The Seat That Never Was...
For those that have been following along, so much for optimism. Yesterday’s big tournament amounted to 4 hours of time spent with 0.00 return. I’m not really geared up for a long analyses just yet, but I’m taking it in stride. As you probably know, yesterday was my cutoff day. Without a seat secured, looks like I’m seeking open sponsorship…heh. Anyone? Anyone?
First hour of the tournament went extremely well. I was prepared to just sit back and wait my turn, but the first hour brought several premium hands and people were tight as a bug. So, used that to my advantage for a while. Late in the second hour I doubled up with QQ. Third hour I made a chunk with AJ diamonds. After that, the well seemed to go dry. Very few hands to screw around with. Blinds started eating me away. Finally got to a point of desperation and found A2 in the small blind. UTG calls, everyone folds to me including the button. I call. BB checks. Flop all rags. Everyone checks. Turn brings and A. I make a small bet, BB folds, other guy calls. River, no real help but not a dangerous card. I try to make a move and push with my pair of Aces. I’m really not sure why I did it. I knew he had to have an A of his own. He calls with A8 and I’m out of the tournament.
That play was just entirely stupid on my part. I was frustrated with my stack and was trying to make something out of nothing. In the end, I self destructed. Plain and simple. Sucks major donkey dick mind you…but it is what it is.
Unless by some miracle a seat comes floating my way extremely soon, no Vegas for me. I might sneak one more satellite in this evening, but we’ll see. 5 months on the same $100 investment is still pretty impressive considering what I have accomplished. Through that $100, I’ve played in several Sunday big tournaments, countless WSOP satellites, SNG’s, etc. After everything is said and done, I still have a fairly healthy bankroll and remain optimistic. I may not get to Vegas this year, but that’s not to say I don’t have a lot on the horizon to look forward to.
Okay, enough of the optimistic bullshit. I’m trying to be pissy, damnit!
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First hour of the tournament went extremely well. I was prepared to just sit back and wait my turn, but the first hour brought several premium hands and people were tight as a bug. So, used that to my advantage for a while. Late in the second hour I doubled up with QQ. Third hour I made a chunk with AJ diamonds. After that, the well seemed to go dry. Very few hands to screw around with. Blinds started eating me away. Finally got to a point of desperation and found A2 in the small blind. UTG calls, everyone folds to me including the button. I call. BB checks. Flop all rags. Everyone checks. Turn brings and A. I make a small bet, BB folds, other guy calls. River, no real help but not a dangerous card. I try to make a move and push with my pair of Aces. I’m really not sure why I did it. I knew he had to have an A of his own. He calls with A8 and I’m out of the tournament.
That play was just entirely stupid on my part. I was frustrated with my stack and was trying to make something out of nothing. In the end, I self destructed. Plain and simple. Sucks major donkey dick mind you…but it is what it is.
Unless by some miracle a seat comes floating my way extremely soon, no Vegas for me. I might sneak one more satellite in this evening, but we’ll see. 5 months on the same $100 investment is still pretty impressive considering what I have accomplished. Through that $100, I’ve played in several Sunday big tournaments, countless WSOP satellites, SNG’s, etc. After everything is said and done, I still have a fairly healthy bankroll and remain optimistic. I may not get to Vegas this year, but that’s not to say I don’t have a lot on the horizon to look forward to.
Okay, enough of the optimistic bullshit. I’m trying to be pissy, damnit!
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