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Written by SwingSwingSwing
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 10:11 |
There's not a lot happening poker-wise recently so I haven't been posting much.
In July, I've played a grand total of nine tournaments. My ROI for these nine is 100% which isn't too bad. I've cashed 4 times in a row in the BritBloggerment a streak which was broken last Sunday when I came in 6th.
Highlight of the month was the PXF Euro Subscriber tournie last night. It's not often I get the chance to play these as the tournie generally starts before I get home from work. But yesterday I was home nice and early and I decided to stump up my $5. For a $5 buyin, this tournie is hard. Everyone who enters is a PXF subscriber and, as such, they want to better their game. Plus Sheets, JohnnyBax and Mindwise usually play too. It's a tough grind for a poor payout.
My table draw was horrendous with Sheets and Bax at my table. I had two hands of note against them. The first was against Bax quite early on. I got to see a free flop in the big blind with 96s. Flopped an open ended straight draw. Called a smallish bet from Bax. Bax checked the turn as did I. My draw came in on the river and I managed to get Bax to pay me off. "Owned", he said.
The hand against Sheets was quite a bit later on when the blinds were more significant. Sheets opens for 3x from early position. Folded to me in the small blind. I raise 3x his bet which is about half my stack. Sheets went into the tank. With about ten seconds left in the time bank, Sheets asks "Do you have it?" to which I reply "not saying". With his time bank running out, he folds and I say "I would show but you always teach not to". To which he replies "Damn"!
I ended up finishing 7th, making the final table and cashing which I was very pleased with given the strength of the field.
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