10K GTD
£25 +£2 Buy in.
363 runners.
Decided to give this tourney a shot tonight, its not a particularly strong field. But with blinds increasing every 15 mins and starting stack only 1500 , doesn't leave room to maneouvre 2hrs or so in. ( If you havent picked up and nhs).
first break 1hr in-in top 10 stacks, doubled up with Jd7d when called a small raise and flopped trips. Then had AhQh, someone in late raised to 500 (10 XBB) i felt he had JJ( instinct i guess mainly from the raise but also the players betting patterns), and decided id take a race (something id never normally like to do) but i wanted to win this tournament and gain as many chips as possible-so i moved in. He thought for ages, and called with ...JJ. I was well chuffed i was right , even if i lost.
Flop 8 h 9h Ks. turn Qs river 8d. I won the pot and up to 6500 chips or so.
Late hand i made a bad play, J9os on button in multiway pot, i opt to call for the 100. Flop 3c5c9s. Someone in mid bet pot roughly - he had about 1200 left after that and decided to put him in, he called with KK.He took risk just limping into family pot with Kk but it paid off i guess.
So at the break , I am at 4840 29/176. Which isnt bad at all considering I havent seen any premium hands yet.
Built up to around 9,000 raising in mid with 3c4c (tight table ,deceptive) , flop QJ3, i bet out both sb and bb call. turn 3, i check short stack moved in i call he has JK.He should have re raised on flop or pre flop if he thought he ahead imo, instead he called letting me catch up.
Then made an atrocious call, blinds 100/200 i raise in mid with Kqos to 500 Sb moves all in for 1200 more. I hit the call button, even when my head is telling me im way behind and he has KK.1200 more lost unecessarily.
Back up now to around 7900, A9os on button one limper utg, i raise to 600 bb calls and does the limper.flop 345 all hearts, bb bets tiny , called then i move all in, bb passes 77 , the other AQ.
2nd break - 6759 36/63.
Had 99 raised in early, big stack moved in i passed. blind took me down to around 4,500 but climbed back up last few hands stealing with A6, 89 , then got no action with QQ unfortunately.
Made the money spot earning myself a measly 35 pounds, short stacked to boot. So I move in in late after everyone folds with Q8os getting called by both button and bb who happen to have AJs, and JJ. I hit two pair while AJs hits an ace tripling me up. Lucky boy.
Then i move in yet again this time on button with A8os, had about 6,000 in chips with blinds 400/800 and got called by 99. He turned trips and sent me packing. Came 35/363 which bad i guess cos i made the money but next tourney i really gotta be making final table at least. I always like to set bar high for myself otherwise why play?
All in all , a pretty average tournament - didn't catch too many hands forcing me to make risky plays- i was rarely in a position except for very early on to bully the table which is something I usually excel at, happens though.....Thats poker eh.
363 runners.
Decided to give this tourney a shot tonight, its not a particularly strong field. But with blinds increasing every 15 mins and starting stack only 1500 , doesn't leave room to maneouvre 2hrs or so in. ( If you havent picked up and nhs).
first break 1hr in-in top 10 stacks, doubled up with Jd7d when called a small raise and flopped trips. Then had AhQh, someone in late raised to 500 (10 XBB) i felt he had JJ( instinct i guess mainly from the raise but also the players betting patterns), and decided id take a race (something id never normally like to do) but i wanted to win this tournament and gain as many chips as possible-so i moved in. He thought for ages, and called with ...JJ. I was well chuffed i was right , even if i lost.
Flop 8 h 9h Ks. turn Qs river 8d. I won the pot and up to 6500 chips or so.
Late hand i made a bad play, J9os on button in multiway pot, i opt to call for the 100. Flop 3c5c9s. Someone in mid bet pot roughly - he had about 1200 left after that and decided to put him in, he called with KK.He took risk just limping into family pot with Kk but it paid off i guess.
So at the break , I am at 4840 29/176. Which isnt bad at all considering I havent seen any premium hands yet.
Built up to around 9,000 raising in mid with 3c4c (tight table ,deceptive) , flop QJ3, i bet out both sb and bb call. turn 3, i check short stack moved in i call he has JK.He should have re raised on flop or pre flop if he thought he ahead imo, instead he called letting me catch up.
Then made an atrocious call, blinds 100/200 i raise in mid with Kqos to 500 Sb moves all in for 1200 more. I hit the call button, even when my head is telling me im way behind and he has KK.1200 more lost unecessarily.
Back up now to around 7900, A9os on button one limper utg, i raise to 600 bb calls and does the limper.flop 345 all hearts, bb bets tiny , called then i move all in, bb passes 77 , the other AQ.
2nd break - 6759 36/63.
Had 99 raised in early, big stack moved in i passed. blind took me down to around 4,500 but climbed back up last few hands stealing with A6, 89 , then got no action with QQ unfortunately.
Made the money spot earning myself a measly 35 pounds, short stacked to boot. So I move in in late after everyone folds with Q8os getting called by both button and bb who happen to have AJs, and JJ. I hit two pair while AJs hits an ace tripling me up. Lucky boy.
Then i move in yet again this time on button with A8os, had about 6,000 in chips with blinds 400/800 and got called by 99. He turned trips and sent me packing. Came 35/363 which bad i guess cos i made the money but next tourney i really gotta be making final table at least. I always like to set bar high for myself otherwise why play?
All in all , a pretty average tournament - didn't catch too many hands forcing me to make risky plays- i was rarely in a position except for very early on to bully the table which is something I usually excel at, happens though.....Thats poker eh.
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