Thursday
ok so we back online and playing in the 5 OO the flagship tourney on sky,televised live on sky sports(best perfomance 5th so far)
find myself not getting any premium hands,but facing reraises and all ins- keep managing to fold the winning hands,for example i have K hearts J hearts, we get a raise and an all in and call,with JJ against AQ ....i think good fold,until flop is K spades 6 spades K clubs ....turn is 2 clubs river 5 spades,JJ takes it,but i mean is it good policy to put your tourney life on KJ hearts against two all ins?I dont think so.......anyway we struggle on and after a dwindling stack i find myself with 2 Big Blinds at levels of 400/800 now i have been just getting awful cards 10 3 ,6 3 ,5 7 , 4 8,7 9,10 4,10 8 ,and eventually we get to the stage where my BB is almost my stack,so on my BB i call a raise with 7 9 unsuited,he has 66 ...ok i think have a chance,flop is 6 spades J diamonds 10 hearts,turn is 2 spades,river is Q clubs and we out ....in 145 out of 490....
so we play a couple of Double Your Moneys(a favourite of mine due to time and structure,and that SKY was the first Poker site to offer this Tournement)
first one and bear in mind i have a record for this tournement in knocking all the other players out in 11 hands dealt,so needless to say they can be quite aggressive...
ok we get A hearts 5 spades in the big blind with two callers i check flop is
5 hearts 4 diamonds A diamonds,i think need to add to the pot,and with two diamonds on board,have to move a little on any draws,so we bet just over half the pot,get two calls,think ok,turn is 7 spades,so we bet three quarters of pot 500 and still two callers,big pot brewing,river is 8 spades, i bet 750 leaving me pot committed,set 3 reraises all in,and i reluctantly call,he shows K6 diamonds for the straight-am a bit gutted he called on the turn as maybe i should have pushed but i did put him on flush draw......
so next one.....
well we play a few better hands AK AQ keeping getting outdraw on flop,and end up with 1320 in chips(start with 2000) and in Big Blind get 10 hearts 8 spades,get a limper in and flop comes 7 diamonds 6 diamonds A hearts i check he checks
turn is 9 diamonds i bet 200
he calls river is 6 spades,now i think to myself he hasnt got a flush so we push all in,ouch he has AA hit full house on river......
well next we play the velocity and as you can imagine i am steaming a little after being outdrawn twice,so we have a little gamble and im thinking is about time i had a bit of luck,we call an all in with Q6 clubs....flop comes 433 turn is 2
river is 5 .....lol......he turns AJ for the lower straight.......just shows you...
anyway we plod on well into the field,and after feelinf a little tired decide its SH-T or Bust time and call another all in with 910 he turns AK flop comes 2 J K turns is 8 river is 9 and thats all over...
i know but the velocity is so called because normally is so quick its unbelieveable and you need a big stack......
so all in all not a great day,but hey gotta take the downs with the ups....
run hot...
toby
