Pretty Much A Break Even Day
A funny old day at the tables, played a 7 card stud tourney and did well but failed to cash when some guy made what I considered a really stupid re-raise all-in after I raised for the first time in ages. I was showing a Q and had another in my hole cards. He was showing a 10 and turned over another 10 with an ace. We both ended up with two pair but he spiked his ace to win it. I had to wonder what he was thinking making that play but that`s the way it goes I guess.
Game 2 was the triple draw at OPT, which I was both looking forward to and dreading at the same time. With only 9 players I was hoping to get the full table and the one without Hurikan on. I saw him play hold em the other night and he just pushes and pushes. I ended up on the 4 man table with the aforementioned donkey, a double whammy. He played true to form raising the hell out of virtually every hand. It was very frustrating to play but I knew if I held back I`d nail him and I did several times. We made it to the final table where someone finally took the last of Hurikan`s breath away and then we actually started to play some decent poker. I fancied my chances but ended up bubbling in 3rd place making a push at a pot. No regrets there other than I shouldn`t have stood pat with my 9 high when I was called.
Game 3 was the K9 tour game at K9 Poker room. I sat out most of it playing triple draw and came back to find myself very shortstacked. I managed a double up and then I was cruising finally managing to get the chip lead for a while. Unfortunately I made a couple of moves with slightly raggy aces and ran into a pp and AK held by LarryKiller. That was the end of it for me, no kind saves from the poker gods tonight. Took down third place though for enough to cover my games for the day with a few of bucks profit.
There`s the badugi game tommorrow which I beieve has been changed to PL. I`m undecided as to wether I`ll play or not. Not sure if I want to chance a run in with Hurikan again. It`s been a long time since I`ve ragged on someone at the table but he annoyed the hell out of me so much that I made a few choice comments. Nothing abusive just a few quips about variance and expressions of general annoyance. I was pretty sure he wouldn`t win with such aggressive tactics in a lowball game, and I was right. Variance is such a killer in triple draw, if you don`t believe me go read Chris Fargas` blog Twenty-one Outs Twice. Such a shame the game wasn`t changed to limit, it would have been far more fun. One of the guys at OPT said they hadn`t been able to get it changed in time but concerns were expressed several days ago after the NL Razz fiasco. Still I know they`re out in Vegas for the WSOP and that Merge have had some server issues so perhaps it wasn`t just a lack of inclination on their part.
Game 2 was the triple draw at OPT, which I was both looking forward to and dreading at the same time. With only 9 players I was hoping to get the full table and the one without Hurikan on. I saw him play hold em the other night and he just pushes and pushes. I ended up on the 4 man table with the aforementioned donkey, a double whammy. He played true to form raising the hell out of virtually every hand. It was very frustrating to play but I knew if I held back I`d nail him and I did several times. We made it to the final table where someone finally took the last of Hurikan`s breath away and then we actually started to play some decent poker. I fancied my chances but ended up bubbling in 3rd place making a push at a pot. No regrets there other than I shouldn`t have stood pat with my 9 high when I was called.
Game 3 was the K9 tour game at K9 Poker room. I sat out most of it playing triple draw and came back to find myself very shortstacked. I managed a double up and then I was cruising finally managing to get the chip lead for a while. Unfortunately I made a couple of moves with slightly raggy aces and ran into a pp and AK held by LarryKiller. That was the end of it for me, no kind saves from the poker gods tonight. Took down third place though for enough to cover my games for the day with a few of bucks profit.
There`s the badugi game tommorrow which I beieve has been changed to PL. I`m undecided as to wether I`ll play or not. Not sure if I want to chance a run in with Hurikan again. It`s been a long time since I`ve ragged on someone at the table but he annoyed the hell out of me so much that I made a few choice comments. Nothing abusive just a few quips about variance and expressions of general annoyance. I was pretty sure he wouldn`t win with such aggressive tactics in a lowball game, and I was right. Variance is such a killer in triple draw, if you don`t believe me go read Chris Fargas` blog Twenty-one Outs Twice. Such a shame the game wasn`t changed to limit, it would have been far more fun. One of the guys at OPT said they hadn`t been able to get it changed in time but concerns were expressed several days ago after the NL Razz fiasco. Still I know they`re out in Vegas for the WSOP and that Merge have had some server issues so perhaps it wasn`t just a lack of inclination on their part.
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