Storming Weekend

I`m going to review this as a long weekend starting from Thursday when I took 3rd in the 7 card stud freezeout at Merge, no screenshot unfortunately. Friday I improved on my placing and took the entire thing down. I played solid throughout and ended up with a 2 to 1 deficit when it was HU. Things got worse and I was down to around 2,000 chips with my opponent on around 22,000. Well they say a cornered rat is dangerous and so is this mouse.



I love this tourney, it`s a regular little cash cow for me. I`ve monied in it probably 40% of the time I`ve played it. I also like it for the players, there`s rarely any of the bad graces that seem to be in most NLHE tourneys these days. The players are there because they like the game and there`s rarely any serious donk play there. Although I did get called that in todays game. Rightfully so as it happens. I wasn`t paying as much attention as I should have been, and noticed that I had been dealt K-x-K, everyone had either folded or limped and I raised only to notice as I clicked that the last player to act had an ace showing. He immediately re-raises, everyone else folds and I`m looking at a raise that will destroy my already small stack if I call and miss. I thought about it for a brief while and decided that it was unlikely he had rolled up aces and pushed all-in. He insta calls and the cards roll over to reveal he does indeed have A-x-A. Fortunately for me I hit a second pair and he doesn`t. This prompts the donkey smiley popping up on screen. My first comment is "whatever" followed by my explanation that I was aware of what he had and had decided to gamble. Surprisingly he apologised for the donkey comment and we finished the game in good spirits. See what I mean about the difference at these tables? Actually he had the last laugh anyway, I was shortstacked and pushed from late position with a pair of nines, he called and flipped up rolled up sevens and although I had a brief hope of stealing another win with a flush draw that was crushed when he hit his fourth 7.

Anyway back to the weekend, Saturday I hardly played but did manage a solid 13th in the Poker Dream Skins Freeroll. This is played purely for pride, a contest between the various skins that are hosted there. K9 Poker Room has won the last 2 months and we set off towards making it a hatrick with a solid performance from our members again in this game. 5 players in the top 20 (scoring positions) and 2 of those made the final table.

Sunday was where I had the really outstanding performance. I played the $2 limit badugi tourney for the first time.


A very enjoyable if tough game.

Then I was asked to spare for one of the poker.com league teams and took down 5th place and a small cash for the team I represented.

I finished that just in time for the QCAP buy-in and it looked like I was on for another win only to see it snatched away on the river when my opponent filled up her house to beat my straight. I can`t really blame her for calling on the turn with 2 pair although my check-raise did offer some clue that I had hit something pretty hard. Perhaps I could have gotten away from it but I thought she most likely had a set.



Finally I won some money for my Full Tilt account by calling in to Rounders Radio, I`ve no idea how much I missed the early part of the show. During the show the subject of all in or fold tourneys came up and I mentioned that we sometimes played them at poker.com by gentlemen`s agreement. We ended up having two with Ace Jones, myself and some other regulars participating. I won both and picked up not only the prize money but a Rounders Radio T-shirt too. No screenshots from those, not really worth it.

And finally today I played the badugi tourney again and guess what . . .



I`m consistent at least lol.