1st Place Finish...
It would appear as though the Poker Gods have smiled upon me and shed their grace upon thee. I used a sacrificial yak this time. Seems to work.
Took 1st place in a $20 180 person Multi Table Tournaments last night which paid $1,080.00. Was quite the tournament. I'm often preaching to minimize your distractions. But last night, I was bound and determined to screw around with my blog template. I ended up mucking it all to hell which allowed me to spend the duration of the evening fixing the code. While doing this, I kept trucking along in this MTT. Sometimes I think it's okay to have something to occupy your mind between hands. Granted, it's a fine balance of taking on too much. I'll be talking about this in more detail in an article I hope to be posting later today.
The tournament itself had me riding a few roller coasters, but in the end I just had better hands than my opponents more often than not. I really took the time last night to study my surroundings, habits, etc. Really worked well. Made it in to the money with a good stack, not great. Found myself in real need to make a move or accept a poor money showing. The tournaments momentum swung in my direction when I decided to play my position aggressively against the BB. He was a bit shorter stacked than I. My hefty raised urged him to either fold or push the rest of his stack. When he pushed back, I made a decision to call no matter what with my K9d. He turned over 22. I hit a 9 on the flop. People questioned this play on my part. So let me briefly explain my reasoning:
I'm the agreesor in late position with no other action. The BB is the only one remaining with a decision. I'm somewhat committed to the pot at this point with my good raise. If he pushes back, I know that more than like it's close to 50/50 or I would be the underdog with his A bad kicker. I liked my chances here and I figured this was a great spot to double my stack and make a play for a deep money finish. With his raise back at me, I figured him for mid pocket pairs like 66, 77, 88. My thinking paid off. Yes, it was a good flop for me sending me to the final table with a strong chip count.
The final table really was a test of patience. I was in a comfortable position to make several moves for the blinds allowing me to increase my lead. People finally starting knocking each other out. I finally ended up heads up severely short stacked. I was looking at 30k in chips against, 170k in chips. At this stage, my only hope is pure aggression. Plus, I knew someone was looking down on me when the second hand in to the heads up challenge brings me a steel wheel, hearts. From that point on, I doubled up several times with better hands resulting in this final hand:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?380237
Last nights win certainly beefs up my bankroll which I will graciously accept. I can now focus on the WSOP home stretch. Vegas or bust, baby!
Good luck out there,
Adam
Took 1st place in a $20 180 person Multi Table Tournaments last night which paid $1,080.00. Was quite the tournament. I'm often preaching to minimize your distractions. But last night, I was bound and determined to screw around with my blog template. I ended up mucking it all to hell which allowed me to spend the duration of the evening fixing the code. While doing this, I kept trucking along in this MTT. Sometimes I think it's okay to have something to occupy your mind between hands. Granted, it's a fine balance of taking on too much. I'll be talking about this in more detail in an article I hope to be posting later today.
The tournament itself had me riding a few roller coasters, but in the end I just had better hands than my opponents more often than not. I really took the time last night to study my surroundings, habits, etc. Really worked well. Made it in to the money with a good stack, not great. Found myself in real need to make a move or accept a poor money showing. The tournaments momentum swung in my direction when I decided to play my position aggressively against the BB. He was a bit shorter stacked than I. My hefty raised urged him to either fold or push the rest of his stack. When he pushed back, I made a decision to call no matter what with my K9d. He turned over 22. I hit a 9 on the flop. People questioned this play on my part. So let me briefly explain my reasoning:
I'm the agreesor in late position with no other action. The BB is the only one remaining with a decision. I'm somewhat committed to the pot at this point with my good raise. If he pushes back, I know that more than like it's close to 50/50 or I would be the underdog with his A bad kicker. I liked my chances here and I figured this was a great spot to double my stack and make a play for a deep money finish. With his raise back at me, I figured him for mid pocket pairs like 66, 77, 88. My thinking paid off. Yes, it was a good flop for me sending me to the final table with a strong chip count.
The final table really was a test of patience. I was in a comfortable position to make several moves for the blinds allowing me to increase my lead. People finally starting knocking each other out. I finally ended up heads up severely short stacked. I was looking at 30k in chips against, 170k in chips. At this stage, my only hope is pure aggression. Plus, I knew someone was looking down on me when the second hand in to the heads up challenge brings me a steel wheel, hearts. From that point on, I doubled up several times with better hands resulting in this final hand:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?380237
Last nights win certainly beefs up my bankroll which I will graciously accept. I can now focus on the WSOP home stretch. Vegas or bust, baby!
Good luck out there,
Adam
WSOP or Bust? I'll guess bust.
Posted by
Anonymous |
2:24 PM
Here's hoping you can't guess worth a damn.
Posted by
alabare |
3:11 PM
Great job!
Posted by
Anonymous |
1:39 AM