Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Poker Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: AMRN on November 20, 2010, 21:50:43 PM
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good luck indeed
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GOODLUCK
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Best of luck Brian !
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Thanx guys.
Fantastic series of tournies out here. Lots of Scandies and all that that brings and plenty of Pros too.
Won the opening warm-up event for 400 euros but that was just a getting-to-know-you game really where we all had a laugh and a joke during the game, though it was nice to make a call with 8-7 to an all-in shove on an 8-4-4 board against pro player Lee Pope when 3-handed and correctly tell him that it was "The only way you can win the pot".
The Main Event was a series of 4 STT"s over 2 days with 12k chips, 30 min blinds and starting at 100 / 200. With the combination of that structure and 70% of the players being Scandies I was expecting short games with lots of action but that hasn"t been the case at all.
In my first 2 games I targeted a minimum of 5th place but really wanted higher but played well in the opener to get 4th after running 8-8 into A-A and that got me 6 pts for a solid start.
Friday night though turned into a disaster. At level 4 (500 / 1000) it was folded to me on the button and with 9k and an ace I shoved, only to run into AQ which saw me leave in 9th for just 1 point.
So going into day 2 I had just 7pts with the 20th place currently standing at 14. That was the target spot for everyone to aim for as the top 20 all go to the Final and make the cash. I knew that I needed at least 3rd place in the opening game and was delighted to win it to give me a real shot in the last leg. Moving onto the final leg and I had 19pts but when I looked at the pts of the other players, 1 had 26, 1 had 24, 2 others had 19 like me and 2 had 18...that meant that 7 of the 9 players at the table were in with a shot at qualification.
Early on I made a spaeculative set-mine raise with 2-2 and got called by the BB, who wasn"t a contender for qualification. The flop came 10-7-2 and it goes check-check. I then bet the Q turn and he re-raises me. I re-re-raise, he shoves and I call and he shows 10-7, so happy days.
It took an age to lose any more players though, but after calling an all-in with K-Q (after the guy went to shove his chips in, then realised he hadn"t looked at his cards !) I was up to 25k and looking good....until next hand I ran AJ sooted into aces and was back down to 12k !!
Finally though, we got to 3 handed but in a strange situation in that none of us was 100% assured of enough points to go through. Eventually, it was me calling an all-in shove with AQ against his K-8 that got me to guarrantedd 2nd and a place in the top 20 was sewn up.
So today is the final, 20 players 40k starting stacks and 30 min blinds so hopefully a 10-hour session with 30,000 euros at the end of it and the title of European STT Champion.
ONE FECKIN TIME PLEASE !!
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Great blog Brian and the very best of luck today....
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Great blog Brian and the very best of luck today....
I always thought the exploits of Brian would make a good blog.
Get it won Mr Yates.
Anyway, onto potential names for Brian"s new poker Blog :-
Boing Blitz Blog in association with BCPC (The #1 Home Game in the Midlands)
or
The Blog of a Brummie
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Good Luck Brian....................TID
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Best of luck Brian, run good.
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Good Luck Brian...
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Text from Brian....
Just got it all in with 98hh on 2 heart board and hit the turn to double to 49k. 1k/2k after break with 46k avg - 17 left.
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All the best Brian 8) Hope you"re in for a long day!
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Any more news??
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at 17:40 - just reached FT but short..... not heard since....
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Wheeeeee get in Brian!!!! TID!
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Superb result, well played Brian.
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VWP Brian
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WP mate
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Well done Brian, congratulation !
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Brilliant result, wp Brian
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Nice result Brian :)
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N1 Brian, WP fella.
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WD Brian!!!
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Nice one Captain Bri! :)
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Just back from the ECOSTT...and what a superb set of tournies they were.
The Final was an awesome experience and with 30,000 euros to the winner, a life-changing possibility for me.
Of the 20 players, 2 of them were WSOP bracelet winners and they were ALL tough players.
After my 9-8 double-up, I took down a monster pot against an aggressive Kosovan / Swedish player to move up to 112k but then had to fold AQ to the same guy when out of position to go down to 80k.
My next big hand was holding 7-7 in the SB when the shortstack shoved for 14k. I was preparing to call but a re-shove to 32k forced me to fold and the re-shover hit a flush holding A-6 sooted.....but I (would have) flopped a set and rivered a FH (and been on 165k as chip-leader) !!
I made the FT to lock-up 3100 euros but 6 of the 10 were below 58k at a blind level of 4k / 8k so it was set to get a little tasty very quickly. What we didn"t expect was that clash to come between the 2 monster stacks.
Chip-leader, 6"10" American basketball player Ben Logan, who currently lives in Denmark, raised the pot to 22k and was called by my pal KosoSwede in the BB.
The flop came 7s 7h 6d and both players checked.
The turn was a 8h and the BB checks. Ben raises to 25k and was re-raised to 56k. Ben asked how much he had behind and then put him all-in and was called by KosoSwede who held 7c 9h while Ben had the made hand with 9c tc for a straight.......but the river incredibly brought the 7d to keep the K-Swede in the game.
I was totally card-dead at the FT and after letting the blinds through once I shoved with K-8 and got back to 49k.
A fellow Ladbrokes player then ran K-J into A-A to exit in 10th and then on the very next hand I was in UTG with K-J off. Do I shove or do I pass and possibly ladder 2,3 or 4 places before I reach that position again ?
I decided to push but Peter Varga woke up with Q-Q and I was out in 9th for 4250 euros.
I second-guessed that play over and over as the ladders were 800, then 1100, then 1500 euros for the next 3 places and what made it worse was that 3 players went out in the next 5 hands !!
What would you have done guys ??
The KosoSwede and Ben Logan ended up heads-up at the end with Koso taking it down for 30,500 plus a watch worth 2k more. He was a quality opponent and deserved the Title.
All in all, a fantastic experience and bring on the next one.
Thanx for all your support and good wishes and to those who backed me in cash, I will get your winnings to you soon :)
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Very well played Brian, really pleased for you. Awesome performance !
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well played Brian, you are the man!!
I"d have shoved as well in your spot and shot for the moon. Shoving UTG light 9 handed is never fun, but with your stack, not much of an option...just hit a K next time please
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I agree with Rob, could"ve worked out differently if you hadn"t run into the QQ. Tough spot UTG but doubt you could"ve waited around much longer by sounds of it.
Well played Brian and even more so with a very tough field.
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Cant see enough information to suggest weather i would of shoved in his spot. Lots of things to consider. like the clock, blindsat next level, how likely the other players are to call, and how light they think u are gonna shove, and weather there are antes in the pot is also important.
If there was antes at the point when u shoved with kj, and you had less than 10bbs, then i think shoving is standard, with 10-15 bbs then i may actually standard 3x raise, because it could look uber strong given ure position and shortish stack behind.
well done on cash though, not abad score at all...
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gg sir
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blinds are 4000 / 8000 going up to 5000 / 10000 at next level. No antes throughout.