On Losing and Winning at the same time...
Today I played another satellite competition, a poker format where you play a cheap tournament entry fee, along with others, in the hope you will win- the winner gets a ticket to a larger, more expensive tournament.
Last week I won one of these. Today I felt like playing another. I was building my chips and got playing with Gabriela Hill. She had showed some interesting play, trapping, betting out with hands, mixing up her play. I bet out on one pot, putting her all in. I had an open ended straight draw and second pair, with enough odds at improving and being the table chip leader I thoguht putting her all in was a good move, after all I put her on top pair and thought she would not call. If she did, I had outs. She called and I hit my straight. Then full tilt alerted me that I had knocked out a pro player. Nice. Shame I had to do it with a draw.
About 230 people were playing.
I was a bout 3rd in chips with 100 left, then I got AA. Someone raised 3 times the big blind. I raised him another 4 times. I was in position. The flop was 8 9 3- He went all in. Of course I called.
He had 89. I was now down to only 11 big blinds, as the guy I tangled with had a fair amount of chips.
I went all in with 1010. Got called by AJ suited. 10 on the flop, and two hearts. He had AJ of hearts. Nothing on the turn. River was a heart, knocking me out. Heartbroken.
Still, I went out 67th I think, out of 200+ people, which is not too bad. And I played very well, despite not winning.
On opening my email Full tilt alerted me that after busting a pro poker player I get a free tee shirt. Not all bad then, especially as I only payed $1.50 to play.
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