A Change of Diet
I`ve backed off playing Razz and HORSE for a while, I`ve been getting frustrated, especially in Razz. The final straw was a 29 player tourney on Monday where I finished a miserable 20th. Constantly hitting bricks is annoying, if I remember correctly I only needed to hit a 10 or less that didn`t pair my hand and of course 7th street brings me a J.
On the brightside my hold em game is running pretty well. On Tuesday I played an online satellite to gain entry into the Virgin Poker festival. The sat. was arranged by the guys over at UK poker Life and we had a field of 24 take a shot at it. I had a warm feeling about the game as on the 2nd hand I limped in with 33 from late position, flopped a set, and turned quads. Unfortunately the payoff was small as no-one else hit anything but still a nice start. I really can`t fault my play throughout the game. I made very few mistakes, the only memorable one being tangling with the chip leader after I flopped top pair from the BB. I led out and he called, I fired again when a blank hit the turn but he re-raised me and I decided to lay it down. Given his style of play I strongly suspect he was just bullying.
I ended up finishing 4th. No seat but my buy-in back plus change and a thoroughly enjoyable game. I`m feeling lazy so if you want to see how things went down at the final table click here
On the brightside my hold em game is running pretty well. On Tuesday I played an online satellite to gain entry into the Virgin Poker festival. The sat. was arranged by the guys over at UK poker Life and we had a field of 24 take a shot at it. I had a warm feeling about the game as on the 2nd hand I limped in with 33 from late position, flopped a set, and turned quads. Unfortunately the payoff was small as no-one else hit anything but still a nice start. I really can`t fault my play throughout the game. I made very few mistakes, the only memorable one being tangling with the chip leader after I flopped top pair from the BB. I led out and he called, I fired again when a blank hit the turn but he re-raised me and I decided to lay it down. Given his style of play I strongly suspect he was just bullying.
I ended up finishing 4th. No seat but my buy-in back plus change and a thoroughly enjoyable game. I`m feeling lazy so if you want to see how things went down at the final table click here