| 09 Feb | A quick catch upPosted by PokerBarney on 3:48PM, 9th Feb 2006Permalink |  Send to a friend |  RSS feed |
Before I get down to the serious business of blogging, let's just catch up with where I am.
Yesterday (Feb 8th)
yesterday I had a great day - I played 2 $5 STTs and won them both, for a total profit of $30. I played tight aggressive, making a few choice bluffs, and (almost) always having the best hand hold up. Perfect poker :)
The Maxim tournaments went well too, I finished high and earned lots of points. Perhaps I should explain about Maxim: it's a men's magazine, and is running a poker tournament (The King of Poker). There are two daily qualifiers, with the top 27 going through to the weekly semi. The winner of each Monday night semi gets a seat in the grand live final in London. There are various other ways of qualifying, but the safest bet is the leaderboard. One point is earned for every player beaten in each of the dailies, so if 300 people play and you finish 50th, you get 250 points. I'm currently 6th, with the top 10 qualifying. I'm keeping up with everyone, but ideally I'd like to be higher. Fingers crossed I'll stay in!
Today (Feb 9th)
Today was average, and a bit rubbish. Firstly, I came 3rd in the first STT I played, leaving me with no prize money. Luckily, I came 2nd in the other STT, meaning I broke even with winnings of $10. So far so average. The only highlight was AA twice in a row to take out the third player, ha!
Unfortunately, I had a bit of an unlucky defeat in the first of the Maxim dailies. Here it is:
Me:
A
K
The flop, I'm first to act and we both check.
2
Q
4
The turn and river, I'm first to act again after raising and re-raising we're all in on the river.
2
Q
4
A
K
Here comes the killer - guess what he's got:
Q
Q
And I'm destroyed, but I suppose it's only fair. He played well - I put him on a big ace, like me. Ah well, there's always the 8pm game to try and make up some points.
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