sighhhhhhhhh, so so dissapointed. just busted about 45th from 120 starters.
will give a little report cos the first 2 hours of this comp were some of the most mental, unreal experience of me playing live
so you start with 12,000 chips, but u are able to pay £10 to get 2k more, so essentially everyone starts wiv 14,000 at 25/50 and an hour clock. as the tournament director shouts shuffle up and deal, we are only 5 handed and utg raises to 125. im on the button and say hello to
. wow first hand aces, i make it 525 and he calls.
flop comes a tasty
and he checks. i cbet 700 and he calls. turn
and he checks i bet 2000, he says 'omg am i gonna go out first hand' and he moves all in!! yes, he moves all in first hand and i have the nuts!! i quickly check that i do infact have the nuts and call, for him to show 55. most people havent sat down and ive doubled up!!
then about 20mins later theres 4 limpers and joe grech makes it 400. i look at
in the sb and 3 bet to 1125. he flats and we see an
flop. yuck. it goes check check. turn is a
and i think i make the mistake of betting 1500. he calls and i check fold a
river for him to show
next significant hand i flat a 150 raise wiv 1010 as does the button. bb makes it 600 more. i call and button whose a mate of mine comes along. the flop is 8 7 4 and the bb checks. pretty sure he doesnt have overpair now as he doesnt seem the type to check it there. im worried my mate is all over this flop but i decide to bet 1225 to see wots going on. button folds and bb looks like he wants to fold but then throws in the call. im pretty confused cos i think he really cant have ak, so i pretty much decide im gonna try check this down. turn is a 5 and we both check. river is a gross K and he leads 2000. i just cant put him on a hand, but i make the mistake of calling and he shows AK
now i move tables and am now seated 3 seats to the right of karl marenholz and i have a stack of 20k. now this is where it gets interesting. 3 hands in i look at
utg and make it 275 at 50/100. i recieve 4 callers but my bet on the low flop takes it down. i decide to show them to try and establish an image at my new table. next hand im bb and karl opens to 250. button flats and well hellloooooooo i have
for the second hand in a row. mbn right. i 3 bet to 900 and only karl calls. the flop comes another nice one for me of
. i cbet 1325 and he thinks and calls. now ive never played karl b4, but im aware hes a v good player and he could well be floating me wiv nothing here, so i decide to check the turn thinking he will either bluff or make some thin value bet. but he check back and i bet 2625 on river which he dwells for an age and calls. i table my hand and the table are pretty shocked ive managed AA twice in a row.
so next hand im in the sb, folded to the button who limps. i lokk down, well hellooooooooooooooooo there
!!. i mean wtf is going on. ive just been dealt aces 3 times in a row!! i make it 400 and the button calls. lol at this flop of
. top set again, mbn. i c bet 600, he calls. but now the turn is
. now i really dont like this cos it does feel like a flush draw, so i just check call 800. the river blanks and i check again. he bets 1800. im like "would u believe me if i said i had a set of aces". noone does, and i end up calling it off. the table are so shocked i have aces again that i get slowrolled!! the guy has a flush but forgot to say. so that was pretty tilting.
next hand i get AKsuited and lose, next hand i get
on a
x flop and i take that small pot down on flop. now im in the hijack and wot do we have here. only
again!!! seriously, this felt so strange. i make it 275, bb flats and leads on a 9 4 4 flop. i just call, then bet 2k on turn which he calls. hello to the A river but he check folds. i have to show my hand for the comedy value and by now the whole room is hearing asbout me getting aces 4 times in 6 hands!!
now im up to around 35k and we go to a break
first hand back from break, oh shit i only get dealt
. i open 500, sb flats and karl makes it 2400. i 4 bet to 6725 and he lets go. hindsight makes me wish i flat here cos the sb was gonna reshove ak but oh well.
now is the start of my downfall. i say hello to
again about 25mins later. i open 525 and karl flats. flop is
x x, he check calls 975. turn is a blank and i bet 2425, he moves in for 4,7k more or something. he table
and binks the
on the river, sigh
after this i get a bit chipped away, lose a couple of annoying pots, like a guy flatting my raise from bb when i have 66. flop is Q 2 Q check check. turn 9 and he check raises my 1,4k bet to 4k. i dont believe him for a second and call. when the river is a A and he checks im pretty gutted cos now i feel he has showdown value and he tables A7 urghh
so im down to like 20k and then i open to 1050 at 200/400/25 and call an all in of 4,5k more wiv 88, he has 99
im now down to 14k and stick around there for an hour or so. few bits and pieces happen which cant be arsed to write about. at 300/600/50 i open A10 on button for 1500. major agrro young kid in bb sets me in for my last 12k. im ahead of so much of his range here, but i dwell for a while b4 calling it off for him to show 33 and we dont get there
sorry i didnt go further guys. so dissapointed after the start i had and thanks for the stake. hopefully do better next time