I played three doublestack 90 man $1.25 tourneys on Friday night. In two of the three tourneys I made it to the low 20s, and probably could have coasted to the money, but pressed my good hands and got busted.
I played another on Saturday, I think I played really well. I didn’t get outstanding cards, but I trusted my reads. I did take a chance on a preflop race (my 88 vs. a super-lag’s AQ), where the call wasn’t really necessary, but I figured I was the chipleader at the time, if I caught, I’d win the tourney. Well, he caught a straight on the river and put me pretty low in chips. However, I managed to stick around for a bit with some solid play. This was the last hand of the tourney for me.
Full Tilt Poker Game #231274xxxx: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (1743xxxx), Table 6 – 2500/5000 Ante 600 – No Limit Hold’em – 2:29:36 ET – 2007/04/29
Seat 2: me (188,680)
Seat 6: solid but changed gears (81,320)
me antes 600
solid but changed gears antes 600
solid but changed gears posts the small blind of 2,500
me posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me[5h 5s]
solid but changed gears calls 2,500
me raises to 188,080, and is all in
solid but changed gears calls 75,720, and is all in
me shows [5h 5s]
solid but changed gears shows [2h 8c]
Uncalled bet of 107,360 returned to me
*** FLOP *** [2d Kc 6c]
*** TURN *** [2d Kc 6c] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [2d Kc 6c Ah] [7c]
me shows a pair of Fives
solid but changed gears shows a pair of Twos
me wins the pot (162,640) with a pair of Fives
solid but changed gears stands up
me stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 162,640 | Rake 0
Board: [2d Kc 6c Ah 7c]
Seat 2: me (big blind) showed [5h 5s] and won (162,640) with a pair of Fives
Seat 6: solid but changed gears(small blind) showed [2h 8c] and lost with a pair of Twos
Yay – a victory! The guy got tired. He started playing really dumb hands at the end, and even said ‘I’m sick of playing’. He had shown a push with 24o previously, so a push with 55 was an easy decision heads up. He could have folded and waited for something better to call with than 8 high to CALL with, but he just wanted to go to bed I guess.
I’m not sure how many of these I’m going to play. While I like the doublestacks and the amount of play (I think it gives better players a chance to win), I just can’t sit down for 4.5 hours to win one very often.
BR – FT 30.00
– PS 72.71
April 29, 2007 at 5:27 pm |
April 29, 2007 at 6:01 pm |
Hey, I was curious about how your BR has improved and am happy to see that it went from about $65-$102 in less than 2 weeks. That’s almost a 57% increase…I wish I could do that in such a short time. Keep up the good work.