51€ No-Limit Freezeout at the Grand Casino Helsinki
How should I start... Well. During the time I stayed in the tournament I managed to have AKs, AK, AQ, AJc, 88, 66 and some other fairly ok hands that you really would like to see the flop with. And how many pots did I end up winning? ...2 ...Yes 2. The first pot I got by just calling couple of small raises when the board was 7 7 5 5 10. I figured that the pot odds where good enough for a call but I didn't really have stack to start bullying around so I just played weakly and hoped for the best. I won. So far so good.
Oh yeah... Forgot to mention. I managed to loose almost half of my 300 chip stack on the third hand of the tournament when I was in Big Blind with KQ and when then flop was K J 3 and the turn was A. I was quite sure that the opponent had AK or AQ since he raised to 30 before the flop (blinds were 5/10) and he called my bet of 30 after the flop. He bet 30 or 40 after the turn and I called just to see if I make the straight or a trips draw. I didn't, so I had to fold when he bet 100 after the river. Damn...
Just couple of hands after that I had AK and I re-raised to 75 after player on my right had raised to 30 from UTG position. He called my raise and we went to see the flop. It had the K so bet 30 after he checked and he didn't want to see more.
After that I had about the same amount of chips as in the start of the tournament (300) so I was doing ok and wasn't really even worried. Then I got quite a few nice starting hands as I mentioned but didn't really catch anything from the board and even though I made good folds I did loose the bets and calls I had to pay to see the flops.
And what finally broke the camels back? Well... A bit stupid play this early on in the tournament but I did what I did for a reason. I had 225 of chips left and I was on the small blind with pair of 9's (the blinds were 20/40). A guy I know to be very loose and aggressive player raised to 160 early on and everybody else folded. I figured that it will be a coin toss at worse case and decided to go all-in. I was right. He had off-suit KJ but he flopped K Q x and the turn was J so I needed a 9 or 10 in the river. It didn't come :( Player OUT! Good night. Better luck next week :)
Oh yeah... Forgot to mention. I managed to loose almost half of my 300 chip stack on the third hand of the tournament when I was in Big Blind with KQ and when then flop was K J 3 and the turn was A. I was quite sure that the opponent had AK or AQ since he raised to 30 before the flop (blinds were 5/10) and he called my bet of 30 after the flop. He bet 30 or 40 after the turn and I called just to see if I make the straight or a trips draw. I didn't, so I had to fold when he bet 100 after the river. Damn...
Just couple of hands after that I had AK and I re-raised to 75 after player on my right had raised to 30 from UTG position. He called my raise and we went to see the flop. It had the K so bet 30 after he checked and he didn't want to see more.
After that I had about the same amount of chips as in the start of the tournament (300) so I was doing ok and wasn't really even worried. Then I got quite a few nice starting hands as I mentioned but didn't really catch anything from the board and even though I made good folds I did loose the bets and calls I had to pay to see the flops.
And what finally broke the camels back? Well... A bit stupid play this early on in the tournament but I did what I did for a reason. I had 225 of chips left and I was on the small blind with pair of 9's (the blinds were 20/40). A guy I know to be very loose and aggressive player raised to 160 early on and everybody else folded. I figured that it will be a coin toss at worse case and decided to go all-in. I was right. He had off-suit KJ but he flopped K Q x and the turn was J so I needed a 9 or 10 in the river. It didn't come :( Player OUT! Good night. Better luck next week :)
posted by M_ace_T at 21:22
1 Comments:
Good work man. I guess you are getting better and better player each time... I am a player as well but honestly Iam playing totally different kind of games. I still can assure to you that when I am coming back to Finland I will start playing Texas Hold'em with big heart and I will be one of the greates player ever. So prepare yourself... :Ihep
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