K9 International Tour 17th Oct

The next round of the International Tour was held at Vegas 24/7 Poker who kindly stepped in after another sponsor backed out. This is another site that has a very good blinds structure and I was very glad it has. My cards were extremely cold early on, the only half-decent hand I had was AJ suited and I decided not to play it after an all-in raise from a player in early position. I may well have been ahead but I saw no reason to risk all so early in the tournament.

I did eventually hit a few hands but it seemed I would fall short of the top 10 placing I needed. However with only 430 chips left whilst in the BB an early position raise saw everyone fold to me and with QJos I pushed, my opponent typed it`s yours; called and turned over 5s 2s!!! Justice prevailed and I doubled up, more folding till the next BB when I`m dealt 8h 4d. Amazingly the chip leader simply calls and allows me to see a flop which comes 4 4 8. I check he bets I call. Turn is a K, I check and he bets again, this time I push in the rest of my chips and he calls giving me a decent stack to survive a few more rounds with.

Going off topic for a moment here it never ceases to amaze me how many big stacks will give a weak stack a free flop. In the example above I had about 600 chips left after the blind, my opponent had at least 15,000. Now I may have decided to make a stand anyway, but I could have risked waiting a few more hands and may have folded if he had raised, Bad poker on his part IMHO though.

Ok back onto the game, well to cut a long story short - Too late comes the cry - After a long battle for the bubble position I managed to hang on and claim 6th place and win a free entry into the K9 Money Tour Event on the 19th Nov.