Happy Happy Birthday....So close!
Well, Saturday was my birthday. I turned 31 years old. Why does that sound so old to me? Anyway, I had a pretty good day. I recieved a Craftsman 12" compound miter saw as a gift from my wife and the rest of the family. It is pretty sweet. It chops through a 2x4 like it isn't there. I have built an L shaped addition to my bench in the garage to really use it effectively. I built it with a drop down area so the topof the cutting area is even with the rest of the bench so it will provide support for longer pieces when I cut them.
Anyway, after my son got up from his nap my wife and I decided to run to Cape to get some food. We ended up at AppleBees. I hade the key lime chicken which was pretty good. Even better than that, Grant actually halfway behaved. He did try to pick up a girl who was there with her prom date! I told him she was too old for him and we left and went to WalMart. Heck of a birthday so far, huh? Well, it's about to get a whole lot more interesting....
MySportsRadio.com held their fourth set of listener tournaments at Titan Poker. There is a freeroll followed by a rebuy tournament. I played in the first two freerolls, and I cashed in the first and made the final table in the second. The last time I missed the freeroll but played in the cash game and I made the final table again. I felt like I played pretty well but I just couldn't get the cards when I needed them. That was all about to change.
I was determined to gamble it up this tournament. I told myself I would rebuy as many times as I needed. The second hand of the tournament I call an early position raise with Jack-Nine of diamonds. I would normally throw this hand away here, but since it was a rebuy tournament I took a chance. The flop came with two diamonds and I called a big bet from the early position player. The turn was the queen of diamonds, giving me my flush. The early position player made a bigger bet and I moved all-in. If he has a bigger flush I will just rebuy, but he shows King-Queen for top pair. Two hands and I have doubled up. The deck completly hits me square in the face. In the next ten hands I pick up Aces once and Kings once and send two more players to the cashier for a rebuy. Wow, twelve hands in and I have over 6000 chips! I decide to sit back and chill for a while.
I let about 15 hands go by without a lot of action when I pick up a Queen-Jack suited. I raise to three times the big blind and the button, who has around 3000 chips reraises me. I flat call and the flop pairs my Jack, so I lead out about 3/4 of the pot. The button moves all-in, and I just don't buy it. I call, knowing I will still have over 3000 chips if I am wrong. The button shows pocket eights. Sweet! He doesn't catch an eight on the turn or the river and he is of to the cashier for a rebuy and I have close to 10000 in chips. The player in second place has less than 5000 in chips.
I open up the other table and I see them chating about me. "OMG who keeps feeding longclaw?" and "longclaw has 10000!" Sweet! I run my stack up to about 15000 before the first break. The second hand after the break I get pocket tens. I call a raise from a guy who has about 7500 chips and the flop comes Three-Five-Ten with two diamonds. I lead out with a 1500 chip bet into a 2500 chip pot and he raises me to 3000 and I decide to push in. He thinks about it so long he almost times out before he folds. I am up to 17000 in chips and then I decide to chill again.
I play my way to the final three. I eliminate the third place player with my Ace-Seven vs his King-Seven. Heads up starts and we are close to even in chips. I pull into a 3 to 2 chip lead when I pick up pocket sixes. I raise and my opponent flat calls. The flop comes King-King-Five. Everything I have read says this is a good flop for me I bet and he flat calls. The turn is another King. Great! I think I have the best hand as I put him all-in with my full house. He turns over King-Nine for the nuts and I am crippled. He has me 5 to 1 in chips and I get rags for a couple hands. 7 to 1 in chips and I push in and double up with an eight high. Two hands later I find pocket Aces and double up again. The very next hand I catch Kings and take another chunk of his stack. I am actually able to pull back in the lead for a while, but then it goes south. The last hand I flopped a flush draw and moved all-in, only to have my opponent show me his two pair. The turn gives me a straight draw to go with my flush, but the turn gives my opponent a full house and I am out. Oh well, I tried.
I bought into the tournament for $3.30, and I won $48.00 for second. Not too bad of a return, and a pretty good birthday present. Next time, the MSR Heads-up Championship.
Anyway, after my son got up from his nap my wife and I decided to run to Cape to get some food. We ended up at AppleBees. I hade the key lime chicken which was pretty good. Even better than that, Grant actually halfway behaved. He did try to pick up a girl who was there with her prom date! I told him she was too old for him and we left and went to WalMart. Heck of a birthday so far, huh? Well, it's about to get a whole lot more interesting....
MySportsRadio.com held their fourth set of listener tournaments at Titan Poker. There is a freeroll followed by a rebuy tournament. I played in the first two freerolls, and I cashed in the first and made the final table in the second. The last time I missed the freeroll but played in the cash game and I made the final table again. I felt like I played pretty well but I just couldn't get the cards when I needed them. That was all about to change.
I was determined to gamble it up this tournament. I told myself I would rebuy as many times as I needed. The second hand of the tournament I call an early position raise with Jack-Nine of diamonds. I would normally throw this hand away here, but since it was a rebuy tournament I took a chance. The flop came with two diamonds and I called a big bet from the early position player. The turn was the queen of diamonds, giving me my flush. The early position player made a bigger bet and I moved all-in. If he has a bigger flush I will just rebuy, but he shows King-Queen for top pair. Two hands and I have doubled up. The deck completly hits me square in the face. In the next ten hands I pick up Aces once and Kings once and send two more players to the cashier for a rebuy. Wow, twelve hands in and I have over 6000 chips! I decide to sit back and chill for a while.
I let about 15 hands go by without a lot of action when I pick up a Queen-Jack suited. I raise to three times the big blind and the button, who has around 3000 chips reraises me. I flat call and the flop pairs my Jack, so I lead out about 3/4 of the pot. The button moves all-in, and I just don't buy it. I call, knowing I will still have over 3000 chips if I am wrong. The button shows pocket eights. Sweet! He doesn't catch an eight on the turn or the river and he is of to the cashier for a rebuy and I have close to 10000 in chips. The player in second place has less than 5000 in chips.
I open up the other table and I see them chating about me. "OMG who keeps feeding longclaw?" and "longclaw has 10000!" Sweet! I run my stack up to about 15000 before the first break. The second hand after the break I get pocket tens. I call a raise from a guy who has about 7500 chips and the flop comes Three-Five-Ten with two diamonds. I lead out with a 1500 chip bet into a 2500 chip pot and he raises me to 3000 and I decide to push in. He thinks about it so long he almost times out before he folds. I am up to 17000 in chips and then I decide to chill again.
I play my way to the final three. I eliminate the third place player with my Ace-Seven vs his King-Seven. Heads up starts and we are close to even in chips. I pull into a 3 to 2 chip lead when I pick up pocket sixes. I raise and my opponent flat calls. The flop comes King-King-Five. Everything I have read says this is a good flop for me I bet and he flat calls. The turn is another King. Great! I think I have the best hand as I put him all-in with my full house. He turns over King-Nine for the nuts and I am crippled. He has me 5 to 1 in chips and I get rags for a couple hands. 7 to 1 in chips and I push in and double up with an eight high. Two hands later I find pocket Aces and double up again. The very next hand I catch Kings and take another chunk of his stack. I am actually able to pull back in the lead for a while, but then it goes south. The last hand I flopped a flush draw and moved all-in, only to have my opponent show me his two pair. The turn gives me a straight draw to go with my flush, but the turn gives my opponent a full house and I am out. Oh well, I tried.
I bought into the tournament for $3.30, and I won $48.00 for second. Not too bad of a return, and a pretty good birthday present. Next time, the MSR Heads-up Championship.
posted by Chris at
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Enjoy your twenties while you can. 30 pretty much stinks and it doesn't get any better. Everyday I get more gray hair.
Thanks for the comment, I didn't know anyone actually read my stuff.
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