I just won the afternoon $5.50 7-stud tourney at bwin! The players were mental patients. Early on, I picked up [9Q]9, which I normally don't get too excited about, but I raised it knowing there were substantially drunk players with low cards behind me who were very likely to call or raise with 8 high. Someone with a 4 up reraises, someone with a 6 up reraises that, someone with a 7 up caps. On fourth street, I catch a K, everyone else has total garbage boards (like 62 off, 48 off, 72 off) so I bet, raise raise capped pot. Next street I catch a J for [9Q]9JK, bet out, raise raise, capped again. On sixth I make my gutshot with a 10, [9Q]9JKT, so my board is terrifyingly scary and everyone else seems to have nothing much better than Q high. I bet, call call fold. Seventh I bet again, call call. Completely enormous pot that two people jammed every street until sixth. At showdown: I have my K high straight, one person has a pair of 4s, and one person has a pair of 6s.
My results this month in the $5.50 afternoon 7-stud tourneys at bwin:
2/2: 1st out of 18 players
2/3: 1st out of 22 players
2/8: 1st out of 16 players
2/10: 6th out of 15 players
2/12: 1st out of 18 players
2/13: 8th out of 10 players
2/14: 1st out of 14 players
Good luck everyone!