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Disappointing Poker Today

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So, we’re back in the hotel in Fredericksburg after spending the week in Florida. We were both exhausted, so other than a quick shopping trip this morning, we spent the day in the room.

I spent a fair amount of time playing poker during the day, all in qualifiers. I won a seat to the big tourney at 5pm today, and won two entries to the 7pm Omaha Hi-Lo (so, I have a spare one to use in the future).

I didn’t take notes, so I’ll be somewhat brief. There were 989 entrants in the 5pm, with top 100 paid. It was a crazy tournament for me. When there were roughly 800 left, I was probably in 750th (in other words, not doing well).

I then had 55 and went all-in. I got called by AKo, and the 55 held up. The very next hand, UTG raises, I go all-in again with QQ. He thinks for a while, then calls with JJ. QQ held up, and now I’m in reasonable shape. Very next hand, I raise with ATd, he’s the only caller (he’s now crippled, so I’m not worried). An A comes on the flop, and he pushes his last 140 chips. I call. He has A9. A ten comes on the turn, to seal it for me.

I then hang with the same number of chips forever. Then, with JJ in the small blind, I call a raise for 1/4 of my chips. Flop comes 79Q. I check, he goes all-in and has me covered. It was a smelly bet, and I had a very long way to the money anyway, so I called. He had Q8s (which made his pre-flop raise a little stupid). Still, I was reasonably dead. River brought the wonderful J and I doubled up. I was now in 185th place with roughly 500 left.

Cutting to the chase, when my chips were again cut in half, and the blinds high, I pushed all-in with AK. Got called by a big stack with 99, and by a smaller stack with 46. A nine came on the turn (not that he needed it, since I never paired my K or A), and I was out. I finished 163rd. Another close to the money, but not quite there.

Similar (not as close) result in the 7pm. 125 entrants, top 20 paid, and I finished in 52nd (my AA37 got busted when the caller flopped two pair, J7).

So, good results in the qualifiers, bad results in the actual tourneys, where it counts more. ๐Ÿ™

Even though I haven’t played too much this month, it’s reasonably bad so far…


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4 responses to “Disappointing Poker Today”

  1. bob Mooney Avatar
    bob Mooney

    get back on that horse, mister !!

    thar’s always tomorrow.. bob

  2. hadar Avatar

    Yes sir! We’ll finally be home tomorrow (though pretty busy with concerts this week), so I’ll hopefully carve out some time to make up for this lapse. ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. bob Mooney Avatar
    bob Mooney

    get back on that horse, mister !!

    thar's always tomorrow.. bob

  4. hadar Avatar

    Yes sir! We'll finally be home tomorrow (though pretty busy with concerts this week), so I'll hopefully carve out some time to make up for this lapse. ๐Ÿ™‚

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