1. 2008-01-21 19:59:39

   7th Tournament of the Vancouver Poker Tour

   Hey everyone, sorry that I didn't write about the previous tournament. I did bad plus there was just one hand I got knocked out on after getting caught stealing pots and that lead up to my short stack. I ran into Aces with so nothing special - just got beat.

   Getting Ready

   I was called into work until 8, so I had to race over to get in on time. It was kind of unfortunate that we only had 6 players, but that just means that some players will have to make it 4 weeks in a row (you know who you are) to be able to qualify and play in the freeroll. After starting late and picking up a nice pot with I decided to play the waiting game.

   Ace 6

   The blinds were at 200-400 when we finally got rid of the 1st player (that hasn't happened in any of the other tournaments). I was in the big blind with just over 8,000 in chips which was 2nd in chips and had . I decided that he didn't have much credit on his all ins before and called. He had and I caught a six on the flop and knocked Addison out.

   Knock Out Stages

   With 5 players left I am sitting with over 8,000 and the blinds are 400-800 so I can afford to be patient. The chips are kinda passing around and I am getting just bad cards then finally I pick up . I make it 2,000 to go and Josh kinda non nonchalantly goes all in. I am thinking I have seen this show before when I had I called his all in and he had and I lost. Just on the previous hand he limped in with and won a nice pot by trapping so my alert was up. Thinking I was either dominated or up against Queens or Kings again so after consideration and being 2nd in chips going against the chip leader so I folded. The very next hand I have in the big blind. Action folds around to Jonas, he limps, I raise 2,000 and he goes all in - not noticing that I had raised. It was only 1,100 for me to call. He had and I knocked him out.

   Ace King Four Handed

   Down to four now with 6,100 in chips I pick up and make it 2,000 to go Victor goes all in for 5,100 Josh calls I go all in for the extra thousand and was called three way all in!! Victor has Josh has . The flop finds a king and the others couldn't catch up. That was the tournament - pretty much just a huge hand for each of us. If Victor or Josh would of won they would of won the tournament as well.

   Straight Flush

   In the big blind three handed I was the commanding chip leader with . Matt is on the button and goes all in for just 2,200 on top of the big blind Josh folded and I called. The reason why I called because with a big chip lead your odds are through the roof to call a short stack all in with pretty much any two cards. This gives you a good chance to knock them out. He turns over the flop came out . The turn came out a - of clubs - hich was a huge card giving me my flush. Now he can hit a club as well to win but it couldn't be the 6 of clubs cause that would give me a straight flush. I now have a hammer lock almost a 3.5-1 favorite. River comes out a of clubs giving me the improbable straight flush and I melted my face off in the process. From there heads up lasted 1 hand. I picked up in the big blind I made a straight beating .

   Food for Thought

   Hope you enjoyed the post, please leave comments. Check on the standings of the league, the freeroll is approaching and looks like it will be a good final table for the big money the freeroll is going generate.

   Posted by Nick L at 2008-01-21 19:59:39

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Comments on “7th Tournament of the Vancouver Poker Tour”

1. • Posted by Ethan g 2008-01-24 17:53:16
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   • That makes sense. I guess it's all dependent on the situation.

2. • Posted by uzjedi g 2008-01-24 14:08:00
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   • ...of course, if everyone is playing too tight then that is the best time to open up and steal/re-steal. ;) But I don't know about these points you speak of. Maybe that changes things? Regardless, nice win. :)

3. • Posted by Jason M g 2008-01-23 01:28:12
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   • Those sound like good enough reasons. I forgot about the points, too. If everybody else is going to take each other out, it's probably not worth risking your "big stack" status to go in with poor hands. Great work on the win!

4. • Posted by Nick L (unverified) g 2008-01-22 18:54:17
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   • With being patient at that point was letting shorter stacks than me knock themselves out. By not recognizing how big the blinds are and I can pick up a pot per revolution to survive. Plus the table was super super tight and I just didn't want to make a huge mistake and miss out on the points that I desperately needed.

5. • Posted by Jason M g 2008-01-22 07:36:37
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   • Hmmm. I have to agree with Ethan - on paper, it seems like 8k in chips with a short-handed table seems to be a great time to open up a bit more. However, your strategy obviously worked well, and we weren't there, so it's tough to say how the game was going.

     That straight flush hand is great. Make sure you savor it - that doesn't happen too often ;)

6. • Posted by Megan (unverified) g 2008-01-22 06:51:41
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   • Congrats on the win!

7. • Posted by Ethan g 2008-01-22 05:20:52
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   • So with 8000 chips and 1200 per round I thought the rule was you're short stacked and have to start going all in since you can only go 6 rounds if all you do is fold. What's your logic on being patient?

     Damn, a straight flush though - what a hand.