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monkeyman:
Praise be! I"ve actually managed to cash in a tournament. I had 2 attempts yesterday and the first was in an $11 "deepstack" (3000 chips is deep is it?) shorthanded affair on Betfair. I had the right side of a set-on-set confrontation in the first hour, but otherwise had to rely on scraps and eventually went out in around 80th place, about 20 places outside the money.
Tourney number 2 was a 5 euro deepstack on Ladbrokes at 7.30pm. I"ve not played in it for a while and its a curious beast. Not only is it 8-handed, but the, normally several hundred, players can be divided into 2 camps; two-thirds are utterly incompetent and will happily go all-in during the first level (250xbb starting stack) with either flopped top pair or any pocket pair. Negotiate the first hour, preferably with a double-up and things settle down a bit. If you get to the last 80 or so players the tournament changes character completely, as by that stage most players know what they are doing and the standard of play is worthy of a higher buy-in. I managed to double-up on the second hand of the first level, although as if to illustrate my point about the volatile nature of the early stages, I was only in eighth place when I did! I eventually departed in 23rd place (from 291 starters). With around 12-13 x bb I shoved with pocket jacks, got a caller (pocket sixes) and flopped a full house to put me into 10th place. The next hand I was in the big blind with pocket queens, the action folded to the tournament leader on the button who raised,I shoved he called with aces and it was all over. For around 3.75 hours play I made a profit of 9 euros.
I think both tournaments suggested to me that my tournament play is as healthy as its ever been and there"s a sizeable win waiting just around the corner. World domination could yet be mine. Hmm, maybe.
monkeyman:
Tonight"s action was from the same Ladbrokes deepstack event I cashed in on my last attempt a few days ago. Try using your psychic powers to work out how this hand finished.........
258 players started and the payout went to 32nd place. There are 33 players left, I have approximately 26000 chips, blinds are 500/1000 with a 100 ante and I am in 18th/19th place. The action folds to me in the cut-off where I make a standard raise with pocket queens. The only other action is from the small blind, who has double my stack and goes all-in. I look at the list of remaining players and see that in last place is someone with a mere 2890 chips, but I make the call. My opponent has AK. The question is what happened next (answer below)
There was an ace on the river meaning I was eliminated on the bubble whereas winning the hand would have put me comfortably in the top 10. Sigh............ One time. :"(
monkeyman:
It looks like I"m becoming obsessed with one particular tournament and with good reason. Once again I"ve played the 5.5 euro 8 seater deepstack on ladbrokes and again I"ve just sneaked into the money, this time with precious little assistance from the dealer. I swear if I played it every night for a month I would take it down at least once. Top prize was tonight was 415.59 euro and of the 315 entrants, probably 200-240 were utterly clueless. That just has to be good value. Its got my name on it sometime soon.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWChhdIgT6Q[/youtube]
monkeyman:
Well I don"t know, I turn my back for a couple of days and Betfair try and confuse me by changing their short-handed tables from 5 to 6 players. To be fair to them though, they did compensate for the confusion by allowing me to win a threeway all-in with my AK prevailing against QQ and KQ. How very kind of them.
Its now only 48 hours until I play my first live poker since last November at Coventry. Walsall on thursday afternoon is the place and much as I disliked the venue on my only previous visit, I"m really looking forward to it. I am currently toying with the idea of getting my specially commisioned, bright yellow "Idrivetractors" t-shirt out of storage to mark the occasion,but I suspect that plan will go the same way as the one regarding the wearing of a Norwich City shirt in Cardiff on saturday; into the folder marked "Not the best idea you"ve ever had"
thinsy147:
Good luck in Walsall ;)
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