MATH at FT was visited last night by the dogs of war. 47 players. I personally saw pocket kings lose 4 out fo 5 times, and not once to AA. As a matter of records, only once to even Ax. Most of the other times it was back door trips, one card straights, etc. As I had screamed to the poker gods that Mistree Varience pwned me earlier, I was the recipient of one of those Suckouts.
I meandered through the tournament until I hit the points bubble and was about to go out when my steal raise with QTo ran into KK in the blind. I sucked out and was back to just above average. From that point on, I played solid poker again, making the final table. Despite being down almost 8 to 1 in chips, by the time the $ money bubble popped, I had closed it to 4 to 1. After what seemed an eternity, I worked my hands to chip leader with 4 left when QQ held up vs AK (of all the luck).
I tried too hard to crack a short stack and ran into his monster trap and that began my fall from grace. I bled for a while, than tried pressure. Both lost me chips and I went out as I came into the final 4, in a firey blaze.
Last nights MATH was the first of the new sactioned events for http://bloggerpokerchallenge.blogspot.com/
and those points for a 4th place finish should serve me well...
2 comments:
I think you got your variance blowjob.
Only critique I have of your cracking my KK is if your raise commits more than 1/2 your stack aren't you supposed to push?
It has been my experience (take it for what its worth), that when you push all in with a steal raise, you are MORE likely to get called then if you make a lesser raise. I assume its the temptation to knock a player out.
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