The £30 + £30 tournament was going well for me. I hit the final table with 30,000 chips and unusually, the whole table (albeit some begrudgingly) decided to chop the £3000+ pot between all 10 players, so it was £300 in the bag and we played on for the points and the remaining £120.
Of course we all played differently when the money was all but gone, and I called two all-ins with 5, 6 suited to hit two pair and take down the pot. I then pushed again with Ace, 8 and rivered a full house making me 2nd in chips. I was keen to improve on my previous 5th place finishes and this boat put me into at least 4th place, so I was happy.
Eventually, I find myself heads-up with the chip lead and we agree to chop the remaining £120 too. I then bluff off most of my chips and go all-in blind to a (not surprisingly) 2nd place finish... my best placing yet, although I accept that if we hadn't chopped the money with 10 players left, I probably wouldn't have made it so deep... I certainly wouldn't have pushed with 5, 6 suited!
Onto the cash game, I'm steaming (and felted) pretty early on when I'm re-raised after popping the pot with pocket Jacks. A third player calls (unbelievably bad call) for all his chips with Queen, 9 suited and flops his Queen. The Re-Raiser had Ace, 10 off but fails to find his Ace from Space! The winner loves being Suited and Booted my boy (apparently)!
I re-load and get my revenge on the very same player when he bets at me all the way to the river with his Ace, Queen only to run into my Ace, King (an Ace came on the flop and the board paired on the river). Shame.
I'm card dead for three hours, missing nut flush draws and open-ended straight draws but I'm happy with a HUGE laydown I make pre-flop. I very rarely lay down Ace, King pre-flop but the other player just seemed so strong and I felt he must have been holding pocket Kings or Aces. I popped the pot and he re-raises me for £120+. I hate throwing away £50 when I'm holding Big Slick, especially when a player throws another £100 into the pot. I ask him "Are those Aces or Kings?" and he says "Aces". I tell him I believe him and show my Ace, King as it hits the muck. He is gracious enough to show the table his pocket Aces.
I'm card dead for another hour and we hit the final three hands of the night. The first hand is my Big Blind and as per the rest of the night, it's a raggedy piece of crap and I fold.
Penultimate hand and I'm dealt pocket 10s. A few callers limp in and then Shaky pops the pot. I call and we're heads-up. The flop is a peach, 9, 10, 3 rainbow and I check my trips. Shaky bets the pot again and I Hollywood the call. He even comments on my Bond-esque acting skills! The turn is a 6, still a rainbow board, so nothing is beating my set. I check again and amazingly, Shaky pops the pot for £300+, which puts me all-in. I can't call quick enough and show my trips and he turns over Ace, Queen - drawing dead.
Beautiful...
Up £1000 on the day give or take a few quid.
Friday is HEAT 5 of the FHP Autumn Series and the week after that, it's the £1000 final table and more interestingly, The BOUNTY HUNTER TOURNAMENT... see below.
jT
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