I Won My Own Tourney!

I set up a small buy-in for the regulars at the poker.com forum. This was its second week and I managed to win it. I was in the top 3 for most of the game then re-raised a call and a minimum raise with 10-10. I pushed all-in only to find that the minimum raise had KK. Fortunately I had him covered but it left me quite short-stacked and I had no choice but to push all-in several times just to take the blinds and rebuild my stack. I was called by a shorter stack at one point but my A-8 beat his JJ (We were 5 handed at the time) and I arrived at the final table with a decent enough stack to be competitive.

We got down to 3 just in time for the break and unfortunately one of the players experienced disconnection problems. I sympathise, it happened to me last Sunday and I blinded out of 2 tourneys because of it. He at least managed to get back on with some chips remaining but was soon eliminated. HU I felt in control even though our stacks were pretty even and after an interesting battle I crippled my opponent when we both limped into a pot and I flopped a flush. I checked, she raised, minimum I think, and I pushed all-in. I was expecting a fold but she called and revealed 2 pair. No help on the turn and river and she was automatically all-in next hand which I won.



This other 2nd place was earlier in the week. I nearly didn`t play because my bankroll was running low on the site. Final hand I was all-in with A-10 vs QJ and ahead on every street except the river where she completed a straight. If I`d won that hand we would have had even stacks and who knows. Nonetheless a nice boost to the old bankroll.