Hi all,
Last time I posted I said that I would have a few tournaments coming up in the next couple of weeks.
Played the 1st of these today. 116 runners, £1k added £10 FO, 8K starting stacks with 20 min levels. Standard was pretty bad, so I was disappointed not to have done better. I think I played very well. I didn't feel like I made any big mistakes. Variance just got the better of me :(.
In the ME first big hand came in the 2nd level. Blinds were 50/100 and I had about 8800 chips. I have MP3 covered slighlty, think he has about 7-8K.
Dealt KQo on the BU and it 1 player limps in MP to the very LAGy player in MP3 (he had been opening almost every pot that wasn't opened before him) who decides to make it 400. I decided to flat call, as 3betting might have folded out worse hands and isolated me against better and the MP player limps.
3 to the flop, 1200 + 150 = 1350 roughly
I couldn't recall the board exactly but this is to the best of my memory:
(pot ~ 1350)
F: A :club:4 :spade:7 
MP checks, villain bets ~600 , I decided to float and flat call, MP folds
(pot ~ 2550)
T: 8 
Villain checks to me and I bet 1500, villain calls again......uh oh, best put the brakes on I guess
(pot: ~ 5550)
R: T
or something similar, I know it didnt complete FD's and there was no paint.
Villain checks.....
So I'm the river with K-high. I guess I should just give up now, but the only way I can win the pot now is by?????
betting!!!
I figured I could get him to fold weak pairs, since my image was very solid. I had played very few hands.
I bet 2700 and he tanks and folds. YAY! :f_biggrin:, says he folded A2. Niice
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Didn't really have any hands of note until 400/800. I had about 13,300 so was looking to get the moniez in.
UTG makes it 3K to go and I look down at QQ in UTG+1. Clearly move all-in. BU shoves maybe 9-10K or something, I have him covered anyway. UTG has us both covered, tanks and calls.
UTG shows JJ
BU shows AA 
No help on the F,T/R but I ended up staying alive with about 10BB or something.
Shortly after I managed to open shove 22 in the CO and get called by AKo in the BB. Board blanks and my 22 holds up to double through. So I was briefly back to 20BB before the blinds increased again.
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I end up getting moved. The antes get introduced and I shove a few hands AQo, AQs, and 44's to keep myself alive.
The final blow comes when it folds to me on BU with A4o with around 6BB and I shove and get called by KJo and the Turn is a K to seal the deal.
Finished about 40th/116.
Oh well, off to the cash tables. I spy with my little eye something beginning with f.... 
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The only game they had on was NL100 1/1, but the table was filled with pub poker players, easy game.
I sat down w/ £50 all I had on me at the time.
1st big hand:
Eff stacks with MP3 are like 40BB since he was slightly shorter stacked with about £40
K :diamond:J
on the CO
UTG straddles to £2, fold, fold, MP2 calls £2, MP3Calls £2, Hero raises to £10, BU folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, MP2 folds, MP3 calls £8
(Pot: £28)
Flop: 7 :diamond:5 :diamond:7 : 
MP3 checks, I check behind
(Pot: £28)
Turn: J 
MP3 bets £13, and I call since he can sometimes have 55, 7x or AJ maybe. In addition I am not too scared of the FD since I have the K
and he can often go broke with worse flushes if he makes it. Of course he can also have A :diamond:Xx
I guess a better line given his stack:pot size would have been to just raise him all in on the flop to get value from worse pairs and draws, clearly I am committed to any bets he makes on the river.NVM
(Pot: £54)
River: 8 
Villain checks, I bet his remaining £17, he calls
MP3 shows 9 :spade:T
for a straight
I win £88 with King High Flush
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Unfortunately, I had leave shortly after when my friend bubbled the ME and said he wanted to go.
I said I would play 15 more mins and immediately get dealt:
A :spade:A
in the CO (boom!)
with about £100
UTG raises to £3, some folds, Loose Passive MP3 calls £3, Hero raises to £12, folds back to UTG, UTG calls £8, MP3 calls £8
(Pot: £38)
Flop: K :diamond:9 :diamond:7 
UTG checks, MP3 bets £5 and is All-in, Hero raises to £32, UTG tanks and folds
(Pot: £48)
Turn: Blank, lets say 2 
River: J 
MP3 shows KJo for two pair and wins £48
so I finshed on about £80 not too bad +£30 on the cash -£10 on the MTT, so +£20 on the day. Not too bad, just a shame I didnt win more and couldn't stay longer 
Confidence is high now for 888 Birmingam Superstack next weekend. £165 BI (satellited in for $12) deep stacks and slow structure, but I am assuming the standard will be much high for this.
Wish me luck
:f_thumbsup: