Wednesday, June 27, 2007

2k limit

So i woke up in time to play the 2k limit event. Ive always
enjoyed playing limit tournaments for some reason. Generally
you cant go bust in one hand ! And you get to play some flops,
which i like to do. The latter stages of a NL can be very, pre-flop.

To start off with things didnt go that great, and i was almost
out, but my aces held up and i managed to survive. From
there things went my way, connecting with flops , and i was
up to almost 20k. Then of course it went pear shapes for
a bit and i was down to 10k. Then a key hand came up where
a late position guy raised, i re-raised with Askd, and he 4 bet
me. The flop came j-2s-4s. He bet i called. Turn came a 7,
he bet and i called. Then the river came the Js. I checked
and he bet virtually putting me all in. I thought for a while
and called, he showed a-5, bang ! I was back in it. Ended
the day on about 22k. I was playing a mixed bag of hands,
even tho ppl were tightening up, I prolly coulda played a few
hands better.

Day 2 64ppl left, 45 ppl get money. I got off to a good start
just playing solid hands, and catching a few breaks, and
i was up to 50k (avg 42) with 40 left and in the money !
Then the Key hand comes up. I 3 bet with 9s he 4 bets.
The flop comes 8h-6-5. He bets i call. Turn comes a 9h,
he bets i raise he calls. River comes a black king, he
checks and i bet, and he calls. Do u have a str8t he says?
I say no, he shows Ks :(( Set over set argh ! 70k
pot slides his way.

Then i raise with Ad-4d, early position, same guy calls
me , flop comes 5d-4c-3d. Im all in he has 10s. And my
17 outs dont materialise, and just like that out in 36th.

$5500 for 36th, which for some reason they dont
tax me, great break ! Which was also good, considering
we went out after the tournament after day 1 and played
some crappy craps.

I picked up the full tilt book the previous night, and
read the limit section, which surprisingly was very
informative !

hot tip buy : Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide

Anyway getting closer !

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