A Hot Weekend
The weather was unseasonably warm over the weekend but that isn`t what I really mean in the title of this post. Ever since Friday night I`ve been playing pretty darn good though I say so myself, actually I played well all last week and I think I know why. There was a post over at Rounders Radio that asks what 3 things you need to do to improve your game. Well I gave it some thought and identified a couple of things I could do to try to improve my game and going on recent results they seem to be working. I`m not going to list them here, too many people I play against regularly read this blog and they will have to figure it out for themselves lol.
Friday night I was on a high from winning the $20k GTD coupon and played in two simultaneous Rounders games, one at Full Tilt the other at Poker Stars. I played well in both and went out at Tilt on a truly sick hand that I should have folded. I had even decided to fold then called anyway. The sequence of events was a minimum raise from UTG or UTG+1, a re-raise from me with QQ and then an all-in by the shortstack on the button. The initial raiser then pushed all-in and as he had me covered I`1d mentally decided to fold, instead I called, he had AA the shortstack had KK. An ace came on the turn and a queen on the river just to taunt me. A stupid mistake his play screamed aces. I ended up around 60th from about 500 players. The field at Stars was much shorter and I quickly accumulated a huge stak that kept me in the top 3 for most of the game. It`s not a situation I`m really used to and I probably didn`t use it to my advantage enough. I ended up finishing 19th out of 150+ when my QQ was busted by KJ. I hit the set on the flop but the turn and river gave him broadway. Hindsight is all too easy in this game but I should probably have just re-raised rather than going all-in and trying to take his bet and the blinds. Nonetheless I was reasonably pleased with my games.
On Saturday I had a busy schedule, too busy if truth be known. First up was the Rounders WSOP freeroll at Bodog, then starting an hour later there was the Get Well Soon Game for Skinski and the finals for The Poker Forum Challenge. That`s where the problem lay, no way was I missing any of these games but I know I don`t multi table very well. I was going well at Bodog and then the other games started and I was doing pretty well in all three. I managed to get three very good hands simultaneously and I think that`s what got me knocked out at Bodog. AK in the pocket and a King high flop. I honestly think I would have gotten away from the hand if I had been at just the one table but I ran into KK and it was game over. In TPFC I had a flying start and ended up finishing 16th, a solid result and the highest placing from the K9 Team. In Skinski`s game I played very well overall although I did make a couple of stupid mistakes that meant I had to get lucky with pocket tens vs KK to claw my way back into the game. Picked up a nice pot from Hacksaw when I spotted a betting tell and check-raised him off his small pocket pair. That was my play of the game. He has such an aggressive table image that I usually hate to find myself in a pot with him. I managed to pick up a 5th place finish just in the money being slightly unlucky when my JJ was beaten by Margie`s AJ. She went on to win the game and thoroughly deserved it. She outplayed me on a pot earlier in the tourney and caught Hacksaw who was chip leader at the time with a nicely concealed full house.
The final game of the evening was a K9 satellite re-buy tourney that all I was playing for was fun and leaderboard points having already qualified. I`m not a fan of re-buys but at the start I added-on and hitting a few cards I was dominating my table and chip leader or 2nd for most of the game until the break. I then went from 2nd to 2nd last as everyone else did a double add-on. I just couldn`t see the point of spending more money and besides I felt confident that I could overcome the disadvantage. I really feel I was going to win but I took a horrible beat when my QQ were busted by a runner runner flush. It was pretty awful play by my opponent in the hand but having talked to them the next day I`m wondering if they misread the board and thought they had the flush draw on the turn and river.
Sunday I played a SNG with the K9 guys and won. It`s funny my confidence in these games is massive. I expect to cash and without meaning to sound conceited I actually expect to win. The results show it too, I think I`ve played about 13 and won 5 and cashed in 4 or 5 of the others.
Then it was onto the main event, the K9 game at Pharoahs. I was card dead for most of the game and made a real gamble when short stacked calling Zen who was also short stacked with ace high and an open ended straight draw. I hit it on the turn and after that I steadily accumulated chips until we were down to three players myself, Bully and coco.
It was the most enjoyable final three I ve had in a while. My opponents are great guys and great players. Bully is a monster who has more K9 wins than any other player. He`d probably have even more if this whole UIGEA thing hadn`t stopped him depositing. Coco is probably the most consistent K9 player who cashes so often it`s frightening. He was the shortstack and he hung on grimly until I took him out with 3-8. It was only 600 to call and I hit an 8 on the flop to send him to the rail.
That left me and Bully HU and I was determined to win. I feel that I played very well and eventually took it down after a good battle to give me my 6th piece of K9 bling. The funny thing about this tourney was that until someone mentioned the bubble it never crossed my mind. After winning I was almost surprised about the cash and had totally forgotten that I also won a webcam. All that mattered was the win, the external factors like money and prizes were truly irrelevent.
Friday night I was on a high from winning the $20k GTD coupon and played in two simultaneous Rounders games, one at Full Tilt the other at Poker Stars. I played well in both and went out at Tilt on a truly sick hand that I should have folded. I had even decided to fold then called anyway. The sequence of events was a minimum raise from UTG or UTG+1, a re-raise from me with QQ and then an all-in by the shortstack on the button. The initial raiser then pushed all-in and as he had me covered I`1d mentally decided to fold, instead I called, he had AA the shortstack had KK. An ace came on the turn and a queen on the river just to taunt me. A stupid mistake his play screamed aces. I ended up around 60th from about 500 players. The field at Stars was much shorter and I quickly accumulated a huge stak that kept me in the top 3 for most of the game. It`s not a situation I`m really used to and I probably didn`t use it to my advantage enough. I ended up finishing 19th out of 150+ when my QQ was busted by KJ. I hit the set on the flop but the turn and river gave him broadway. Hindsight is all too easy in this game but I should probably have just re-raised rather than going all-in and trying to take his bet and the blinds. Nonetheless I was reasonably pleased with my games.
On Saturday I had a busy schedule, too busy if truth be known. First up was the Rounders WSOP freeroll at Bodog, then starting an hour later there was the Get Well Soon Game for Skinski and the finals for The Poker Forum Challenge. That`s where the problem lay, no way was I missing any of these games but I know I don`t multi table very well. I was going well at Bodog and then the other games started and I was doing pretty well in all three. I managed to get three very good hands simultaneously and I think that`s what got me knocked out at Bodog. AK in the pocket and a King high flop. I honestly think I would have gotten away from the hand if I had been at just the one table but I ran into KK and it was game over. In TPFC I had a flying start and ended up finishing 16th, a solid result and the highest placing from the K9 Team. In Skinski`s game I played very well overall although I did make a couple of stupid mistakes that meant I had to get lucky with pocket tens vs KK to claw my way back into the game. Picked up a nice pot from Hacksaw when I spotted a betting tell and check-raised him off his small pocket pair. That was my play of the game. He has such an aggressive table image that I usually hate to find myself in a pot with him. I managed to pick up a 5th place finish just in the money being slightly unlucky when my JJ was beaten by Margie`s AJ. She went on to win the game and thoroughly deserved it. She outplayed me on a pot earlier in the tourney and caught Hacksaw who was chip leader at the time with a nicely concealed full house.
The final game of the evening was a K9 satellite re-buy tourney that all I was playing for was fun and leaderboard points having already qualified. I`m not a fan of re-buys but at the start I added-on and hitting a few cards I was dominating my table and chip leader or 2nd for most of the game until the break. I then went from 2nd to 2nd last as everyone else did a double add-on. I just couldn`t see the point of spending more money and besides I felt confident that I could overcome the disadvantage. I really feel I was going to win but I took a horrible beat when my QQ were busted by a runner runner flush. It was pretty awful play by my opponent in the hand but having talked to them the next day I`m wondering if they misread the board and thought they had the flush draw on the turn and river.
Sunday I played a SNG with the K9 guys and won. It`s funny my confidence in these games is massive. I expect to cash and without meaning to sound conceited I actually expect to win. The results show it too, I think I`ve played about 13 and won 5 and cashed in 4 or 5 of the others.
Then it was onto the main event, the K9 game at Pharoahs. I was card dead for most of the game and made a real gamble when short stacked calling Zen who was also short stacked with ace high and an open ended straight draw. I hit it on the turn and after that I steadily accumulated chips until we were down to three players myself, Bully and coco.
It was the most enjoyable final three I ve had in a while. My opponents are great guys and great players. Bully is a monster who has more K9 wins than any other player. He`d probably have even more if this whole UIGEA thing hadn`t stopped him depositing. Coco is probably the most consistent K9 player who cashes so often it`s frightening. He was the shortstack and he hung on grimly until I took him out with 3-8. It was only 600 to call and I hit an 8 on the flop to send him to the rail.
That left me and Bully HU and I was determined to win. I feel that I played very well and eventually took it down after a good battle to give me my 6th piece of K9 bling. The funny thing about this tourney was that until someone mentioned the bubble it never crossed my mind. After winning I was almost surprised about the cash and had totally forgotten that I also won a webcam. All that mattered was the win, the external factors like money and prizes were truly irrelevent.
posted by DangerMouse at 4:16 AM
3 Comments:
Sounds like a good weekend , well done......now I wonder what those three things could be...........
Congrats Mouse, I almost made the final table (lol)
Great post there hun and what a great weeked it turned into for you. Who needs a better half nagging you to hang wallpaper when you can sit and play great poker for the weekend instead.
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