Sunday

Figured i should play a few biggies for a change, found it a bit tough taking some nasty beats in the end but here are summaries of games played as best as remember:

$215 $300k on party poker, 1450 entrants. Went out on a pot to have gone to 16k, over double the average with 1000 players left.

$320 on betfair, never got going in this and lost a chunk early with KK against a set when i couldnt fold a tough river bet. Ended up going out in an interesting 3way allin on a flop of 235 with 2 hearts holding Ah9h knowing i was behind to a probable straight. The other 2 actually had A4 and 46, neither had hearts so it was definitely worth a roll of the dice.

$215 $100k on ipoker, started well in this before being rivered for a decent pot and then going out on a bad beat.

£120 40k on crypto, went weak early before recovering to my starting stack. Went out to a backwards dummy 10s vs 8s to have got back to average chips with half the field gone.

$100 mansion, never got going and struggling to remember exit hand.

$50 rebuy on prima (in for $150) $200k guaranteed with about 1700-1800 entrants. Lost a 20k pot QQ vs AQoff to have gone about 60th/300 on 27k at 400,800 blinds. Busted the 7k shortly after when A7std on button ran into AJ in the bb for a 16k exit pot.

That leaves just 1 game (the smallest of the lot) , a 200 player $10k freeroll (488 entered but only 200 not sitting out that is) which ive just abused the bubble on. Also made a huge turn bluff with king high with only 24 players left and just went for an outrageous pot odds call and won a huge pot J9std vs AQoff. A right rollercoaster so far but chipleader for the moment. Ok money for top 6 or so hopefully can manage to get a chunk of the buyins back from all the above. Will update below later i guess. 20 players left now 50k stack (2nd has 35k and blinds 400,800 with a 100 ante)

Later Update:

Ok aggressed and quite a few 60/40s held up to climb to the final table as chipleader still. Ran AK into a guys AA to knock me down to 3rd or 4th with 8 players left. Structure actually allowed proper poker though and after 1 or 2 resteals (including a K9off) and aggression we were down to the last 4 all between 70-85k at 2400bb. I then got a helping hand when a guy limped and my K10 hit nuts straight on turn for free which he paid off 2 pot bets on as he obviously had ace rag. I then sucked out A7std vs AQoff for marginal pot odds which resulted in me having 50% chips in play of the last 3. Managed to dispose of the other 2 with some help from the pokergods on the flops taken. Eventually heads up 200k vs 100k i limped with 86off and called a pot raise to see a flop of 996. He pot bet about 17k and i put him allin for his last 60k or so. He called with AQoff and failed to improve :)

$2500 for 1st results in about $1500 up on the day, big result considering i spent $1000 in tourney buyins and was down to the last tournament with the smallest prize pool.