A Crazy Night
I didn`t get chance to play until late tonight. I applied for a post as editor/copywriter at NeverWinPoker forum and had a review and a news article to write up before I could play. I`ve no idea if I`ll get the post but I`m keeping my fingers crossed.
Writing done I decided to play some razz at Vegas. It was an up and down game. I struggled early on then hit some nice hands and was in the top 10 for a lot of the game. In the middle of the tourney I was invited to play a HORSE sng. I declined at first but upon finding out bullitpete was playing I decided to play. It`s not that often a low stakes player like me gets the chance to tangle with a pro player. I didn`t do very well in the sng and it distracted me from the razz tourney. As I`ve said before multi-tabling isn`t usually a +EV move for me. I was very short-stacked by the final table but two of the chip leaders clashed and the loser ended up as the bubble. I clawed back a few chips and it looked like I might pick up a spot or two. I say looked like because I ended up finishing just in the money in 7th place.
As I was clinging on for dear life in the razz my Monday night football league game started. I sat out a few hands and joined in once I`d made the money in the razz. I played quite nicely in the league game before being knocked out in 4th place when I pushed all-in with AK. My opponent xTENSEx had called with A-7. The flop came 7-5-2 and I was left hoping I`d catch my king on the turn or river. That hope was snuffed out when the turn was a 7. It was obliterated as the river brought the case 7. If there`s a luckier player on that site I don`t know who it is. He`d already beaten AA with AQ by making broadway on the river. Truly sickening.
I was going to call it a night but as I went to close Vegas down I noticed another razz tourney. It was just too tempting and I regged. After the first hour I was really wishing I hadn`t bothered. I was pretty card dead and whenever I chose to see 4th street I inevitably either drew a face card or paired one of my other cards. I managed to draw the case card at least twice. I swear if it had been a 7 card stud tourney I would have won easily. I had so many pocket pairs and rolled up cards it was scary. I honestly can`t remember getting worse hands in a razz game. However by some miracle I managed to reach the final table and still be alive as we battled for the honour of bubbling. It was a forty minute battle but somehow I clung on and managed to finish in 5th and cash. That achievement feels something like a win given how unlikey it seemed throughout the tourney.
I`m hoping I can get the entire hand history to browse through. It should prove fascinating reading.
Writing done I decided to play some razz at Vegas. It was an up and down game. I struggled early on then hit some nice hands and was in the top 10 for a lot of the game. In the middle of the tourney I was invited to play a HORSE sng. I declined at first but upon finding out bullitpete was playing I decided to play. It`s not that often a low stakes player like me gets the chance to tangle with a pro player. I didn`t do very well in the sng and it distracted me from the razz tourney. As I`ve said before multi-tabling isn`t usually a +EV move for me. I was very short-stacked by the final table but two of the chip leaders clashed and the loser ended up as the bubble. I clawed back a few chips and it looked like I might pick up a spot or two. I say looked like because I ended up finishing just in the money in 7th place.
As I was clinging on for dear life in the razz my Monday night football league game started. I sat out a few hands and joined in once I`d made the money in the razz. I played quite nicely in the league game before being knocked out in 4th place when I pushed all-in with AK. My opponent xTENSEx had called with A-7. The flop came 7-5-2 and I was left hoping I`d catch my king on the turn or river. That hope was snuffed out when the turn was a 7. It was obliterated as the river brought the case 7. If there`s a luckier player on that site I don`t know who it is. He`d already beaten AA with AQ by making broadway on the river. Truly sickening.
I was going to call it a night but as I went to close Vegas down I noticed another razz tourney. It was just too tempting and I regged. After the first hour I was really wishing I hadn`t bothered. I was pretty card dead and whenever I chose to see 4th street I inevitably either drew a face card or paired one of my other cards. I managed to draw the case card at least twice. I swear if it had been a 7 card stud tourney I would have won easily. I had so many pocket pairs and rolled up cards it was scary. I honestly can`t remember getting worse hands in a razz game. However by some miracle I managed to reach the final table and still be alive as we battled for the honour of bubbling. It was a forty minute battle but somehow I clung on and managed to finish in 5th and cash. That achievement feels something like a win given how unlikey it seemed throughout the tourney.
I`m hoping I can get the entire hand history to browse through. It should prove fascinating reading.
posted by DangerMouse at 7:18 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home