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--- Quote from: Erimus on September 21, 2013, 22:08:47 PM ---
Out of the £150 jj into qq, got 50 bigs in the big 55, very early days though, I will accept this as a substitute.

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Yes do a win - come to Vegas. That is my advice for people in general this weekend it seems.

Erimus:
Min cash big 55, KK loses to AQ, then A 10 into QQ, then the rest AJ into QQ, yawn they just have it every time.

Again got lucky once pre cash, when I rivered 2 pair so was effectively freerolling, keep at it.

Erimus:
Just got back from my triple header poker weekend at the G managed to get a chop 4 ways £200 each which I was well happy with as the following will explain.

Get to the final table with around 15 bigs, literally been card dead since the start and only managed to keep alive with a few well timed shoves over limpers.

My first 3 hands on the Ft are Ak twice and Kings which I didnt get any action from as the 2 limpers folded to reraises.

We are now 6 handed and a bubble payment is refused so we play on, I thought I had already cashed, apparently only 5 paid, need to go to specsavers.

Get QQ , I raise, get reraised all in, I call QQ v AQ, happy days, flop k j 10, marvellous, the chips are counted and I am left with 9k at blinds 6k/3k and I am in big blind next.

Utg raises I don"t bother looking and call blind villain turns over 77, I have found JJ, in the big blind, which holds, yippee I have 6 bigs, next hand I see a jack in the small blind, it"s folded round to me and I shove and gets through, up to 10 bigs now.

Next hand folds to me on the button I get Q8, all in, get snapped in the bb, by the guy who had cracked the queens, he tables 77, door card a queen, back to 26 bigs and can now raise fold at least once but I am no longer desperate.

5 left now we agree all to take £100, and play for the rest, We lose one more player so are 4 handed, then a mad hand, shortie all in q10, called by q9, and big blind who is priced in has q7, flop Q high, there was no action as the 2 players covering the all in guy check it down so the shortie trebles up, blinds are now 12k/6k, we do a quick count and we are all fairly level so we agree to a 4 way chop.

Would of preferred the luck in the bigger tournament but a decent enough run in the 3 games, Tuesdays 30/30 next on the agenda.

Erimus:
Made the Final table of the 30/30 last night at the g.

Unfortunately busted 8th for no cash, pretty standard exit hand AK v QQ which if I failed to connect with, actually turned into a freeroll as another well known member managed to chop it 3 ways, we swop a bit in each tournament so he saved my bacon, well played Dave. He got rather fortunate in one hand but we all need a bit of luck and I was rooting for the 9 or 7 to bink so his k9 would beat Ak, the 7 duly arrived to give him an unlikely straight.

Apparently a new 2 monthly league starts at the weekend in which all results from every game count as I only play 2 nights a week might not make a dent but we will see, 3/3 final tables since last week plus one at Gala been running ok.

Was hoping to miss the start of the game as I was deep on a $26 mtt on Tilt, alas QQ not good enough against The buttons KK for a final table spot and chip lead, finished 18th or so.

Had some monster hands yesterday, first hand of a $33 mtt on stars, rivered a house but was already dead villain had quads, yuk, and last night live, rivered a full house, the smaller one but the 9 which gave me a house gave the villain a straight flush, the 9 saved me from losing the lot as I just called villains value bet, a 9 was definitely in his range, plus it was one of those nights for him were every pot he was in he just smashed, he was part of the chop at the end, if there was betting in play I would of had £10 on him to win it at 9pm.

Next game probably Galas £40 on Friday, May play at least 1 Grand Prix game on Dtd, my usual problem exits in the fact if I do make a Day 2, getting Susan looked after for a full day is problematic but it"s worth at least one go, even for the min cash of £250.

Run good, be lucky stay healthy.

Erimus:
More bubbles than a bar of aero at the minute made my 4th consecutive final table at the G tonight in the £10 rebuy, was only in for £20 so no biggie finished 8th, actually 2 of the cash but near enough, got to the final table in ok shape but a baby flush being beaten by it"s slightly older brother seen my stack diminish, called blind with 96 in the big blind to 5 big shove, had 2 live cards, but despite picking up a middle pin draw on the flop the villains hand held Q high good, my final 3 blinds went in with j7 but again didn"t improve versus a king high hand.

Also went out in 37th place, 36 paid in a $26 on tilt, ran JJ sb into big blinds KK, could of actually folded but the payouts  at the bottom of these things are not worth bothering about, was healthy before the bubble but I lost 3 hands v short stacks before the bubble burst, was ahead in 2 of them but got outdrawn, and ran into AA in the other, still continuing to run poorly on Tilt although I have got deepish in a few in the last week but not getting the rub of the green at the business end of the game, tournament poker can be pretty brutal.

The mtts at the G usually attract between 25/45 players and are effectively sngs and my general game is Tag early, which usually serves me well, I do open up mid game, as this is when a lot of the others tighten up ( there are one or two exceptions so I try to avoid them) i do find it difficult to accumulate chips mid game as people assume I am raising with a fairly tight range, so I know if people play back at me they are usually with solid holdings so unless I pick up decent equity I have to tread carefully, these things are 20 minute blind levels after the break so you have to get a bit creative.

I was also called crazy tonight, which is not a word which often describes my poker playing skills, he pushed with 33 (8 bigs) , I isolated on the button with KQ suited, and we have totally standard flip at this stage, I picked up a flush draw on the flop so I am now a slight favourite, I river the Queen, and say unlucky to the villain who says "you make some crazy calls", and off he pops.

Galas £40 freeze out tonight, let"s try and get a stack and actually win one of these things, run good, be lucky stay healthy.

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