hello again, sorry their has not been many posts but had a holiday to tenerife for ten nights and been busy with private car work. enough of that boring stuff, time to talk poker.
sunday 11th october i went to holt to play a £30 50k stack freezeout that was run by andy and caroline cunningham-brown, first i would like to say many thanks for running such a great day and a super buffet. the poker itself was fun but i made a move at a pot with pocket tens and walked into pocket aces, that wiped most of my stack and i busted eventually when my queens ran into ace queen off and his ace of clubs matched the board as four clubs were dealt on the board. not a problem, nice hand, well played one and all. was a brilliant day though.
yesterday (sat 16th october) was the gukpt club championship in great yarmouth. 43 runners, 10k stack, 40 minute clock. i was pumped up for this event, players take their seat, dealers shuffle up and deal, im on the button, folded to me, i look down at pocket aces, i raise and steal the blinds, i show the aces and take the 75 in blinds, what annoy"s me though is that i won the first hand and the curse of winning the first hand was spelled over me. after 30 minutes i rolled my stack to 12k but went card dead to the break but i made a mistake and tried to get something going and after the break i had a stack of about 7k. with the blinds at 100-200 with 25 antes i got involved in a pot, 3rd position raises to 600, as it goes round there is two callers, im on the big blind with kc ts, with reasonable odds and a just above average hand i called, the flop was jd td kd, i check, 3rd position raises to 1200 but the way he bet rang an alarm bell in my head, i noticed when he is betting a draw he threw his chips in and when he bet a made hand he gently pushed his bet in, the 1200 was thrown in and the other players folded so i decided to call at this spot and if no diamond comes then ill move at the pot, the turn was i believe the
, i check to check raise and he bet 3000, that bet was a problem as he only had 6k before the turn so his bet was pot commiting himself but the 5k chip was thrown in and i still was using the reliable tell, i worked out the possible hands and worked out that i was ahead at this point so i shoved and he was in the tank but he had to call anyway because of the pot odds and the chips he would have left and the cards were in the air, he shows
th, i was spot on with my read but the dealer dealt the :as: and i was out. what a bummer. never mind, there will be another tourney soon. watch this space i will take down a big tourney soon maybe the wsop main event 2011 or the £30 freezeout in yarmouth next week who knows.
good luck to all
