Pacificpocker.com – My Recent Tournaments Part 2
Pacificpocker.com – After a successful mid week live game in which I finished 2nd place, I felt happy enough to go to a second tournament at the weekend too. There were only a dozen or so players which is around half the usual entrants on Wednesdays game, but with a higher buy in fee, there was potential for another nice boost to my funds. The tournament started smoothly enough as I picked up a few hundred chips with an (Ad,Kd) which turned into a Flush by the turn.
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Then, came the hand where an opponent called my bluff on the river with King high, followed by a few small pots gone wrong and I found myself with only 4,000 or so from a starting point of 6,000. Then came the hand in which I flopped a Straight and picked up a nice pot, followed by a Full House soon after, putting my into a strong position with 10,500.
We needed one more player to be eliminated to go to the final table, and I was delighted to see the shortstack at our table raise it preflop when I was holding (Ah,Kh). I forced him all in preflop with his (A,Q) and unfortunately he caught a queen on the flop. Ironically it was this same player who later went on to eliminate me from the tournament and split the money heads up on the final table. If not for that queen, I would have taken a chip lead of 14,000 to the final table and my night might have been very different.
From this point, I recovered quite well, but never quite got back to where I should have been in chip count, and perhaps tried too hard to get to that point. I feel that this is partly why I attempted a risky play and got eliminated on the final table, I was still trying to play my way to where I felt I should be, and took one too many risks. But every tournament is a chance to learn from mistakes, and I shall certainly be looking to do that as I have another impromptu tournament lined up for Tuesday night. www.pacificpocker.com
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