Two Wins But No Accolade
I was just chatting with one of my longtime internet mates Murry The Cat and he comented I hadn`t been writing much. He is of course correct. It`s partly because I`ve been playing a lot of ring games and I don`t really like to write up individual sessions because I`m trying to take the long view. It`s also all too easy to get out of the habit of blogging. However I`m here at the moment and I`ve had a pretty good weekend so I might as well bash out an update.
Friday I had a fun game with the MLP crew. We played PL 2-7 Triple Draw. I was one of the few players with any experience of the game although I`d never played it PL before. I had a few nice hands early on and was able to capitalise on a few mistakes made by other players and was up or around the chip leader for the first hour. I dropped down a bit as the field narrowed and decent starting hands became scarce. I was patient though and eventually found myself HU against Adam a player I know very little about. We swopped the chip lead about for a while neither of us getting much advantage then after he`d limped in I raised pot with a solid 4 card hand and he check-raised all-in. It was the first time he`d pulled that move on me and I decided to respect the raise and reluctantly folded. That and the next couple of hands left me with a 2-1 or so deficit. I picked my moments and clawed my way back to pretty much even and then came the key hand. I`d made a pat hand 8-7 high and put in a pot sized raise and he came right over the top to put me all-in. I knew my hand was vulnerable but decided it was too good to fold and made the call. It turned out his raise was a stone cold bluff and it took just a couple more hands to finish him off and give me my 4th MLP medal. As always it was great to win, and I suppose I was the pre-game favourite as I was the more experienced player. I know my opponent was the one with the bigger set of cheerleaders on the rail. A couple of people commented on the forum they would have liked him to win. Not through any dislike of me (at least I hope not) but because he`s a popular fellow and so far has just the one win on his record. I`ve no problem with that, I`m just pleased to take the win.
I had a short break and then it was into the First Depositors Freeroll on PDC. I`ve had a poor run in the ones I`ve played with only one final table (10th) and one other cash. I managed to build a chipstack this time though and found myself at the final table. I played patient and opportunistic poker and eventually found myself HU. My opponent had a 4 or 5-1 chip advantage though and although I rallied a little I was never able to really get on terms and ended up taking 2nd. A nice little cash but I was disappointed to miss out on the accolade.
I didn`t get to play on Saturday. I went down to see a couple of mates in the Midlands. Had a fun day and came back Sunday morning. I was shattered and crashed out for the afternoon before getting up for an MLP game and the 50K freeroll on Walker. I managed to bubble the MLP game. It was annoying not because I bubbled but because I lost connection at Nordice twice and saw KK, AQ and JJ autofold. The AQ and JJ were whilst we were six handed and the blinds were pretty steep. Of course I might have busted out with either of those hands but it was cruel to see them and not have the chance to play them.
Playing the MLP game had made me 45 minutes late for the 50k but I still ahd around 1800 chips and by the first break I`d managed to get myself up to approx 3500. I was eventually crippled after 3-betting QQ to put a player all-in. He called and turned over AK then hit a K on the flop. That left me with a couple of hundred chips and I was out a couple of hands later.
I wasn`t going to play again but after noticing there was an OPT game at 2am I decided to jump in. There were only 7 or 8 players and I played a nice game. I was chip leader for the most part. Myself, Murry amd Magooch were the final three. For the major part of the battle I had about half the chips on the table. Then I ended up with AKs in the SB. Blinds were 200/400 and I made it 1k to go. Murry called the 600 and the flop came 3 diamonds. I shut down and folded to a bet on the river. I flipped my cards and Murry showed me K-7d for a flopped flush. That hand cost me the chip lead and I was hoping I could take out Magooch just to get HU on even terms. That`s exactly what happened when I raised with J-10d and called the small amount extra that Magooch had pushed in. His Q-8h went further ahead on the flop pairing his 8. The river saved the day for me though delivering a jack to send him to the rail.
So it was another cat and mouse game. We went back and forth for a bit with very little post flop action. The key hand was when I pushed from the SB with A-5 and Murry called and showed AK. It looked all over but the flop came 6-7-8 rainbow to give me some hope. The turn was a blank but the river was a 9 to give me the straight. That left Murry with just 2xBB and it was all over the next hand with my K-10 holding up against his 8-10. I don`t like to win via suckout but with blinds so high I don`t think my play was bad. It`s just poker as they say.
Friday I had a fun game with the MLP crew. We played PL 2-7 Triple Draw. I was one of the few players with any experience of the game although I`d never played it PL before. I had a few nice hands early on and was able to capitalise on a few mistakes made by other players and was up or around the chip leader for the first hour. I dropped down a bit as the field narrowed and decent starting hands became scarce. I was patient though and eventually found myself HU against Adam a player I know very little about. We swopped the chip lead about for a while neither of us getting much advantage then after he`d limped in I raised pot with a solid 4 card hand and he check-raised all-in. It was the first time he`d pulled that move on me and I decided to respect the raise and reluctantly folded. That and the next couple of hands left me with a 2-1 or so deficit. I picked my moments and clawed my way back to pretty much even and then came the key hand. I`d made a pat hand 8-7 high and put in a pot sized raise and he came right over the top to put me all-in. I knew my hand was vulnerable but decided it was too good to fold and made the call. It turned out his raise was a stone cold bluff and it took just a couple more hands to finish him off and give me my 4th MLP medal. As always it was great to win, and I suppose I was the pre-game favourite as I was the more experienced player. I know my opponent was the one with the bigger set of cheerleaders on the rail. A couple of people commented on the forum they would have liked him to win. Not through any dislike of me (at least I hope not) but because he`s a popular fellow and so far has just the one win on his record. I`ve no problem with that, I`m just pleased to take the win.
I had a short break and then it was into the First Depositors Freeroll on PDC. I`ve had a poor run in the ones I`ve played with only one final table (10th) and one other cash. I managed to build a chipstack this time though and found myself at the final table. I played patient and opportunistic poker and eventually found myself HU. My opponent had a 4 or 5-1 chip advantage though and although I rallied a little I was never able to really get on terms and ended up taking 2nd. A nice little cash but I was disappointed to miss out on the accolade.
I didn`t get to play on Saturday. I went down to see a couple of mates in the Midlands. Had a fun day and came back Sunday morning. I was shattered and crashed out for the afternoon before getting up for an MLP game and the 50K freeroll on Walker. I managed to bubble the MLP game. It was annoying not because I bubbled but because I lost connection at Nordice twice and saw KK, AQ and JJ autofold. The AQ and JJ were whilst we were six handed and the blinds were pretty steep. Of course I might have busted out with either of those hands but it was cruel to see them and not have the chance to play them.
Playing the MLP game had made me 45 minutes late for the 50k but I still ahd around 1800 chips and by the first break I`d managed to get myself up to approx 3500. I was eventually crippled after 3-betting QQ to put a player all-in. He called and turned over AK then hit a K on the flop. That left me with a couple of hundred chips and I was out a couple of hands later.
I wasn`t going to play again but after noticing there was an OPT game at 2am I decided to jump in. There were only 7 or 8 players and I played a nice game. I was chip leader for the most part. Myself, Murry amd Magooch were the final three. For the major part of the battle I had about half the chips on the table. Then I ended up with AKs in the SB. Blinds were 200/400 and I made it 1k to go. Murry called the 600 and the flop came 3 diamonds. I shut down and folded to a bet on the river. I flipped my cards and Murry showed me K-7d for a flopped flush. That hand cost me the chip lead and I was hoping I could take out Magooch just to get HU on even terms. That`s exactly what happened when I raised with J-10d and called the small amount extra that Magooch had pushed in. His Q-8h went further ahead on the flop pairing his 8. The river saved the day for me though delivering a jack to send him to the rail.
So it was another cat and mouse game. We went back and forth for a bit with very little post flop action. The key hand was when I pushed from the SB with A-5 and Murry called and showed AK. It looked all over but the flop came 6-7-8 rainbow to give me some hope. The turn was a blank but the river was a 9 to give me the straight. That left Murry with just 2xBB and it was all over the next hand with my K-10 holding up against his 8-10. I don`t like to win via suckout but with blinds so high I don`t think my play was bad. It`s just poker as they say.
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