I haven't updated in a few days- not for any particular reason, really. Not too much has changed, but I'm doing better for myself now than I was the last time I posted. On Thursday and Friday I dumped some more money at .25/.50 and pretty much donked it up until I felt I had lost enough. Then Friday night I made another irrational decision and decided to take a shot at the top, entering a $20,000 guaranteed tournament on Pokerstars. The buy-in was 27.50, a much larger chunk of my bankroll than I should have ever chosen to play for. The field was over 1400 players, with first prize taking home over 7.6k. I navigated the first three levels nearly perfectly, and I had over 7,000 chips at the first break. Then things kind of hit the fan- I made a raise in LP with AK, and got called by the SB. The flop came T-high, I bet, he called. I slowed down on the turn, and when he checked to me on the river, I felt I could steal the pot with my unpaired hand. I bet 2k into a 2,500 chip pot, and he called with 99. Later on I lost an AT v. AJ situation, with me holding the smaller Ace. I was down to below 2,000 chips, and I started pushing to take the blinds. I worked my way back up to 3,500 (still less than half the average stack), and then I made an awful mistake. With the blinds 150/300 with a 25 ante, I picked up 33 in MP. The guy one seat ahead of me raised to 600, and I should've either pushed or folded. Instead I called, virtually sticking myself to the pot. The guy in the SB (the very very very lucky chipleader at my table, that should've busted twice dead to two outs) pushed all-in and the initial raiser folded. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do here, and I don't think I can fold without knowing he had an over-pair (I'd seen him push earlier with AK in a similar spot). To make a long story short, he had KK and I couldn't suck out for my tournament life. I survived over 950 players but busted out of the money. Despite losing a good chunk of change, I was happy with the way I played.
On Saturday I took a seat at a 10.00 S&G, with the intention of sharpening my game before I ventured back to .25/.50. I dominated and got it heads-up against a very predictable player. We went back and forth, both of us taking and losing the chiplead. Then when I had a slight lead, I called a minraise with 4d5d, and flopped bottom pair on a 4-8-T flop. He checked and so did I, and the turn fell a 5. I checked, and he bet 2k. I wasn't about to fold here, and I pushed over the top. He called and tabled TT, and I was drawing dead. I was crippled and finished up 17.00 for second place. Later in the evening Ian, D-rock, and I played a Hold'em tourney and some mixed games. I won the tournament, and Derek went on the luckiest tear in the mixed games I've ever seen him go on (and that's saying something!) Hand after hand, he was catching 4 outers, 3 outers, 2 outers... it was absolutely sick. Runner-runner straights, flushes, and sets were the norm, and despite putting him in bad positions over and over again, Derek found a way to rake almost every pot. I dropped my tournament winnings and ended up dead even, and Ian dropped about 15.00 to Derek's three hour rush. We'll be playing again on Monday, and I'll be gunning for one particular player at every possible opportunity. I'll let you know how it goes.
After the mixed games I sat down at .10/.25NL and left up 18.00 after my 89 doubled me through on a 9-5-7-9-2 board. He mucked after calling my all-in on the turn.
I'm playing in a 152 person 3.30 Stud Hi/Lo Tournament right now. I was 12th in chips fairly early on, but after the same player rivered me three seperate times, I have fallen back to a below average stack. It's only the third level though, I'll be fine. I will update if I cash.
-The Gerk-
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