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Final table stars 4k gtee good luck me 8th at mo but 20 bigs 1 double up got a chance
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Ran KQ into aq picked up the flush draw but no love, another frustrating run, gotta keep trying.
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2cd final table of the day erimus 14 if you fancy a rail.
Finished 7th hamstrung by chip leader who was hitting everything, lost two races at end, gotta learn to win them flips.
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Average start to August online, breaking even just in mtts thanks to a 10th and a 12th place in a couple of $55 tournaments on Stars, the rest have been pretty meh, was going quite well in the hot $33 the other day but got a bit to aggro with AQ, villain was always going to have AK for a 50 big blind pot and a good chance of going super deep disappeared into the ether.
I have decided to cash out 2/3rds of the money on Stars and only leave 1k there to play with and at the end of every month take any profit out and start again at 1k, if there is no profit just keep grinding it till there is. My initial thoughts were to try and reach 10k by the end of the year then withdraw but if I can top up my money in my carers role each month this will be of more benefit to us.
I can reload for specific events like sats to ukipt if I fancy another go at them, still kicking myself for throwing a potential seat away last week.
Good to hear Full Tilt may be reopening as I have $ 450 stuck in there, that will be a nice bonus which was was unexpected.
I haven"t played live for a while so I thought I would make an effort this week and have played 3 nights on the trot, the first game was on Sunday the 15/15 at the g, it attracted about 18 runners including PhilTC and Pokerpops, it was a really enjoyable game plenty of laughs, banter etc managed to finish 6th, losing a race AK v 55 flopped 5 killed me although I did hit an A and a K on the turn and river, thanks for that, if you read Pokerpops blog he and Phil chopped it Gl and wp them, although Dave is running in God mode at the minute, hope it continues for him.
The Monday night game was a £30 freeze out with 10 runners, it is 15 k in chips and gives plenty of play, it deserves to get more runners than it gets but if numbers were to increase think they would have to reduce starting stacks otherwise it would take 2 days to finish.
The mtt payed the top 2 but we were 3 handed I was shortstack 15 bigs one of the others offered a chop and I was happy to take £80, it was late and wanted to get home.
I popped over to the G to see if their Tuesday game was going ahead but it looked as though it wasn"t going to run so went to Gala instead, Pokerpops had done the same and we had a chat in the break both agreeing that this particular Card room tilts the hell out of us both, the two previous nights I had really enjoyed the game, people were being friendly, the game was good, valets giving good service, and just a nice ambiance, gala is the total opposite, but we are here and may as well play.
I got to the break with 10 big blinds after making 2 moves without success earlier, utg raises to 700 gets 3 callers, I look down at KJdd, decide to squeeze to 2k only worrying really about utg if he reraises I will reassess, call, call, call, now I have KJdd oop and a 10 k pot, only have 6k behind, Completely whiff the flop, all low cards and black, utg ships it all in, can"t do any thing,sigh fold he shows 45 for an up and down straight draw, outplayed ? Suppose so but I can"t do much once he has shoved flop.
Grinded for an hour or so back to 8k then at blinds 300/600 an argument ensues between one player who has just lost with KK v AK, pretty standard spot couldn"t see the need for shouting but think it was because another player had said something, I had put some music on previous to this as I didn"t really want to be there, I eventually lost a race 1010 me v AJ, J on he flop,no help for me on the turn and river, got to learn to win them flips.
So on the live front played 3 for a loss of a tenner, cheap nights out.
G are running a one dayer on Saturday,£100 buy in 20k chips 30 min blinds might pop along for that if my son gets home this weekend to look after Susan, plus the Stockon home game will be at the G this Thursday to celebrate and congratulate Dave on another successful run at Dtds Grand Prix.
Congratulations to Rob as well for his run at the Gps in Stoke, it"s good to see members doing well in various tourneys around the country, that"s your lot for now, run good, be lucky stay healthy.
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Online running pretty horrid at the moment not a sniff of anything, the closest coming in a $55 tournament when on the exact cash bubble small blind shoves all in I have 15 bigs look down at AQ, I could fold here and squeeze into the cash but I call, yippee he has Q3, 3 on the river, urgh, hey oh move on.
Also had a deepish run in the big $11 on stars losing another AK v a8 encounter small blind v big blind for a top 20 spot and the possibility of a decent run, but again wasn"t to be.
Apologies for the bad beat stories 50 p gone in the tin.
Better news on the live front played G casinos new comp it"s £100 20k starting stack 30 minute blinds and this month attracted 36ish runners I think, the casino added £300 as well.
I wont bore you with the early stages but got off to a good start when I hit a set of tens v AA, didn"t get full value as 4 clubs were on the board and it was checked down at the river.
The table was fairly solid with hardly any limping plenty o f 3 and 4 betting going on , I was a bit up and down and when we finally broke to two tables I had about 30 big blinds.
I got moved and ended up sitting to the right of Pokerpops and kept my stack between 25 and 30 bigs with a few light steals from the button, the decisive hand on this table was when it was the final table bubble, the short stack shoves from mid position about 35k small blind takes an age to fold I have QQ in the big blind, trivial call from me, villain turns over AA, urgh, first card out is a Q and the Q on the turn seals it for me, ul for the AA but I will take it.
We get to the final table, Pokerpops is there and with all decent regs it is not going to be an easy table, comp is paying top 6
Blinds are 1k5/3k and I have about 100k, so just over 30 bigs.
I get a few raises through with mid pairs uncontested so I am keeping a decent stack then comes the most significant hand of the night.
We are on the cash bubble (£280) for 6th place I look down at 10 10 I make my standard raise 2.5x, I can"t remember blinds but I have about 30 bigs behind, Pokerpops who probably has about 60 plus bigs 4 bets me a biggish amount I can"t remember the exact figure.
It folds around to me and I have a decision, it"s either fold or shove, the amount he had 4 bet me too didnt give me the option to set mine, I instantly shoved hoping to represent AA or KK, now I didn"t get an instant call so I am ruling out AA or KK, my thoughts are now if has JJ he can fold because I have made it look so strong, can he fold QQ if that is what he has, I keep watching him count out the chips to make the call, he tanked for a while and he eventually folded, I breathed a huge sigh of relief and showed my hand and from his reaction I think I got him to lay down the better hand, I don"t normally show and this was not intended as a rubdown or anything like that i was just glad it got through, speaking to him at the break he said he didn"t think I would do what I did with 10 10 on the cash bubble, he still hasn"t said what he had by the way, may have to read his blog later it might be in there.
In the above hand I think he calls most other players but he is pretty sure I am only doing that particular move with either aces or kings in that spot.
We get to 4 handed the chipleader has 35 bigs v 20 bigs I have 18and the short stack has 14, 4th place is £450 we discuss a deal at the request of chip leader who takes home £1200, second place takes £1k and myself and the other lad take home £875 each, quite happy with that,the £875 was more than 4th and 3rd place amounts so all in all a good days work.
Run good, be lucky stay healthy.
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