did. I always get excited about live Pot Limit Omaha tourneys because it is my best game and Holdem players for the most part play PLO very poorly. I didn't have any luck for the 1st 2 hours and got unlucky several times but I stole enough chips to stay afloat & then got my $ in really good for a key pot with about 30 players left. When dinner break rolled around 6 hrs into the tournament we were down to 23 players and I had an avg stack and knew I 'd be fine unless I got very unlucky. To make a long story short I ended up 3 handed with 2 very good players and they asked for a chop. 1st place was 11.5 k and 3rd was 4500 so we agreed to take the $ and chop it evenly giving each of us $7700 for 10 hrs work.

I went to the Bellagio next door and there was a gr8 25-50 game that I got talked into playing by a couple of good friends who put up half the $ so I did and although I lost a little in the game I played fine but just got unlucky which is just how it goes sometimes. I do not know what I am going to play next but it feels good to have a little money in my pocket and have options.

Russ