FCP Poker Superstars - Week 3
Well last night was my third of five prelimimary matches. The tournament for me was a roller coaster. As I think I mentioned before, we start 8 handed with 1,500 in chips and 15 minute blinds. I didn't catch much in the way of playable hands the first few orbits.
The first hand of any significance came with me on the button having been dealt AA. The action folded around to the cutoff with limped for 30. I raised to 90 wanting to eliminate the blinds. The small blind, however called, the big blind folded and the cut off called. The flop came QXX with 2 clubs. The action was checked to me and I bet out 175 into a 285 pot. The SB folded and the CO came over the top all-in for about 4oo more. I insta-called and the CO turned over K9 of clubs for a flush draw. I had the A of clubs (in case it went runner runner clubs) and was about a 2-1 favorite. My hand held up and I was up to about 2,200 in chips.
With the blinds at 50-100 i raised pre-flop to 300 with A10 from the CO. The big blind called and we saw a flop of JJX. The BB checked and I made a continuation bet of 400 into a 650 pot. The BB check-raised to 800 and I folded. I was pissed to lose 700 (1/3 of my stack) on that hand.
After a couple other preflop raises/continuation bets which did not work out, I was down to about 850, the short stack. I picked up KQ and limped (blinds 100-200) and there was one other caller. The caller had been playing a lot of pots with a bunch of min raises, it was quite strange, but he was accumulating chips. I check a KJ9 flop, the villian bets 200 and I re-raise all in for another 650, he calls and shows J8. My hand holds up and I'm back in the game.
I was able to chip up from there to about 3,200, close to the chip lead. There were a lot of pre-flop all-ins,but I was able remain even by picking up the blinds a few times with decent starting hands. When It got down to 4 handed, I had the chip lead (3,900) and picked up 10 10 against the player third (2,700) in chips. The blinds were 150-300 and the villian went all-in pre-flop, I raised all-in to isolate. I was slightly ahead as the villian had AQ. My 10's held up and we were 3 handed.
Shortly we were down to heads up, I had a 7,500 to 4,500 chip lead. I think it lasted all of 5-6 hands. The second last hand I got dealt 35 in the BB. SB limped and I checked. The flop was good for me coming J46, giving me an open ended straight draw. I checked and he bet 175 and I called. The turn came a 2 giving me the nuts. I checked again and he bet out 600 and I just called again. The river was a 9, and this time I bet out 1,100 into a 2,100± pot, he called with a pair of 4's.
I now had a 9,250-2,750 chip lead. I got dealt 9-8 and called the BB who checked his option. The flop came 8 high and he pushed, I called and it was game over. Overall I got good cards, I had AA three times (other 2 not mentioned I raised pre-flop and picked up the blinds) and QQ once. With the excption of the player who made all of the min bets/raises, the table was pretty straight forward, and I had played with a few players previously which I was able to use to my advantage.
So after 3 events I have 24 points (out of a possible 30) and am tied for 2nd, 2 points out of first. All I have to do is be in the top 20 to advance to the next round, which I have pretty much locked up.
The first hand of any significance came with me on the button having been dealt AA. The action folded around to the cutoff with limped for 30. I raised to 90 wanting to eliminate the blinds. The small blind, however called, the big blind folded and the cut off called. The flop came QXX with 2 clubs. The action was checked to me and I bet out 175 into a 285 pot. The SB folded and the CO came over the top all-in for about 4oo more. I insta-called and the CO turned over K9 of clubs for a flush draw. I had the A of clubs (in case it went runner runner clubs) and was about a 2-1 favorite. My hand held up and I was up to about 2,200 in chips.
With the blinds at 50-100 i raised pre-flop to 300 with A10 from the CO. The big blind called and we saw a flop of JJX. The BB checked and I made a continuation bet of 400 into a 650 pot. The BB check-raised to 800 and I folded. I was pissed to lose 700 (1/3 of my stack) on that hand.
After a couple other preflop raises/continuation bets which did not work out, I was down to about 850, the short stack. I picked up KQ and limped (blinds 100-200) and there was one other caller. The caller had been playing a lot of pots with a bunch of min raises, it was quite strange, but he was accumulating chips. I check a KJ9 flop, the villian bets 200 and I re-raise all in for another 650, he calls and shows J8. My hand holds up and I'm back in the game.
I was able to chip up from there to about 3,200, close to the chip lead. There were a lot of pre-flop all-ins,but I was able remain even by picking up the blinds a few times with decent starting hands. When It got down to 4 handed, I had the chip lead (3,900) and picked up 10 10 against the player third (2,700) in chips. The blinds were 150-300 and the villian went all-in pre-flop, I raised all-in to isolate. I was slightly ahead as the villian had AQ. My 10's held up and we were 3 handed.
Shortly we were down to heads up, I had a 7,500 to 4,500 chip lead. I think it lasted all of 5-6 hands. The second last hand I got dealt 35 in the BB. SB limped and I checked. The flop was good for me coming J46, giving me an open ended straight draw. I checked and he bet 175 and I called. The turn came a 2 giving me the nuts. I checked again and he bet out 600 and I just called again. The river was a 9, and this time I bet out 1,100 into a 2,100± pot, he called with a pair of 4's.
I now had a 9,250-2,750 chip lead. I got dealt 9-8 and called the BB who checked his option. The flop came 8 high and he pushed, I called and it was game over. Overall I got good cards, I had AA three times (other 2 not mentioned I raised pre-flop and picked up the blinds) and QQ once. With the excption of the player who made all of the min bets/raises, the table was pretty straight forward, and I had played with a few players previously which I was able to use to my advantage.
So after 3 events I have 24 points (out of a possible 30) and am tied for 2nd, 2 points out of first. All I have to do is be in the top 20 to advance to the next round, which I have pretty much locked up.
posted by BT at 12:52 PM
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