Chili at Gutshot - The Final

[Bertas]

What a lovely, & typical blonde, thread.

I dunno who ended up winning, but well done to whoever it was, it was a grand Final. And an immense up to Gutshot - what a great comp they put on!

I think they are still playing Tikay, 3 left now, Ade Bayo, Orhan Tevfik and Jamie Lillywhite.

Jamie has massive chiplead now..Orhan kinda on tilt

Well Good Luck to whoever gets the lolly. I must say, Orhan has a cracking game, but any of them can win it, & deservedly so..

[Chili]

I'm home!  Just read this thread right through, what an amazing thing this place is!  I cannot think of any appropriate word at the moment to explain how I am feeling.  Dingdell did the same thing after her big Luton cash.  It was a great performance but felt down and gutted at the exit circumstances!

My whole experience at Gutshot since Friday afternoon has been amazing. The best comp I've played in, great players, great place, rollercoaster ride etc.  I just wanted to say something about my exit. 

I am extremely proud of the whole comp but that last hand I think was the worst hand I have ever played in poker.  I am not saying this as just being gutted at getting so close, but it truly was wrong in nearly every way.  Orhan (great guy and player) did a weird thing the whole final, he was the monster stack at the start and was sat immediately to my left.  So every time (and I mean EVERY time) he was under the gun, he either limped or raised.  Anyway it started to sink in that more often than not he would raise UTG with crap (3 4, 4 5, 8 9 etc) and simply flat call with bigger and shinier hands.  So, I never got a walk and often found myself calling when it was just me and him.  It was fine, I never got into trouble with him and took a few small pots down.  The last hand, same again, my BB, Orhan raised UTG it comes to me left and I see

 

Ok, I put in 4k it was another 10k to play. I had about 300k so lets see the flop and try and hit it big.  So I see what I think is a good flop:

    

So I check, he makes it 10k, I make it 25k, he makes it 75k and then says "dont do it" when I pick up some more chips.  After about erm...3 seconds I shove in another load of chips, he goes all in and I have hardly any more left and shove them in.  This was like bang, bang, bang, bang, bang - on thier backs.  So he shows K J and a J on the river to seal my fate and I wanna throw up!!  My point of laying this it out here (apart from having it in print so I disgust myself on a regular basis) is that why, oh why did I not stop to think for a second?  Bloody basics, stop and assess, sit on my hands, whatever, how many hands am I behind to? Why would he risk a gigantic portion of his chips at that stage of a serious comp? Could I find a better opportunity to put all my chips in?  Have patience and realise that If I never played one hand in the next 4 hours I could have been heads up (not really my style but hay). 

The list is endless to get me off that hand, but no I was sure he was trying to push me off or had a worse hand! He was actually the only player left who was mixing it up and gambling so much.  Fool I am.  Maybe fatigue set in after about nearly 40 table hours in 4 days, maybe I just got greedy and wanted his monster stack all to myself!  I know everybody has gone through this at some stage or another but just wanted to get it out of my system.  It will sting for a while but I know, maybe even tomorrow morning, that I will look back on this last 4 days as the best 4 days in my poker life so far and so very proud of getting to the final out of 187 players.

Well, all I can say is lesson well and truly learnt. It may have been an expensive lesson learnt today but I know it will help me in the future so maybe it was cash well lost.  If anyone see's me with my hands behind my back or under a chair in future comps then take it as a bad sign that I am actually thinking about EVERY hand before I shove em in or pass.

Well cheers again everyone and smoke me a kipper!!

[RED-DOG]

Chili, It's all good.

You played great

You had a nice cash

You gained a shedload of experiance with that fantastic structure

You learned a valuable lesson.

Now, run around the room shouting Yeeehaaaa!!!


We're all proud of you.

Ps, You could always sit on my hands......

[Dingdell]

well - i suppose she did ok 
xx

[Chili]

I know you are right Tom, and am starting to feel all the amazing positives now actually after writing it all down.  We people are so bizarre, so many good things and all that is buzzing around my mashed head it the last hand, over and over again.  Human nature I guess. Ok then:


 

[Wardonkey]

Chilli,

Right now it's hard to think about all the great play that got you in that spot. Once you've had a bit of time to reflect you'll realise you played a great tourney and had a great result. More experienced and successful players would lose all thier chips in exactly the same spot, maybe if you'd thought about some more you would still have put your chips in. It's hard to say that you've made a mistake in that spot. I for one am sure I would have done the same.

There will be a whole heap of 'next times' and you'll get your share of victories.

[DTD-ACES]

I would have loved to play this event with that structure but was in Norway , however i have kept up with the progress as usual here and would just like to add my own congratulations to Chilli , a superb performance .

As Peter will tell you , your raise to 25,000 and his reraise defined his hand but it is so easy to just react rather than stop and think that is why whenever an interviewer asks me for one line of advice i always say " think before you act "

Regardless , you are obviously an improving player with your recent results and i am sure you are constantly learning so i look forward to playing against you in the near future.

Well done !!!

ACES

[Chili]

Chilli,

Right now it's hard to think about all the great play that got you in that spot. Once you've had a bit of time to reflect you'll realise you played a great tourney and had a great result. More experienced and successful players would lose all thier chips in exactly the same spot, maybe if you'd thought about some more you would still have put your chips in. It's hard to say that you've made a mistake in that spot. I for one am sure I would have done the same.

There will be a whole heap of 'next times' and you'll get your share of victories.

Thanks m8, that was very nice of you to say.  I am now suddenly feeling how miserable I sound, not really the case, I am overjoyed at the whole experience, honestly.  If I didn't beat myself over that hand then I feel I would never learn a thing.

You played great too Patrick, so unlucky for 12th but didn't we have a blast?

[Redbull]

Great result Chili! Another one to add to the list!

[Chili]

I would have loved to play this event with that structure but was in Norway , however i have kept up with the progress as usual here and would just like to add my own congratulations to Chilli , a superb performance .

As Peter will tell you , your raise to 25,000 and his reraise defined his hand but it is so easy to just react rather than stop and think that is why whenever an interviewer asks me for one line of advice i always say " think before you act "

Regardless , you are obviously an improving player with your recent results and i am sure you are constantly learning so i look forward to playing against you in the near future.

Well done !!!

ACES

Wow, that was nice.  Thank you Simon.  Fully taken on board believe me.  The annoying thing was that I usually think things out, but it was only about 2 times in 4 days that I came out firing on all cylinders.  The first time I read it right (and got lucky that his hand didnt improve) and the second time, well you know about that  

I'll look forward to a table near you soon too.

[Chili]

Great result Chili! Another one to add to the list!

Cheers Nick 

[bobby1]

Well played mate.

[Wardonkey]

Cheers Chillii,

I've had more than a few thoughts about my own performance. I definately made a few errors both in my play and in in my strategy. You're right it's important to work these things out in order to improve. It's also important to recognise and celebrate what you did right and what you achieved.

It was a great tournament, fantastic fun, I think Gutshot can expect a Blonde invasion next year!

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Very Well Done Chilli!! Head up and get em again next time!

[Peter Costa]

I'm home!  Just read this thread right through, what an amazing thing this place is!  I cannot think of any appropriate word at the moment to explain how I am feeling.  Dingdell did the same thing after her big Luton cash.  It was a great performance but felt down and gutted at the exit circumstances!

My whole experience at Gutshot since Friday afternoon has been amazing. The best comp I've played in, great players, great place, rollercoaster ride etc.  I just wanted to say something about my exit. 

I am extremely proud of the whole comp but that last hand I think was the worst hand I have ever played in poker.  I am not saying this as just being gutted at getting so close, but it truly was wrong in nearly every way.  Orhan (great guy and player) did a weird thing the whole final, he was the monster stack at the start and was sat immediately to my left.  So every time (and I mean EVERY time) he was under the gun, he either limped or raised.  Anyway it started to sink in that more often than not he would raise UTG with crap (3 4, 4 5, 8 9 etc) and simply flat call with bigger and shinier hands.  So, I never got a walk and often found myself calling when it was just me and him.  It was fine, I never got into trouble with him and took a few small pots down.  The last hand, same again, my BB, Orhan raised UTG it comes to me left and I see

 

Ok, I put in 4k it was another 10k to play. I had about 300k so lets see the flop and try and hit it big.  So I see what I think is a good flop:

    

So I check, he makes it 10k, I make it 25k, he makes it 75k and then says "dont do it" when I pick up some more chips.  After about erm...3 seconds I shove in another load of chips, he goes all in and I have hardly any more left and shove them in.  This was like bang, bang, bang, bang, bang - on thier backs.  So he shows K J and a J on the river to seal my fate and I wanna throw up!!  My point of laying this it out here (apart from having it in print so I disgust myself on a regular basis) is that why, oh why did I not stop to think for a second?  Bloody basics, stop and assess, sit on my hands, whatever, how many hands am I behind to? Why would he risk a gigantic portion of his chips at that stage of a serious comp? Could I find a better opportunity to put all my chips in?  Have patience and realise that If I never played one hand in the next 4 hours I could have been heads up (not really my style but hay). 

The list is endless to get me off that hand, but no I was sure he was trying to push me off or had a worse hand! He was actually the only player left who was mixing it up and gambling so much.  Fool I am.  Maybe fatigue set in after about nearly 40 table hours in 4 days, maybe I just got greedy and wanted his monster stack all to myself!  I know everybody has gone through this at some stage or another but just wanted to get it out of my system.  It will sting for a while but I know, maybe even tomorrow morning, that I will look back on this last 4 days as the best 4 days in my poker life so far and so very proud of getting to the final out of 187 players.

Well, all I can say is lesson well and truly learnt. It may have been an expensive lesson learnt today but I know it will help me in the future so maybe it was cash well lost.  If anyone see's me with my hands behind my back or under a chair in future comps then take it as a bad sign that I am actually thinking about EVERY hand before I shove em in or pass.

Well cheers again everyone and smoke me a kipper!!

So proud of you Maria! You will learn as we all do. BTW Your writing is awesome baby.