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VBlue:
Blog Date: 10th September 2009
Full Tilt Poker and The Heron.
The Heron - Nuts Poker League
A final table 7th place, followed by 2 x 3rd place cashes in the last three weeks have given me some much needed points and all but cemented a qualification place, following a poor(ish) start to the league. All that has eluded me is a win.
With 17 in tonight, I again ensured that banter was fast and fierce. And with "The Kid" Baker sat to my left, our table was set for some sledging of the highest order; all in good spirit of course.
With all now familiar with our structure I will get straight down to the action.
I was paying less attention to my opponents play tonight, although feel like I have a decent read on most of them, having played 6 months now with this crowd. The Thurday-nighted (a term coined by Sean "The Russian") crowd were not in tonight, save for one or two.
For a flavour of the night I includ an extract from an article I wrote recently regarding pub poker, with this particular reference to The Heron:
In fact, downing several glass of Rose wine, followed by aftershocks and cocktails of many colours is the order of the day at our Thursday night venue. These players often arrive with good intentions, but as 10 o'clock approaches, taxis are ordered and a night up-town beckons. These players will now be happy to shove their chips in with any two cards, in the hope of being called and busted out of the tournament. You will not see this play made on the GUKPT or the WSOP. Be aware of your players, listen to what they say about which poker books they read, or which TV players they aspire to play like, but most importantly listen out for what time their taxi is booked and keep a mental note of their alcoholic unit consumption!
VBlue:
continued (problems adding to that last reply)
So, with a more civilised atmosphere, bar the trash talk, a good game ensued. I picked up 77 from the button and decided to "punish the limpers" (a move I regularly make a big noise about but rarely do without a hand) with a pot size bet of 400 with 4 callers. Craig Ross, early caller and rock solid, then made it 800. I gave it some thought and decided to preserve chips, with position and increasing blinds in mind.
Next hand I pick up 44 and make the same move again from the small blind with 5 callers and pick up 500 chips as all fold. That paid for the previous hand then!
With around 4,000 after the break, 10 BBs is probably average and an OK stack at this stage, for this structure. I then pick up 88 and get all my chips in, following 1 early caller with a large stack, knowing a call is likely with a wide range. QJ turns over and I hold to double up to about 6,000.
I then see AA and KK with no callers and make the final table with about 6,000.
The final table sees a few short stacks get knocked out fairly quickly and I play solid positional poker and also pick up a hand or two along the way which hold; KQ vs K rag my favourite. I eventually get heads-up, after holding AA and having the short stack move in on me; then take two hands to win it.
VBlue:
AK 2.5 x BB raise from button, all-in from Q10 and I call. Then move in with 33, with 90% of chips in play and a £50 payday is mine.
My morning went less well, but I remain philosophical about my play. I made a mis-step or two playing two tables, when hands appear on both at the same time and I have a decision, rather than an auto-play. I also made a re-raise from the SB with a small pocket (with a v.tight image) and then got shoved on, but inexplicably called, when I had made this move to fold to the all-in in the first place! JJ was turned over and I was out.
Played a few hands really well. One where I called in an early round and then flatted a raise with 10/9c, hit a 9 high flop and check called a c-bet and proceeded to extract good value, knowing exactly where I was at all times. A little risky, but an added dimension to my game I felt. I also had AA cracked when I owned A/rag when then shoved on the turn, with a flush draw showing and got outdrawn by the backdoor flush.
Only made one 2nd place cash, but am going to persevere with the two tables, as I will only get better by playing them more often and I will, of course, increase the number of games I am playing - times 2 if my maths is good!
Live Running Total = +£40
FT Running Total = +$9.5 (6 SNGs played)
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