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pokerpops:
The local G has a Sunday Deepstack tournament, starts at 4pm and has a 40,000 SS. Yep, 40,000. If you register before 3.50 you get an extra 10%. That"s 4,000 chips, with blinds starting at 25/50 and four 30 minute levels, which would probably make a decent enough tournament in itself.
Anyway, they also have Sky so I decided to combine a game of poker with watching MUFC at Arsenal. Neither venture ended well.
Obviously the £25+£5 cost deters very few and the opening levels see more limping than you"d see in a room full of people with sprained ankles.
It"s fun though, the majority of players are pleasant and as long as you accept that there probably isn"t a pre flop raise to reduce 7limpers to one or maybe two callers.
I had a fairly card dead afternoon and although I won a few pots they were generally small and having value cut myself betting three streets with AQ on A4Qxx to be shown a set of fours by the lovely white haired Betty. Betty got me again a little later when she backed into a straight having called me all the way with second pair. She didn"t even realise what she had...
My exit came when I shipped 13BB wth KQ from the big blind over two limpers and the small having completed. Called by sixes which held. Not unhappy with his call because sixes are some way behind my range for the shove. (66+, KQs+, A10o+ feels about right?) any views appreciated.
That"s seven live tournaments in a row where I haven"t troubled the scorer, but I felt good about my game and my reads in general.

Online I now have
7 X $5.50
2 X $22
and somehow the roll is now up to $18 which I think is due to Party dealing with a mid-tournament crash by sharing out the notional $11 prize pool as cash.

Fatcatstu:
Think i would be pushing a bit wider than that to be honest, pretty much any pair, most suited connectors and alot of Ax"s.

Would just be expecting to see so many limp folds here.

pokerpops:

--- Quote from: Fatcatstu on October 06, 2015, 10:22:39 AM ---
Think i would be pushing a bit wider than that to be honest, pretty much any pair, most suited connectors and alot of Ax"s.

Would just be expecting to see so many limp folds here.

--- End quote ---


Maybe online...

The population in this game doesn"t like folding when they already have chips in the pot. We"re still some way off the money at this stage so I was leaning toward the stronger range.

pokerpops:
Been a bit quiet on the poker front. Played very few of the centrolls with only small success, used a $5.50 on a 3 X $109 satellite. With 5 left and 3 seats plus $85 for fourth I ran AK(SB) into chip leader"s A5(BB)
Not at all sure what they were thinking when they called. If I hold he is reduced to shortest stack.
Oh well, never mind, onward we go.

Can"t play this weekend so this week"s traditional DTD generosity has to be passed by.
With 100 seat guarantees and the 32 seat flip centrolls it"s a shame to be missing out.
Oh well, never mind, onward we go.

pokerpops:
So...

Something to report finally.

Haven"t played much poker of any description over the past weeks. The DTD/Party cent rolls have become even more of a lottery with c80 runners competing for the one seat now. Seems a waste of time so unless I find myself with a lot of that I won"t be bothering. I have a few $5.50 and two $22 tickets we"ll see how they go.
I did play the APAT satellite two Thursday"s ago and managed to do a win without really ever being in trouble. Everything just fell into place for me throughout.

Which brings me to the weekend just gone and a trip to Aspers ink Newcastle for the UK Championship.

This was a fabulous event. Ignoring the late start everything was well organised and the dealers were outstandingly good. On a par with DTD IMHO. Valets were brilliant too - and appropriately dressed (take note Mr Yong, valets don"t have to flash legs and cleavage to keep customers happy. They just need to be around, take orders and bring the drinks/food to the table in a reasonable time)

We started a little late, which was quite good for me since I had only arrived with 15mins to spare due to my satnav and Newcastle"s one way system not fully understanding each other...

A few highlights
NB some bet sizes may not be 100% accurate, my memory isn"t what it was.

First hand, the very first hand, I get comfy in my seat, sort my stack and find two black aces. Visions of a very early exit cross my mind.
I"m seat 4 and the button is seat 9 I think. Anyway, seat 3 makes it 150, I pause and make it 425, seat 7 makes it 1200...
Oh my, what have got into here?
Folds back to me and I contemplate flatting for deception but decide that a raise is in order (obviously never folding). I make 3400 and seat 7 dwells up and folds KK face up.
I announce that "I hate jacks" but I don"t think anyone was convinced.
Had a great run of cards from there in. Raised 44 and made a house on the turn which I got paid for.
Had AA V KK BvB all in pre ( SB 4bet jammed about 15k at 100/200)
Made a rivered nut flush vs a big pair where I don"t think I should still have been in the hand by the river, but, hey ho, I won the pot :)

Got to the dinner break as chip leader with 105k and then had a steady decline in stack till close of play ending with 58k.

Day 2 to follow

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