THE LokaPokah (1/2)
Finally I have some time to write about the LokaPokah Super Satellite and of course, the main event itself.
LokaPokah Super Satellite 18.10.2006
I have to say that from the start I feld a little bit out-of-place since it seemed to me that all of the other players knew each other and the dealers. But the atmosphere was nice and relax so what can I say... It was cool. Anyway let's get to the actual game itself. The tournament was a rebuy tournament and there was 50 participants. Everybody started with a stack of 300 chips and the blinds started from 5/10 and were rising every half hour. After a couple of hands I once again got the feeling that maybe I'm in over my head in this game since couple of these older poker sharks managed to play their chips out and were forced to do a rebuy. That itself was good news that they were obviuosly playing quite loose but at the same time I saw how much money they were actually carrying with them. They seemed to have pocket full of 100€ and 200€ bills and all I had with me was 100€ in my wallet. I had decided earlier that at maximum I will do one rebuy (á 50€ -> 300 chips) if needed and then an add-on (á 50€ -> 600 chips) after the rebuy period.
Back to the game... After a few hands I was dealt pocket rockets (AA) and was starting to figure out that how should I play them when a fellow on my right raised to 40 (blinds were still 5/10) and couple of guys had called before him. I decided just to double the bet to 80 expecting everyone else to fold and hoping he would go all-in. Well... That was exactly what happened and we were of to showdown. He had KK so I was in quite nice position. I grapped my wallet to my hand just in case and listened to my heart beat. After the board was dealt I was the one stacking up chips and he was making a rebuy. WHoaa! Nice start!
After a while when I was on BB (blinds 10/20) I had K8 on my hand and I was lucky enough that 4 guys only called. After the flop hit quite nicely (understatement of the year) 8 K 8 I had a hard time not to laugh. Anyway. One guy raised something like 80 which I just called and the others folded. The next card was K making my hand even stronger. I just checked and he raised again but this time just a little bit more. I didn't have that much chips left anymore but I just called again. The river was J and figured out that if he has the KJ then I deserve to make the rebuy for not hitting him harder earlier and went all-in. Unfortunately he folded so I didn't get the maximum out of him but still... I was more than happy.
After the rebuy period ended I bought addon and had quite a nice stack of about 2000 or so. Then I didn't really get any decent cards for a long time and almost managed to drop out after AK didn't hit the flop. I made a good fold on my opinion even though I was bearly hanging on in the game. After a while I had just 450 left and the blinds were already 100/200. I got dealt with 22 and went all-in hoping that no-one calls but unfortunately one tight player called with 77. I was already packing my things but I managed to get a flush from the river so I survived... Wow. That really got my blood rushing for a while.
The very next hand I go A10s and pushed all-in again and doubled up again with pair of aces. Yes! I was back in the game!
After a while I almost got nailed when I went all-in with a pair of 7's against A10. He flopped a 10 and had to get lucky on the turn or the river and this time the turn card was my friend (7). A bit lucky I admit :)
After I made to the 9 seated final table the game slowed up quite a bit. There was 6 tickets available to the main event and 800€ left to 7th. I manage to steal blinds (500/1000) a couple of times with AA and AK (I would've like to play them though) and I decided to show the cards so that they'd know that I wasn't bullshitting them.
Soon. One guy who had played very solid and good game f..ked up by playing something he shouldn't have. Don't really remember what but anyway. He made mistake and was out! He must've been pissed.
Next one out of the game was a quite tight player called 'Antti' who did an unfortunate move of going all-in with 77 against massive chip leader who called the 2600 raise with 89 offsuite. Needles to say that he got a straight and 'Antti' was out.
After that the chip leader announced that he would like to take the 800€ rather than the ticket to the LokaPokah main event (worth 1050€) and no one didn't have anything against that (obviously) so the satellite was over and I got a ticket to the main event on next saturday.
Next up the main event!
LokaPokah Super Satellite 18.10.2006
I have to say that from the start I feld a little bit out-of-place since it seemed to me that all of the other players knew each other and the dealers. But the atmosphere was nice and relax so what can I say... It was cool. Anyway let's get to the actual game itself. The tournament was a rebuy tournament and there was 50 participants. Everybody started with a stack of 300 chips and the blinds started from 5/10 and were rising every half hour. After a couple of hands I once again got the feeling that maybe I'm in over my head in this game since couple of these older poker sharks managed to play their chips out and were forced to do a rebuy. That itself was good news that they were obviuosly playing quite loose but at the same time I saw how much money they were actually carrying with them. They seemed to have pocket full of 100€ and 200€ bills and all I had with me was 100€ in my wallet. I had decided earlier that at maximum I will do one rebuy (á 50€ -> 300 chips) if needed and then an add-on (á 50€ -> 600 chips) after the rebuy period.
Back to the game... After a few hands I was dealt pocket rockets (AA) and was starting to figure out that how should I play them when a fellow on my right raised to 40 (blinds were still 5/10) and couple of guys had called before him. I decided just to double the bet to 80 expecting everyone else to fold and hoping he would go all-in. Well... That was exactly what happened and we were of to showdown. He had KK so I was in quite nice position. I grapped my wallet to my hand just in case and listened to my heart beat. After the board was dealt I was the one stacking up chips and he was making a rebuy. WHoaa! Nice start!
After a while when I was on BB (blinds 10/20) I had K8 on my hand and I was lucky enough that 4 guys only called. After the flop hit quite nicely (understatement of the year) 8 K 8 I had a hard time not to laugh. Anyway. One guy raised something like 80 which I just called and the others folded. The next card was K making my hand even stronger. I just checked and he raised again but this time just a little bit more. I didn't have that much chips left anymore but I just called again. The river was J and figured out that if he has the KJ then I deserve to make the rebuy for not hitting him harder earlier and went all-in. Unfortunately he folded so I didn't get the maximum out of him but still... I was more than happy.
After the rebuy period ended I bought addon and had quite a nice stack of about 2000 or so. Then I didn't really get any decent cards for a long time and almost managed to drop out after AK didn't hit the flop. I made a good fold on my opinion even though I was bearly hanging on in the game. After a while I had just 450 left and the blinds were already 100/200. I got dealt with 22 and went all-in hoping that no-one calls but unfortunately one tight player called with 77. I was already packing my things but I managed to get a flush from the river so I survived... Wow. That really got my blood rushing for a while.
The very next hand I go A10s and pushed all-in again and doubled up again with pair of aces. Yes! I was back in the game!
After a while I almost got nailed when I went all-in with a pair of 7's against A10. He flopped a 10 and had to get lucky on the turn or the river and this time the turn card was my friend (7). A bit lucky I admit :)
After I made to the 9 seated final table the game slowed up quite a bit. There was 6 tickets available to the main event and 800€ left to 7th. I manage to steal blinds (500/1000) a couple of times with AA and AK (I would've like to play them though) and I decided to show the cards so that they'd know that I wasn't bullshitting them.
Soon. One guy who had played very solid and good game f..ked up by playing something he shouldn't have. Don't really remember what but anyway. He made mistake and was out! He must've been pissed.
Next one out of the game was a quite tight player called 'Antti' who did an unfortunate move of going all-in with 77 against massive chip leader who called the 2600 raise with 89 offsuite. Needles to say that he got a straight and 'Antti' was out.
After that the chip leader announced that he would like to take the 800€ rather than the ticket to the LokaPokah main event (worth 1050€) and no one didn't have anything against that (obviously) so the satellite was over and I got a ticket to the main event on next saturday.
Next up the main event!
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