Tikay was first out.
Factually correct but reads much better as 'Tikay was out on the first hand."
Sheriff
Correct, it's a fact - out very first hand!
Called a small R along with 1 other with
, Sheriff, on the Button, called behind me.
Flop came a juicy.....
Now THATS a nice drawing hand!
Limped with a view to a RR, Sheriff obliged, I insta moved all-in, he needs a HUGE hand to call me is my thinking, & I've got a zillion outs. Huge hand? Well he DID have QQQ!
I turn the straight, the Board pairs on the end, & that was that.
I got a bucketfull of stick from the usual crew, quite right too, but I'd play it the same way again, & in fact I'm pleased I've overcome my previous fear of, & reluctance to, face up to early exits.
But you do feel a fool when it goes wrong on the very first hand of a tourney!
Hey-Ho.
I went back to Cincins tail between legs, & ended up chopping the £40 Freezeout 50%-50-% with Badda, he had 122,000, I had 118,000 when we got Heads-Up, so pretty pleased with that one, which paid for the weekend with a bit to spare.
But truth to tell, I was a Card Rack in the Cincins £40 Freeze, I had hand after hand, includuing Quads, & got paid every time. I derive more satisfacton from grinding ducking & diving with no starting hands, but hey, I'll take it! And what fun to share a table with the likes of Newmanseye, Scottish Dave, & the Maniac Cupcake.
Great, great, memories.