Wednesday, April 20, 2005
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Tried two more of the FTP Bracelet Race tournies today. I was out in the first fifteen minutes both times. In the PLO tourney I got knocked out when the flop came J87 and he made J8, I had J7. In the PLH tourney... well, I'll describe that below.
If things don't improve by the end of this month, I think I may just take May off for the most part and try and regroup.
I'm going to post my fatal hand from the PLH tourney tonight:
In the cutoff with 89 spades, two limpers before it gets min raised to 60 by the seat in front of me. I call, one other caller and then the flop comes 567 rainbow. How to play this flop... hmmmm? The raiser leads out for 1/2 pot, I call, other player folds and the turn is a 6 of clubs, putting two clubs on the board. Raiser bets 250, I raise to 750 and he calls. I really, really don't like that. River is the eight of clubs, he leads out for his remaining chips, which barely has me covered. I call, and naturally, he had A5 clubs. Ugh. Maybe I should have seen the flush coming, but I really thought he might have been on the straight draw and just couldn't see laying that down.
But my favorite hand I've seen online lately was in a satellite SNG I played the other day. I folded preflop but here was the action I watched:
UTG raises to 60, UTG+1 calls as do two others.
Flop is Kh 3c 8c.
UTG bets 30. UTG+1 raises to 360. Two others fold, UTG calls.
Turn is Qh.
UTG bets 30. UTG+1 raises to 300 and UTG calls.
River is 4c.
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks.
UTG shows QJ offsuit, UTG+1 shows AJ spades.
Come again??!?!
If things don't improve by the end of this month, I think I may just take May off for the most part and try and regroup.
I'm going to post my fatal hand from the PLH tourney tonight:
In the cutoff with 89 spades, two limpers before it gets min raised to 60 by the seat in front of me. I call, one other caller and then the flop comes 567 rainbow. How to play this flop... hmmmm? The raiser leads out for 1/2 pot, I call, other player folds and the turn is a 6 of clubs, putting two clubs on the board. Raiser bets 250, I raise to 750 and he calls. I really, really don't like that. River is the eight of clubs, he leads out for his remaining chips, which barely has me covered. I call, and naturally, he had A5 clubs. Ugh. Maybe I should have seen the flush coming, but I really thought he might have been on the straight draw and just couldn't see laying that down.
But my favorite hand I've seen online lately was in a satellite SNG I played the other day. I folded preflop but here was the action I watched:
UTG raises to 60, UTG+1 calls as do two others.
Flop is Kh 3c 8c.
UTG bets 30. UTG+1 raises to 360. Two others fold, UTG calls.
Turn is Qh.
UTG bets 30. UTG+1 raises to 300 and UTG calls.
River is 4c.
UTG checks, UTG+1 checks.
UTG shows QJ offsuit, UTG+1 shows AJ spades.
Come again??!?!
