From The Sky Came a Star
Having won on SkyPoker, but still not totally convinced I like the site I decided to cash a chunk of cash out and reinvest it into PokerStars.
First tournament was a 500 chip/6 seat satellite (aprox. $19 entry with 2 seats Gtd) into their Monday Big $55 ($100K Gtd):
Very first hand I was dealt 44 so decided to see how my luck was.... Got called by 77.... Hit a 4
Then I just sat back and watched others knock each other out. Eventually I won my seat.
My game wasn"t good in the Big $55, within a few hands I was dealt KK and UTG had made a 3x raise, I reraised 3x, all folded round to the initial raiser who shoved. I knew he had AA, I got that "feeling", I told myself "If he re-re-raises he"ll have Aces". But of course, I couldn"t bring myself to fold, and there it was: KK v AA. The board ran out: JTx, 9, Q for a straight. I got lucky!
A few hands Later UTG had raised, I had AQ and decided to see a flop: Q high. UTG bets out as expected, I raise and he calls. Turn is a blank, he checks so I bet half the pot, he calls (I"m putting him on AT, AJ, AK now. Only a King on the river is a worry). Sure enough a K on thr river is dealt, he shoves (about 2/3rds of the pot), I should now realise he has AK and fold but I can"t help but call. He shows AK!
I"m now back to around the 3K starting stack. I get AA, raise, no callers!
I get too involved in a multi-way pot on a straight draw and lose chips.
I couldn"t release my chips with a flush/OE straight draw, only call and miss. If I"d have shoved I"m sure he"d have folded!
I raise with 77 and someone shoves over the top. I have him covered. I think he"s probably shoving with a high kicked Ace. I have him covered and call: 77 v KK: K on the flop and no help for me!
I"m down to sawdust now. 5bb"s. With the BB coming round I shove with K3 (any two cards!). Surprisingly, it folds round to the BB who calls me with QJ, we both miss the board and I have about 11bb"s.
Only a few hands later I am dealt AQ suited, There is a raise and a call before my shove, initial raiser calls and the caller folds. AQ v KJ: A on the flop and it holds.
Blinds go up and I still have 25bb"s.
I then lose a few blinds very quickly due to going through the BB/SB, getting moved to a new table and hitting the blinds again.
I then get dealt JJ. The BB is a huge chipstack so I overbet to about 4.5bb"s (I"m happy to call for all my chips if I have to). As I thought, the aggressive chipstacked player pushed me all-in. Time to race............. Or not! He shows QQ. No help for me and I go out in 575th place (2293 runners).
Although I really felt my game was bad, I managed to run through three quarters of the field. So, it was slightly pleasing to think what I might do if when I do play well?
I decided to have a "wind down" game: 180 man, $2.50 Turbo.
Nothing exciting to report but did manage a min-cash.
So:
Big $55 satellite: $19.00 SEAT WON
Big $55: $0.00 NO WIN
180 seat TURBO: $2.50 $ 4.90
-$17.60
However, cleverly Re-Loading my PokerStars account in 2 parts:
FREE $1 entry into their WORLD RECORD attempt.
FREE $10 when depositing $100 (Only have to earn 10VPP"s)
