1. 2008-02-01 08:22:45

   Who's the big winner?

   So I haven't played much poker lately and I have been sad. Rock Band can only help so much...

   Well, we put together a quick 8-man tournament after working late tonight. We bought the beer, our work bought the pizza and threw in a big gift card for first place. Nice. I set up the blinds to be fairly friendly and we allowed a rebuy for the first two people who got knocked out.

   I played a few early hands and got burnt a bit, but picked up a few smaller pots to get back to even. I called my opponent's QQ, 99, and Ax in three consecutive hands - and was behind each time :p

   Let me go on a tangent here for a bit. A few of the players at this game play overrate some hands and tend to call more than they should, so the action is pretty good. It wasn't long before both the rebuys were used up. One player went out on middle pair with K6 :p You know who you are! Heh.

   Ethan, who everybody knows plays very conservatively gets knocked out by Adrian, who has amassed the chip lead by taking some pretty substantial pots. You know, like raising preflop with 57c, raising the bettor when the flop comes K72, and then catching another 7 on the turn - the usual. It turns out Ethan's pockets Jacks can't take down the rivered flush, and he's out.

   I pick up pocket tens and see a min-raise and two calls. I go all in, and both people call. Wow. That's not good. It turns out they have A9o and Q7o. Nice! Franco flips the flop out, and the first card is a ten. Thanks, Franco!

   I fold for a while and pick up pocket tens again. Nio makes a small raise, Adrian calls (I figure he's got a blah drawing hand), so I raise all in again. Nio quickly calls and thanks me for pushing all in. Adrian folds pretty quickly - it's hard to over-call against a guy who's so happy. Nio flips over KK - ouch. Turns out, Franco, my favorite dealer, gives me a ten on the flop again for the win!

   Now it's down to me and Adrian, and I have a few more bucks then he does. Nothing too special here - I get better hands and better flops and I am able to slow play and sucker-bet him for most of his stack. He doubles up on me when I have 10 times more than him and he has KT against my 54, but I drain most of his cash away again and then manage to dominate him on his final all in (QJs vs J3s).

   That felt good. I haven't won a tourney in a while...

   I'm so money and I don't even know it :p

   Posted by Jason M at 2008-02-01 08:22:45

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Comments on “Who's the big winner?”

1. • Posted by Nick L g 2008-02-01 18:38:21
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   • Nice win, I will be going for 3 in a row tomorrow. That is awesome about sucking out on KK. well anyway nice win and keep it up. I just have to pick up the scraps from my bad session last night.

2. • Posted by uzjedi (unverified) g 2008-02-01 09:04:03
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   • I forget what that feels like. Nice win, Focker. ;p