YET! Still time... It's coming and it's coming soon! Won a sat to get into the Sunday ME qualifier last night and ended up finishing about 80th. They were giving out 25 seats. I was in the BB first hand and had the powerful 7-5o and someone raised in early position. I folded and then saw a flop of 7-7-8. Great I thought, going to be one of those nights. A few orbits later I'm in the SB and have K-3o and fold when UTG+1 doubled the BB. I then watch a flop of K-K-5. The guys got it all in and Qs held up. We started with 3k in chips and I was down to about 1800 early. I fought back and built it up to 4k and then it went south from there...
On to the next one!
Monday, April 30, 2007
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Charity Tourney...
Played in a Charity Tourney this past Sunday. Played OK, but didn't make it deep. I didn't get to many hands early, I did flop straight with a sooted KJ after making a raise one off the button pre-flop. The guy said he laid down A's after I check raised him all in. I'm sure he had nothing. The structure was set for a charity tourney, 30 min levels and re-buys for the first 3 hours. There were 180 people in the tourney and they had over 300 re-buys plus another 120 add-ons after the re-*buy period was over. The buy-in was $150 and the re-buys and add-ons were $100. The first prize was a seat to the ME of the WSOP.
I ended up making a table for the tourney which paid for my buy-in. The guys organizing the tourney paid for the materials and I donated my time to make the table. The table was a hit, they actually gave it at the 4th place prize and used it during the tourney. It was also used as the final table. You can see a pic of it in use during the tourney here...
Back to the tourney... Just before the add-on, the first break, I turned it up a notch. I was pretty short stack and went into hyper mode. I was trying to get a bunch of chips or get down under 500 in chips so I could re-buy and add-on at the break. There were about 5 min left and I started raising every hand. A few times I had hands, other times I didn't. I went uncontested every time. It was almost like playing on the bubble, everyone went into shut down mode. I built up my stack up until the last hand. I ended up doubling the guy to my left after I raised on the button. He called and the BB raised it up 1100 after a flop of K5x. I called and the SB pushed. The BB folded. I was sure the SB had a K. It was another 1200 to me to win a 6k pot. No option but call. I had 56 sooted and was hoping I could suck out, I didn't and was down to about 1200. I added on and was still short stacked after the break.
I won a couple hands and then got KK utg+2. Blinds were 200/400 and I made it 800 to go. Everyone folded around and I showed my KK. The very next hand I got AA, sweet! I once again said, "$800..." The guy in the BB just sat down a couple hands earlier and it was folded around to the guy in the SB a very solid player. He capped his cards with his Jade Buddha and sat back. Every time he did that he had a hand. He thought a few, looked at me and thought some more. I had a tight image at the table and really was only playing solid hands, all until the break. I showed a few hands when I bet out and was folded to me and I had the nuts. I didn't show any strength or weakness and after a few, he ended up just calling. The guy in the BB looked at us both and said, "I'll let you boys fight this one out..." He said he fold JJ after the hand was over. I also saw him a few hours later and he confirmed that again. The flop came all low cards. The SB thought a sec and said "All-in". With no hesitation I said "Call, Aces..." and he said "Shit!" He turned over 10-10 and he didn't improve. I had him covered and he was out. I've played with the guy before, I think it was WSOP circuit in AC last year. I'm sure I'll see him again...
The very next hand I F’d up... Now on the BB I get AJ. The guy in the 3 seat, another very solid player who had been getting the deck smacked up side his head (been getting great cards) raised. I said to the guy to my left, "that's not good!" I called the extra 400 and we saw a flop of A5Q. This is where I dropped it. I bet out to see where I was and he re-raised all in. I'd been on a rush and put him on a med or small pair. Well, he had a small pair, a pair of 5s. Oops and I was out the door.
All in all it was a good time. Wish I went a little deeper, but there is always next year. Congrats Rick and Derwin, both made the final table and Rick acutally took 2nd winning a trip to the Bahamas!
I ended up making a table for the tourney which paid for my buy-in. The guys organizing the tourney paid for the materials and I donated my time to make the table. The table was a hit, they actually gave it at the 4th place prize and used it during the tourney. It was also used as the final table. You can see a pic of it in use during the tourney here...
Back to the tourney... Just before the add-on, the first break, I turned it up a notch. I was pretty short stack and went into hyper mode. I was trying to get a bunch of chips or get down under 500 in chips so I could re-buy and add-on at the break. There were about 5 min left and I started raising every hand. A few times I had hands, other times I didn't. I went uncontested every time. It was almost like playing on the bubble, everyone went into shut down mode. I built up my stack up until the last hand. I ended up doubling the guy to my left after I raised on the button. He called and the BB raised it up 1100 after a flop of K5x. I called and the SB pushed. The BB folded. I was sure the SB had a K. It was another 1200 to me to win a 6k pot. No option but call. I had 56 sooted and was hoping I could suck out, I didn't and was down to about 1200. I added on and was still short stacked after the break.
I won a couple hands and then got KK utg+2. Blinds were 200/400 and I made it 800 to go. Everyone folded around and I showed my KK. The very next hand I got AA, sweet! I once again said, "$800..." The guy in the BB just sat down a couple hands earlier and it was folded around to the guy in the SB a very solid player. He capped his cards with his Jade Buddha and sat back. Every time he did that he had a hand. He thought a few, looked at me and thought some more. I had a tight image at the table and really was only playing solid hands, all until the break. I showed a few hands when I bet out and was folded to me and I had the nuts. I didn't show any strength or weakness and after a few, he ended up just calling. The guy in the BB looked at us both and said, "I'll let you boys fight this one out..." He said he fold JJ after the hand was over. I also saw him a few hours later and he confirmed that again. The flop came all low cards. The SB thought a sec and said "All-in". With no hesitation I said "Call, Aces..." and he said "Shit!" He turned over 10-10 and he didn't improve. I had him covered and he was out. I've played with the guy before, I think it was WSOP circuit in AC last year. I'm sure I'll see him again...
The very next hand I F’d up... Now on the BB I get AJ. The guy in the 3 seat, another very solid player who had been getting the deck smacked up side his head (been getting great cards) raised. I said to the guy to my left, "that's not good!" I called the extra 400 and we saw a flop of A5Q. This is where I dropped it. I bet out to see where I was and he re-raised all in. I'd been on a rush and put him on a med or small pair. Well, he had a small pair, a pair of 5s. Oops and I was out the door.
All in all it was a good time. Wish I went a little deeper, but there is always next year. Congrats Rick and Derwin, both made the final table and Rick acutally took 2nd winning a trip to the Bahamas!
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