I must congratulate Kristian on a fantastic 2 days of aggressive poker. I sat with him for most of the tournament and his constant small raises and continuation bets were impossible to defend against without jeopardising your whole stack.
I must agree with Matt that these 2 days have really brought on my game. I didn't realise I was 2nd in chips starting day 2 as I heard there were superstacks elsewhere. Ultimately I could only nurse my stack into the money after being card dead for 4 hours.
I was also a victim of a fantastic bubble move by the monster stack of Dag Martin Mikelson. I had called the button raise on the BB with
. The guy had been pounding the table and my BB. On a
I re-raised his continuation bet for half my stack. After a minute he put me all in!!
TBH even if I had an over pair I couldn't call. Matt and I had discussed this scenario at the break and I hadn't followed my own advice of just staying clear of these situations.
Will definitely be visiting
DTD again in the future. Great structure for the buy in and it's so much better introducing Antes in early rather than increasing the blinds or reducing the clock as some casinos do.
As for the wife she was ok as she was stuck in the bank holiday traffic and so didn't miss me too much. With the hotel stay a small profit was shown from the cash and tourney and as Tikay says they all add up.
Very well played sir.
Was on at least 3 tables with you through the 2 days, and you were very difficult to play against.
Thought you would go very deep, but the bubble hand was a big setback.
TBH, I think the other guy had a big hand - given how much you had put in the pot, and the strength of your bet (into the chippie), and the fact he couldn't be sure you would fold very often.
I realise DTD gets a lot of praise on this forum, and that can get up some people's noses.
But the Norwegian week, IMO, has been an absolute sensation, and a lot of credit to DTD for the way they set it up and ran it.
The Norwegian players have also been a pleasure to play with (hence me staying til nearly 5 this morning when I had to be in work for 8am!).
And the contrast between the Norwegians and (some) British players is this.
Two weeks ago, I played a cash table with, at separate times, two drunk locals on the table.
Both were abusive, disruptive, and generally unpleasant, and ended up being 'evicted' after ignoring warnings.
Last night there were 2 very drunk Norwegians at the same table as me - and they were great fun, and not a moments trouble - as long as you dont get offended by being called all-in for 120BB with 82s, and losing!!
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