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04/29/07 00:13 Filed in: Poker
I played
at the Dead Money Poker Tour today. 22 Entrants.
Top 5 paid. I made was the game’s “Bubble Boy”.
I went into the final table as a short stack. I held my own, slowly winning hands and building up a respectable stack. Don’t get me wrong, I was still a short stack.
I then made a nice play to double up through the chip leader. I picked up trips and he didn’t believe me. And there I was. A force to be reckoned with.
I hadn’t been getting cards. We had just seen a monster hand with 3 players all in. One player mucked his cards at the end. One showed down his QJos. And the other hit with his AK. It played out something like this.
The blinds were up there. 500/1000. The first player to act goes all in. QJ calls. Todd debates it a long time, then calls. The flop comes out with a KQ and some other card. QJ goes all in. Todd calls.
He knocks out two opponents and has almost tripled up.
My stack had just been run up. I wasn’t getting any cards and picked up 88. The man to my left, after I raise, goes all in. I didn’t quite realize how many chips he held. So, I called. He had been playing (and going all in with) any A. Little did I know, he had two Aces. Needless to say, my pocket 8s never found a friend. I lost.
I then went on picking up pots by going all in at opportune times.
Then, finally, it happened. I pick up A9d. The flop shows two low diamonds and another black card. I have nearly 20K chips. I decide I am going to push. I am betting into the big stack, but we keep tangling and I get the best of him. He is chasing a flush, Q high. I have the Ace. I hope for another diamond at this point.
The turn comes, no help to either of us. Then the river. At this point, I am a significant favorite. And a Q drops. I am out. On the bubble.
It seems to happen a lot to me, and I am not sure why. I get under-kicked a lot. I will have AK to someone’s A10. I get the money in the pot and no king comes, but a 10 drops. Or KK vs K7 and the 7 makes a straight.
Perhaps my play is a little off. Not sure. However, I believe my performance today, minus a couple missteps was actually pretty good. I was really close to making the money and didn’t. But, it should give me close to 22-6 = 16 points. Plus. with my final table appearance, another 5. So, 21 points, if my understanding of the formula is correct. This means I should easily make the top 10.
I went into the final table as a short stack. I held my own, slowly winning hands and building up a respectable stack. Don’t get me wrong, I was still a short stack.
I then made a nice play to double up through the chip leader. I picked up trips and he didn’t believe me. And there I was. A force to be reckoned with.
I hadn’t been getting cards. We had just seen a monster hand with 3 players all in. One player mucked his cards at the end. One showed down his QJos. And the other hit with his AK. It played out something like this.
The blinds were up there. 500/1000. The first player to act goes all in. QJ calls. Todd debates it a long time, then calls. The flop comes out with a KQ and some other card. QJ goes all in. Todd calls.
He knocks out two opponents and has almost tripled up.
My stack had just been run up. I wasn’t getting any cards and picked up 88. The man to my left, after I raise, goes all in. I didn’t quite realize how many chips he held. So, I called. He had been playing (and going all in with) any A. Little did I know, he had two Aces. Needless to say, my pocket 8s never found a friend. I lost.
I then went on picking up pots by going all in at opportune times.
Then, finally, it happened. I pick up A9d. The flop shows two low diamonds and another black card. I have nearly 20K chips. I decide I am going to push. I am betting into the big stack, but we keep tangling and I get the best of him. He is chasing a flush, Q high. I have the Ace. I hope for another diamond at this point.
The turn comes, no help to either of us. Then the river. At this point, I am a significant favorite. And a Q drops. I am out. On the bubble.
It seems to happen a lot to me, and I am not sure why. I get under-kicked a lot. I will have AK to someone’s A10. I get the money in the pot and no king comes, but a 10 drops. Or KK vs K7 and the 7 makes a straight.
Perhaps my play is a little off. Not sure. However, I believe my performance today, minus a couple missteps was actually pretty good. I was really close to making the money and didn’t. But, it should give me close to 22-6 = 16 points. Plus. with my final table appearance, another 5. So, 21 points, if my understanding of the formula is correct. This means I should easily make the top 10.