Last week was an amazing heater for me. It began by cashing in the Friday Legion tournament, then continuing by chopping 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in the $100 Sunday tournament followed by a 3 way chop in the Wednesday Bayway. The highlight of the Bayway was winning the high hand money with quad aces (king kicker). It involved a set over set flop vs. 6's against a long time nemesis. The funny part of it was that I had never kicked in the $2 for the high hand before this because, you know, I just never have the high hand. At the Legion it is not an option and in all my years playing there have only won it once. Go figure.
So, with eager anticipation I was shooting for a "4-peat" on my wins last Friday. Sadly it was not to be. Dealing table 2 I watched pocket 8's destroy the table. The same guy flopped sets twice and then knocked a player out with them on a 3/4/5/6/7 board. Didn't see that one coming. I made the final table but with a short stack went all in with.....you ready for this......pocket 8's. The big blind was shorter than me so he called with Q/10, rivering a broadway straight. My final hand came 2 hands later defending my big blind with A/4 vs. A/K. Not a good matchup.
New update: Last night I was playing well and running good until late on the final table. (Side note: I got to the table by cracking aces as a short stack with 9/10, sorry Mike). Chipped up mightily by flopping a straight with Q/J vs. 9/10 2 pair. I have to admit some frustration as the aggressive player on my right kept shoving against short stacks with worse hands than mine, taking away my play....then losing and doubling them up when I would have eliminated them on the bubble. My big error came from a hand in the small blind vs. the big blind. He is a loose/aggressive player who called my pre-flop raise (A/7 suited), then calling bets on both the flop and turn on a 10 high board (7 on the flop). I picked up the nut flush draw on the turn and should have shoved as he later told me he had a 7 with a straight draw. The river was a blank, and barely having him covered I checked and he went all in. I still had about 4200 left (3 big blinds) and a couple of similar stacks on the table so I folded. Bad fold. I was out the next hand when I shoved on the button with K/Q and was quickly called by the same player with his A/Q. Bubble boy.
All in all not horrible. 5 tournaments, 3 cashes (2 first chops), 5 final tables, 2 bubbles. With just a smidge more luck would have been a 5-peat. I can live with it.
So, with eager anticipation I was shooting for a "4-peat" on my wins last Friday. Sadly it was not to be. Dealing table 2 I watched pocket 8's destroy the table. The same guy flopped sets twice and then knocked a player out with them on a 3/4/5/6/7 board. Didn't see that one coming. I made the final table but with a short stack went all in with.....you ready for this......pocket 8's. The big blind was shorter than me so he called with Q/10, rivering a broadway straight. My final hand came 2 hands later defending my big blind with A/4 vs. A/K. Not a good matchup.
New update: Last night I was playing well and running good until late on the final table. (Side note: I got to the table by cracking aces as a short stack with 9/10, sorry Mike). Chipped up mightily by flopping a straight with Q/J vs. 9/10 2 pair. I have to admit some frustration as the aggressive player on my right kept shoving against short stacks with worse hands than mine, taking away my play....then losing and doubling them up when I would have eliminated them on the bubble. My big error came from a hand in the small blind vs. the big blind. He is a loose/aggressive player who called my pre-flop raise (A/7 suited), then calling bets on both the flop and turn on a 10 high board (7 on the flop). I picked up the nut flush draw on the turn and should have shoved as he later told me he had a 7 with a straight draw. The river was a blank, and barely having him covered I checked and he went all in. I still had about 4200 left (3 big blinds) and a couple of similar stacks on the table so I folded. Bad fold. I was out the next hand when I shoved on the button with K/Q and was quickly called by the same player with his A/Q. Bubble boy.
All in all not horrible. 5 tournaments, 3 cashes (2 first chops), 5 final tables, 2 bubbles. With just a smidge more luck would have been a 5-peat. I can live with it.
1 comment:
That's mighty impressive sir!! Glad to see that you're still in the game as it were. I thought you were about to give up on it.
Last Saturday was fun for me. I played the 10am Moose tournament for the first time since they changed it to $40. I got $60 out of the bank, so I had $20 left after paying for the tournament. I went home at about 6pm and still had $12. In the meantime, I played the 10am tournament, the 3-20 spread limit from 12-2:15 (and had brunch), went to Jokers and bought in for their $40 tournament, played 3-6 limit for 45 minutes, went to Albertson's on the way home for about $30 worth of stuff and only spent $8 out of the $20 I had remaining from that morning. Lots of fun and not spending too much. that's what I like.
I sincerely hope you are on a roll and that you win-win-win. I'm saving my money for Pendleton in July.
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