Still Running Good (Kind Of)
Last night I went out and got totally shit-canned. I came home and played poker, starting at about 2am (I think). I don't remember much, but I do remember looking at the clock and seeing that it was about 6:45. At that point I was up about $1300 and I as feeling good; I quit ahead this much.
Then today I woke up at about 1 and decided to play the 10+R on Stars that started at 1:30. It started with 1703 people, and i ended up holding up a bunch of poeople from going out by making the final table of this tournament. I was, as always, the chip leader from about 400 to about the last 20. Of course I never found any good spots and went to the final table somewhat short-stacked. I doubled on the 3rd hand of the final table by getting my 7BBs in with KK vs. A8o. A few hands later I lost what I thought was a pretty ridiculous race. Here was the action:
9-handed. UTG+1, who was the table short stack, limps for 60k. A fairly aggressive player raises to 180K, I make it ~900K all in with TT. All fold, UTG+1 jams, MP player thinks for a while and folds, UTG+1 has QJo, and I lose the race for most of my chips. UTG+1 actually got 2nd in the 1,000,000 Gtd on stars some time in the last month, which is surprising because he plays very badly (at least his play on this paritcular hand was very bad I think, and I really wasn't impressed by his overall play either). I was left with about 3BBs, which I got in quickly with AKo a few hands later to triple me up. About 5 hands later I got in against this same guy (UTG+1 from the previously described hand) with QQ vs. AKo for 10BBs. Again, I lost a key race at the final table to put me out in 9th for $975.
I can't complain because I've been running very good lately and I won a ton of races to get to the final table. But it still pisses me off that I can't get the one or two breaks I need to win one of these damn tourneys. Oh well, I won $5,000 this week which is pretty unimaginable for playing $1/$2 and $10 buyin tourneys. Good for me.
I'm leaving to go back to San Diego in about an hour and a half and I'll post some of the hands from the last week when I get back.
Good night to all.
Then today I woke up at about 1 and decided to play the 10+R on Stars that started at 1:30. It started with 1703 people, and i ended up holding up a bunch of poeople from going out by making the final table of this tournament. I was, as always, the chip leader from about 400 to about the last 20. Of course I never found any good spots and went to the final table somewhat short-stacked. I doubled on the 3rd hand of the final table by getting my 7BBs in with KK vs. A8o. A few hands later I lost what I thought was a pretty ridiculous race. Here was the action:
9-handed. UTG+1, who was the table short stack, limps for 60k. A fairly aggressive player raises to 180K, I make it ~900K all in with TT. All fold, UTG+1 jams, MP player thinks for a while and folds, UTG+1 has QJo, and I lose the race for most of my chips. UTG+1 actually got 2nd in the 1,000,000 Gtd on stars some time in the last month, which is surprising because he plays very badly (at least his play on this paritcular hand was very bad I think, and I really wasn't impressed by his overall play either). I was left with about 3BBs, which I got in quickly with AKo a few hands later to triple me up. About 5 hands later I got in against this same guy (UTG+1 from the previously described hand) with QQ vs. AKo for 10BBs. Again, I lost a key race at the final table to put me out in 9th for $975.
I can't complain because I've been running very good lately and I won a ton of races to get to the final table. But it still pisses me off that I can't get the one or two breaks I need to win one of these damn tourneys. Oh well, I won $5,000 this week which is pretty unimaginable for playing $1/$2 and $10 buyin tourneys. Good for me.
I'm leaving to go back to San Diego in about an hour and a half and I'll post some of the hands from the last week when I get back.
Good night to all.
posted by the_real_zano at 4:53 AM
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