Recent poker games at Hawaiian Gardens

So I had only played at Hawaiian Gardens once last year in a rebuy tournament - it was ok but I did not like the commute. Last week I decided to give it another go, as follows:

1. I played Hawaiian Gardens Casino Thurs evening Bounty tournament - paid $75 for 5000 chips and win $10 bounty back for everyone you knock out plus prize pool for last 18 players. I ended up 12th with 5 bounties. There were about 85 players with 125 total entries (players were allowed to re-enter during the first 3 levels of the tournament).

2. I played Hawaiian Gardens Casino Tues evening tournament - $75 for 5000 chips but no bounty. This only had about 65 entries and once again I finished 12th, just sneaking into the money. Of course this is not quite as bad as it looks - while we had 12 left (2 tables of 6) I was an average stack and moved all in with K-10 in the cutoff and was called by a short stack with AJ on the button - he won. Then 2 hands later I pushed my now short-stack with K-10 suited and lost again. The problem was the blinds were going up to 4000 and my stack was only 24k, so I wanted to steal a couple of blinds on the final table bubble. But it backfired....

3. I played Hawaiin Gardens cash tables - I played NL20 to fill in a little time just for fun and found the tables incredibly soft. In no time at all I changed my $20 into $100. The players seemed much worse in this card-room than Oceans 11.

I actually enjoyed playing all the above. And the commute is only 45 mins from home and if I avoid rush hour the traffic is not so bad. So..... I will be back for more for sure.