in contention!
brief update cuz i'm too tired for anything more;
I started off yesterday going 4-4, -300. (apparently that's what 2 playable blanks of 16 will do to a guy's record). My dreams of continuing not to drop in rating seemed over. but today things turned around, I had a couple double blank bingofests and won 7 of 8, dropping only one game to drbing by 13. I jacked my spread back into something reasonable too, winning multiple games by 100+ margins. 11-5, +370, 5th place, only 1 game and several hundred spread behind dave in 1st. 4-0 to end out the tournament will put me way up in the money and boost my rating a bit more, 3-1 would be super good by just maintaining rating and getting something for my trouble $$$-wise, 2-2 or worse and frankly I'll be a little disappointed, but that's what I get for setting my expectations too high.
I started off yesterday going 4-4, -300. (apparently that's what 2 playable blanks of 16 will do to a guy's record). My dreams of continuing not to drop in rating seemed over. but today things turned around, I had a couple double blank bingofests and won 7 of 8, dropping only one game to drbing by 13. I jacked my spread back into something reasonable too, winning multiple games by 100+ margins. 11-5, +370, 5th place, only 1 game and several hundred spread behind dave in 1st. 4-0 to end out the tournament will put me way up in the money and boost my rating a bit more, 3-1 would be super good by just maintaining rating and getting something for my trouble $$$-wise, 2-2 or worse and frankly I'll be a little disappointed, but that's what I get for setting my expectations too high.