Melbourne Champs Main Event

[Todd Rivers]

No bad beats today.

I saw 2 flops in 6 hours.

NO WORD OF A LIE - coldest run of cards EVER!!

Pocket 7's third hand of the day and hit set on flop, stack went from 59 to 73.

THESE WERE THE FIRST/LAST POCKETS I SAW ALL DAY

No AK either suited or unsuited. This after getting AA,KK,QQx3,JJ x 2 and AK x3 on Friday - so it must have evened out!

The next flop i saw was 6 hours later when i was all-in.

I raised only four hands and never got called (AQ, AQ, AJ - i was getting desperate)

Nearly every hand had a 8-3, J-2, 10-2, 9-2, Q-3 type combination, just unplayable even for a bluff.

And so-so hands were raised or all-ined before i even got a bet out!

Still, my stack allowed me to be blinded out quite late.

I had 2 BB's left with 12 mins to go till a one hour break so i shoved with K-Js and ran into AK.

Finished 102/725 - cash started at 62 ($2500)


Got to play with a lot of pros during the weekend so it was a great experience.

[AceLosesKing]

Still, my stack allowed me to be blinded out quite late.

I had 2 BB's left with 12 mins to go till a one hour break so i shoved with K-Js and ran into AK.

Finished 102/725 - cash started at 62 ($2500)


Got to play with a lot of pros during the weekend so it was a great experience.

GG Todd.

2BB? Why weren't you shoving earlier?

[Origami]

No bad beats today.

I saw 2 flops in 6 hours.

NO WORD OF A LIE - coldest run of cards EVER!!

Pocket 7's third hand of the day and hit set on flop, stack went from 59 to 73.

THESE WERE THE FIRST/LAST POCKETS I SAW ALL DAY

No AK either suited or unsuited. This after getting AA,KK,QQx3,JJ x 2 and AK x3 on Friday - so it must have evened out!

The next flop i saw was 6 hours later when i was all-in.

I raised only four hands and never got called (AQ, AQ, AJ - i was getting desperate)

Nearly every hand had a 8-3, J-2, 10-2, 9-2, Q-3 type combination, just unplayable even for a bluff.

And so-so hands were raised or all-ined before i even got a bet out!

Still, my stack allowed me to be blinded out quite late.

I had 2 BB's left with 12 mins to go till a one hour break so i shoved with K-Js and ran into AK.

Finished 102/725 - cash started at 62 ($2500)


Got to play with a lot of pros during the weekend so it was a great experience.

F. Ken,

lots of Folding in 6 hrs mate.
Pity... gaining Expierence is not much Fun sometimes....Chin up.

[ no shame finishing in the top 14% of that calibre of field ].

[Todd Rivers]

2BB? Why weren't you shoving earlier?

Blinds caught me by surprise somewhere within the structure. We paid 400 ante too early and for too long and even though i always knew my CSI.

I had 28k left at the 400/2000/4000 (ten handed) stage and KJ suited was the best hand i had seen in 3 hours!I never played KJ once on Friday (or AJs), so thats how bad my cards were, and how limited my spots were.

[AceLosesKing]

2BB? Why weren't you shoving earlier?

Blinds caught me by surprise somewhere within the structure. We paid 400 ante too early and for too long and even though i always knew my CSI.

I had 28k left at the 400/2000/4000 (ten handed) stage and KJ suited was the best hand i had seen in 3 hours!I never played KJ once on Friday (or AJs), so thats how bad my cards were, and how limited my spots were.

That's 7 BB's? Primal shoving spot IMO. Honestly, you should be shipping in a very wide range at 10BB's or less in any tournament.

[Caleb]

No bad beats today.

I saw 2 flops in 6 hours.

NO WORD OF A LIE - coldest run of cards EVER!!

Pocket 7's third hand of the day and hit set on flop, stack went from 59 to 73.

THESE WERE THE FIRST/LAST POCKETS I SAW ALL DAY

No AK either suited or unsuited. This after getting AA,KK,QQx3,JJ x 2 and AK x3 on Friday - so it must have evened out!

The next flop i saw was 6 hours later when i was all-in.

I raised only four hands and never got called (AQ, AQ, AJ - i was getting desperate)

Nearly every hand had a 8-3, J-2, 10-2, 9-2, Q-3 type combination, just unplayable even for a bluff.

And so-so hands were raised or all-ined before i even got a bet out!

Still, my stack allowed me to be blinded out quite late.

I had 2 BB's left with 12 mins to go till a one hour break so i shoved with K-Js and ran into AK.

Finished 102/725 - cash started at 62 ($2500)


Got to play with a lot of pros during the weekend so it was a great experience.

Unlucky mate. I'm sorry I had to leave when I did. I was delirious by that stage anyway, not sure how much of a support rail I could have been. My 23 hour session has just wiped me, physically and mentally.

To top it off, I had the bloody port power team on my flight home!

For those of you wondering, I didn't play main event as I had a family thing I had to come back early for. I got home about 2 hours ago. I did pretty well over all in the cash games though.

Personal highlight:

Playing $5/$5 Dealers Choice ($25 Time/hour, No Rake $200-$1000 buy-in)
Games choices: PLH, PLO, PLO Hilo. We couldn't agree on a blind structure for stud games.

I ended up stacking Peter Aristidou (Australian Tourny regular) in PLO Hilo.

UTG raises to $20. 2 callers. I call from cut-off with [ac 3c 10h 9h]. Button, SB fold. Aristidou calls from BB.

Flop comes [qc jc 5h]. Aristdou bets pot ($105) with $170 behind. Folds to me. I have $400 odd. He seems weak to me. At best 2 pairs. Maybe a mini straight wrap. Either way I ship if I hit my outs. Such a strange lead-out bet.

I push. He calls and rolls 2 cards only. [qs jd]

Flop: [qc jc 5h]
Turn: [qc jc 5h] [4s]
River: [qc jc 5h] [4s] [2d]

Hello nuts. Ship it!

Todd just missed this hand, he left about 30 mins before, but Glyn saw it go down.

[Caleb]

Nearly every hand had a 8-3, J-2, 10-2, 9-2, Q-3 type combination, just unplayable even for a bluff.

Now now, I know you were getting frustrated but there's no need for slander here. 92 is a prime hand for a shove. You'll flop the nuts! Promise.

[AceLosesKing]

The first thing I got out of that post was that you held [Ac][9h]. And no comments?

Sigh, that's so disappointing Caleb.

[Caleb]

The first thing I got out of that post was that you held [Ac][9h]. And no comments?

Sigh, that's so disappointing Caleb.

Not suited.

Edit: Didn't hurt my opinion on call pre-flop though.

[Todd Rivers]

That's 7 BB's? Primal shoving spot IMO. Honestly, you should be shipping in a very wide range at 10BB's or less in any tournament.

I mean basically 2 orbits. And thanks ALK, after playing over 500 tournies, now i know i should shove in this position.