O-Poker

It was a tough final table, but I somehow managed to squeak my way to a win after a long final 3 with surflexus and blinders.

I'm excited about playing in the BBToo TOC Australian Freeroll.

I'll try to post more tomorrow. I've got a long day of work tomorrow - gotta head to bed

Going into the Mondays at the Hoy tourney last night, I decided that I would play it a little differently than I had in other blogger tourneys. I like the deep stack structure and decided to play solid the first hour or so and not get too crazy with pre-flop re-raises - basically flat call a lot preflop and try to outplay/trap my opponents post-flop. A few hours later, thanks to some luck, I took down the MATH tourney. (It was my first MATH win - other than a 3 way chop earlier in the year.)

Key Hands

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187895 - Deep stack allowing me to catch a flush. The lead out of the flop made me think columbo was weak any way, since I had bet preflop.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187896 - Not sure WTF Jordan was thinking - shows the level of respect I get from him. :)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187897 - I get all in with a pair and a flush draw and hit my flush. I had Papi Justify covered by quite a bit.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187902 - Pretty straight forward - BB Special.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187905 - Luckbox hand. I totally pegged swimmom95 as very weak after she bet 320 into a 1,520 pot. I raised up to 1,500 with two overs and a gutshot. She called. I hit gin on the river and she shoved with 3rd pair. I'm not sure what I would have done if she shoved the turn - probably folded.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187909 - Jacks are OK.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187910 - I liked having pushmonkey on my left. We both had big stacks and I was able to take some if his chips - with better hands most of the time.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187913 - Again against pushmonkey. I felt that there was a good chance that I was beat and checked behind on the river.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187915 - Jacks are more than OK. I tried my best to disguise the flopped set against an aggressive Chad. I bet small on the flop and turn hoping he would come over the top - no such luck. I thought he might actually have a hand, so I bet big on the river - a mistake in highsight. I should have bet smaller to either get a call and induce him to shove.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187918 - Jacks are OK when your opponent shows weakness even with an A and K on board.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187924 - A good sign. I was dealt KK on the first hand of the final table. No action though.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187927 - Jordan chips up.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187931 - I'm getting short and take chances. I was hoping for 2 overs against HeffMike and it worked out.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187934 - LUCKBOX ALERT!! I limped in the SB with A6. Jordan was playing very aggressive and I figured his shoving range was huge. I decided (probably not the best decision) to double up or go to bed. I caught my 6 with A6 vs. AK. Weeeeee. That was great, but the best part of this hand was that I was able to slow Jordan down in later Blind vs. Blind hands.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187939 - Win a race against heffmike (and knock him out) with my 77 vs. his KJ.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187942 - Jordan and I were in a lot of pots with each other all night. I finally knocked him out with my QQ vs. his A6.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1187944 - I chipped away and chipped away at FishyMcDonk heads up. He was playing fairly tight for heads up. I figured we would have to get it in with two big hands or I would have to slowly grind him down. I wound up winning the final race with AKs vs. 1010.

I had a great time. Thanks for running the tourney Hoy.