"Get me a raft, I'm going to the river!"
I played in a Holdem Tourney last night. It was at a local food eatery. It was my first time there. The way it works there is they play every Tues. and depending on how youy finish you get points. Every week they total the points and the top ten from that restaurant join the top ten from several other restaurants for a big tourney with huge prizes (Flat screen tv's and stuff like that). But not only do you get points but you get a gift card to that restaurant if you place third or better.
There were 40 people last night. We started with 5 tables. Usually they only get 30 people. So it was crowded. People left the game relatively quickly but this one guy next to me got on my nerves. I was hoping for more leg room at the table. I couldn't pull up to the thing because my legs wouldn't fit under it. I was looking at my cars from like 5ft away. So this guy, he gets knocked out and I'm getting excited about having some space to work with. But NO, he decides to sit there and watch us play. He finally moved when we joined tables together as other players got knocked out.
I burnt this one other guy bad. I was dealing a hand. He was heads up against this lady. She was all-in (short-stacked). She got one pair on the flop (Jacks, I think). He had pocket Queens. She picked up her second pair on the turn. But on the river I accidently burned two cards. They were stuck together. They decided to split the pot b/c of my mistake. The guy didn't want to though. He wanted them to take the card I had burned that should have been the river and play with it. They disagreed but he flipped it anyway to see. It was the Queen he needed to beat her two-pair. I felt soooooooo bad. I wanted to give the guy money or something to make up for it.
To make a long blog short, I got third place. I received a $15 gift-card to the restaurant. I was happy. My first time there, with more people than normal, and I get to the final three. I could have played better. I folded some good hands but got scared off by gigantic bets. I should have bet alot better on some hands. Either not enough or too much. On the one set of pocket rockets I got all night I bet $20,000 before the flop (I had over $100,000 in chips/I was the chip leader/Blinds were $1,000-$2,000). Everyone else folded. All six of them. Oh well, I had fun. I got very lucky a few times. Most of my wins were on the river it seemed. I think alot of people hope I never show up there again.
Oh yeah, I took over as chip leader on the final table with my A-Q suited-hearts. I went all-in against the chip leader who started off with a gigantic bet that made everyone else fold. He had A-K non-suited. He got a K on the flop. I got a heart. But I pulled off an amazing flush with hearts on the turn and the river. He only had 11,000 left after that and I had over 100,000.
I got to go. I'm playing another tourney tonight. Wish me luck.
I played in a Holdem Tourney last night. It was at a local food eatery. It was my first time there. The way it works there is they play every Tues. and depending on how youy finish you get points. Every week they total the points and the top ten from that restaurant join the top ten from several other restaurants for a big tourney with huge prizes (Flat screen tv's and stuff like that). But not only do you get points but you get a gift card to that restaurant if you place third or better.
There were 40 people last night. We started with 5 tables. Usually they only get 30 people. So it was crowded. People left the game relatively quickly but this one guy next to me got on my nerves. I was hoping for more leg room at the table. I couldn't pull up to the thing because my legs wouldn't fit under it. I was looking at my cars from like 5ft away. So this guy, he gets knocked out and I'm getting excited about having some space to work with. But NO, he decides to sit there and watch us play. He finally moved when we joined tables together as other players got knocked out.
I burnt this one other guy bad. I was dealing a hand. He was heads up against this lady. She was all-in (short-stacked). She got one pair on the flop (Jacks, I think). He had pocket Queens. She picked up her second pair on the turn. But on the river I accidently burned two cards. They were stuck together. They decided to split the pot b/c of my mistake. The guy didn't want to though. He wanted them to take the card I had burned that should have been the river and play with it. They disagreed but he flipped it anyway to see. It was the Queen he needed to beat her two-pair. I felt soooooooo bad. I wanted to give the guy money or something to make up for it.
To make a long blog short, I got third place. I received a $15 gift-card to the restaurant. I was happy. My first time there, with more people than normal, and I get to the final three. I could have played better. I folded some good hands but got scared off by gigantic bets. I should have bet alot better on some hands. Either not enough or too much. On the one set of pocket rockets I got all night I bet $20,000 before the flop (I had over $100,000 in chips/I was the chip leader/Blinds were $1,000-$2,000). Everyone else folded. All six of them. Oh well, I had fun. I got very lucky a few times. Most of my wins were on the river it seemed. I think alot of people hope I never show up there again.
Oh yeah, I took over as chip leader on the final table with my A-Q suited-hearts. I went all-in against the chip leader who started off with a gigantic bet that made everyone else fold. He had A-K non-suited. He got a K on the flop. I got a heart. But I pulled off an amazing flush with hearts on the turn and the river. He only had 11,000 left after that and I had over 100,000.
I got to go. I'm playing another tourney tonight. Wish me luck.
posted by bigD at Wednesday, May 10, 2006
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