Postby maccatak11 » Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:51 pm
I was really happy with the way i played the whole time.
I lost a big pot early with two pair against a rivered bigger two pair which left me with only 2500.
But my luck turned and i was on a rush for a good half an hour, picking up some big hands and successfully stealing from LP a few times.
was sitting on around 14 k when i got an extremely generous double up through state leaderboard winner porky clayton.
I have [qs][tc] on the button and i limp against both blinds. Flop comes [qh][th][2s]. I cant put either of them on a set (although 22 was possible i guess), but when the small blind raised and porky re-raised i had to consider it. eventually i decided that i had to be in front so i jammed it for 13k.
sb folded and porky snap calls for most of his chips. (oh carp me tinks)
but he turns [qd][4c] WTF? anyway this hand got me going.
Had my stack up to 30k even at the first break, and had built that to mid-40's soon after. then came the hands had levelled me.
hand one i had K9 and flopped two pair on an all diamonds board. i lead out and get a think/call from my opponent. turn is a 4 (non diamond) so i bet again thinking he was on the diamond draw. He called again.
River was another non-diamond so i check and he goes all in for 4k (20k pot by this time). i think and then call. he shows 44 for a turned set. I possibly could have made that read as he wasn't pushing the river here without a set or better, but it was one of those pots that was too big to let go of (i gotta stop doing that).
A few hands later i get J6 in the BB and check to a limper. flop comes Jxx and i bet, getting the limper to call. the turn is another low card, but puts a straight on the board. i cant put him on the straight so i bet again. he again calls. ok, now im confuzzled, middle pair or set me thinks. the river is a J which makes my trips. i block bet as i dint want him to push me in if i checked to him (this was another 20+k pot). he calls and shows AJ.
Again another one i maybe could have got away from, but im still haooy with the way i played the hand.
After going card dead for a while i make the re-combine with 17.5k. blinds and antes combined are worth 10k by this stage, so i get myself into a push/fold mentality (as i should).
I get some blinds and antes with A9, which puts me to 25k.
3 hands later i push with KJ suited from the cutoff, and the BB calls with 1010. so i was racing, but the tens held and i was out in about 80th.
not quite good enough for a forum banner.
great day though, excellent venue too. the food and music outside made for a great atmosphere. another great day.
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maccatak11 on Tue Feb 10, 2009 11:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
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