There were a ton of players this morning at the Moose. There were 3 full tables, and probably 10 alternates. I got hurt early on, getting down to about 1/2 my starting chips. Moving tables when we broke down the third one, I was looking to chip up soon. Managed to double up, then tripled up with my KK vs QQ and suited connectors. I gave some back when Clark rivered a straight with his 10/A vs. my KK. I then doubled again with AQ vs KK, hitting trip queens. I was taking turns getting lucky.
At the final table, I was chip leader and tried to just stay out of trouble. We agreed to pay 5th & 6th bubble money and soon were down to 3 of us. Because of the large number of alternates, blinds were brutal. We were up to 2,000/4,000 with only 80,000 in play. Tom was his usual aggressive self, and I made two huge mistakes. The first was raising from the button with KJ suited. He called from the small blind, and when the flop was queen high we both checked. The turn looked harmless, but Tom bet large and I was forced to fold. He later told me he was jack high. Oh well. The second mistake I made was raising all-in from the small blind with A/A. He tanked and folded AJ face up. If I had just limped he definitely would have bet, then I could have re-raised all-in when he was pot committed. Sigh, either hand played better would have left me the tournament winner.
Last mistake was offering to give Tom first and splitting 2nd and 3rd place with Rafi. We each got $155 rather than $190 and $120. Since I was only giving up $35, it would have been better to play on and hopefully get lucky (or have Rafi get unlucky, or combination of the two) to win $390 or perhaps get close enough to chop $290 each. Dumb choice. Rafi and I had about the same chips, I had perhaps a few more....that said, we chopped after a hand was dealt, but before anyone looked at their cards (I was in the big blind) and Rafi had A/5, while I had 6/2 and Tom had junk.....so it probably worked out better for me.
So, now I leave for Phoenix after 2 consecutive cashes, though not for much money. But, I like the start of the new year!!!!!
At the final table, I was chip leader and tried to just stay out of trouble. We agreed to pay 5th & 6th bubble money and soon were down to 3 of us. Because of the large number of alternates, blinds were brutal. We were up to 2,000/4,000 with only 80,000 in play. Tom was his usual aggressive self, and I made two huge mistakes. The first was raising from the button with KJ suited. He called from the small blind, and when the flop was queen high we both checked. The turn looked harmless, but Tom bet large and I was forced to fold. He later told me he was jack high. Oh well. The second mistake I made was raising all-in from the small blind with A/A. He tanked and folded AJ face up. If I had just limped he definitely would have bet, then I could have re-raised all-in when he was pot committed. Sigh, either hand played better would have left me the tournament winner.
Last mistake was offering to give Tom first and splitting 2nd and 3rd place with Rafi. We each got $155 rather than $190 and $120. Since I was only giving up $35, it would have been better to play on and hopefully get lucky (or have Rafi get unlucky, or combination of the two) to win $390 or perhaps get close enough to chop $290 each. Dumb choice. Rafi and I had about the same chips, I had perhaps a few more....that said, we chopped after a hand was dealt, but before anyone looked at their cards (I was in the big blind) and Rafi had A/5, while I had 6/2 and Tom had junk.....so it probably worked out better for me.
So, now I leave for Phoenix after 2 consecutive cashes, though not for much money. But, I like the start of the new year!!!!!
2 comments:
I have never heard of anyone splitting 2nd & 3rd and giving first to somebody. It's weird because I guess that happened in the Saturday tournament too. I did OK in the live gave, but had pure shitty luck in the tournaments. Not much to tell. I just ran into idiots. Hope you have a great trip.
This is what is weird. Spent the night in Las Vegas and did not enter a casino. Weird.
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