So Damn Close
Well I just missed out on taking down the $500 First Depositors freeroll at Carbon last night.
It`s frustrating to play so well, get so close and then fall short of the mark. It wasn`t as if I`d had great cards. In fact I was the short stack for a long time, right from the bubble bursting in fact. I had to claw my way to the final table and then I played very well once I got there. I don`t think I made a single bad move, even the last hand I was ahead until the river. If my opponent doesn`t spike a pair I`m chip leader with a 2 to 1 advantage and although it`s not a sure thing I fancy my chances with that advantage HU.
The only question really is wether I could have laid down the A-10 from the BB when the SB pushed all-in. Three handed I rightly figured I was ahead (he had KQ) and decided to go for it. Hindsight is all too easy I guess but I can`t help but wonder if I should have let him take the blinds. The problem was that all of us only had around 10 big blinds and I`d mentally made the decision that I was going for the win and wasn`t going to be happy with 2nd place. Maybe I could have folded but at the time I was running well and hitting a fair few flops.
Still it`s my best result from those games so far. I`ve made the top twenty a few times but that was my first final table. I think I have one more shot tonight and if I do I`ll be giving my all to try and win that ribbon.
It`s frustrating to play so well, get so close and then fall short of the mark. It wasn`t as if I`d had great cards. In fact I was the short stack for a long time, right from the bubble bursting in fact. I had to claw my way to the final table and then I played very well once I got there. I don`t think I made a single bad move, even the last hand I was ahead until the river. If my opponent doesn`t spike a pair I`m chip leader with a 2 to 1 advantage and although it`s not a sure thing I fancy my chances with that advantage HU.
The only question really is wether I could have laid down the A-10 from the BB when the SB pushed all-in. Three handed I rightly figured I was ahead (he had KQ) and decided to go for it. Hindsight is all too easy I guess but I can`t help but wonder if I should have let him take the blinds. The problem was that all of us only had around 10 big blinds and I`d mentally made the decision that I was going for the win and wasn`t going to be happy with 2nd place. Maybe I could have folded but at the time I was running well and hitting a fair few flops.
Still it`s my best result from those games so far. I`ve made the top twenty a few times but that was my first final table. I think I have one more shot tonight and if I do I`ll be giving my all to try and win that ribbon.
posted by DangerMouse at 1:44 PM
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