We played mixed games until 3:30am last night. It was a blast, even though things started out a little rough for me. I finished in last and second to last in the first tourney, having rebought and busted again. The only highlight I can remember was the hand that busted me. We were at .50/1.00, Ian limped, Roy limped, and Derek completed in the SB. I woke up with TT in the BB, and with so many limpers I decided to make it 4x the BB. Ian folded, and Roy contemplated calling for what seemed like an eternity, and then Derek reached to throw his cards in the muck but tossed the call in with his other hand. The flop came something like 8-7-5 rainbow, and Derek moved all-in. I called instantly and he tabled 9-5 for bottom pair. The turn came a 9, and so did the river giving him nines full of fives and rewarding his boneheaded play. I rebought and doubled through him the very next hand, when Ian raised, Roy called, and Derek called. I pushed with 99, and it folded to Derek who instantly called with 8-9.
In the second tournament, I ended up rebuying twice. Since the payout worked out to $30.00 for first and $10.00 for second, I would have to win to make any money. I played the shortstack for a large portion of time, but then took a sizeable pot off of Ian and won a race with KQ v. Matt's 88. I was heads-up against Derek, and I busted him about ten hands in to win the tournament.
Matt and Roy took off around midnight, and Derek, Ian, and I played a H.O.R.S tournament with 15-minute cycles and no rebuys. Derek had a rough start to Hold'em and Omaha but caught well in Razz and Stud to stay alive. Once we got to hold'em again, Derek busted and it was down to Ian and I. He had almost a 2:1 chiplead, which I eventually overtook. Then he caught a three outer on me and doubled up, and I eventually crashed somewhere in the third round of hold'em. It was good to see him win one, even if it had to come against me.
We then played H.O.R.S cash games, in which I won 9.00 and Ian won 1.00. Derek accumulated a stack but then couldn't maintain it, and when he busted we called it a night.
Today I entered two multi-table tournaments with big prize pools, as I referenced earlier. The second tournament bears the biggest point of interest. With almost 1000 players, we were down to the final 300 or so and I was nursing a shortstack around 2k. I kept pushing and stealing the blinds, and I eventually doubled up, and then doubled up again with KK v. AQ. I was maintaining my stack, but I missed some flops with AJ, KJ, and AK and I was back down to around 6k. Several rotations later I picked up A9 UTG at our eight-handed table. I raised to 1200 (the blinds are 200/400 with a 25 ante), and 4 players behind me called. The flop came 9-8-7. The SB checked to me, and I pushed for around 5k. The player two seats to my right called for his last 3k, and then it folded around. He tabled TT, and I couldn't catch up when the turn fell another 8, and the river a 3. A couple hands later we were down to 187 players, with the top 180 getting paid. But I didn't enter this tournament to finish in 180th- I entered it to win it. I found AcQc on the button with two limpers already in the pot. I pushed for just over 2000, the blinds folded, and the UTG limper called (the same guy who doubled through me with TT). The other limper folded and he showed...TT again! The flop wasn't bad, Kc-8c-9d, giving me an extra set of outs, as now any club, A, or Q would more than double me up. The turn was another K, and the river fell the sickest card in the deck, the Tc. This gave me the nut flush and him a full house, busting me out in 187th place. I am upset with how it ended, but I fought like a goddamn champion and it just didn't work out. I missed a ton of flops with premium hands, and the only reason I didn't finish in like 600th was my insanely aggressive preflop play. I seriously survived on stealing blinds and antes long enough for over 400 players to bust. Oh well, it's just money, right?
-The Gerk-
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