Hold'em Heaven at Harrah's - and Michele on fumes
Let's take Michele first - he has done well by surviving day 1 and will continue the fight for the championship! However, he is down to $6,150 in chips and will need to double up a couple of times to stand a chance in the long run. I hope to get a more detailed interview from Michele Saturday.
Meanwhile I decided to give it another go at Harrah's - after all I won it the other night, so the mojo should be alright and my confidence in my game has rarely been higher.
Wednesday we were 80 players total, today Friday we reached 90. This time however, I came off to a very dry start, saw hardly any cards at all the first 4 levels before the break. After the break I managed to double up once with AJ vs. 88, and later once more when I trapped with AK, and another player decided to try a squeeze with AJ. All of a sudden I was above average again and doing well. They broke up our table about 2 hours into the tournament and I was seated in seat 7 at a much tougher table han the first one. My first hand UTG was QQ, (blinds $1,000-2.000 my stack at $28,000) I raised to $8,000, I had a caller from a huge stack in seat 9, then seat 10 went all-in! Fold around to me. Hard decision I think, and since I did not know the players and yet and my tournament life as at stake I decided to let it go. Seat 9 also let go, and the Italian player in seat 10 showed QQ - we had the same hand!!!
Next hand I showed to the table was KK in an all-in situation where I busted a player, so my image was good and solid, and at the later stages I got a lot of respect from the table and managaed to steal quite a number of blinds and antes.
It's late - or early if you will - and I will make it short: I made it to the final table as the big stack and managed to build it even more until I sat on $350,000 of the $900,000 in play. 6-handed I first lose an all-in with KK vs. A6s, then my AK can't win vs. AJ, and when a strong agressive French player in seat begins to play back at me I lose a chunk of chips. When the forth place finisher is out the three of us were at $240,000/$330,000/$330,000 and we decide to chop the pot 3-way, still a nice chunk of cash with a little more than $2,500 to each of us, not bad for a $150 investment, eh?
Saturday I will most probably play either at the Golden Nugget or Venetian, both places have a $1,000 2-day event. Mike will be joining me and change from the $4-8 game he has been grinding succesfully over the last days.
Goodnight!
Meanwhile I decided to give it another go at Harrah's - after all I won it the other night, so the mojo should be alright and my confidence in my game has rarely been higher.
Wednesday we were 80 players total, today Friday we reached 90. This time however, I came off to a very dry start, saw hardly any cards at all the first 4 levels before the break. After the break I managed to double up once with AJ vs. 88, and later once more when I trapped with AK, and another player decided to try a squeeze with AJ. All of a sudden I was above average again and doing well. They broke up our table about 2 hours into the tournament and I was seated in seat 7 at a much tougher table han the first one. My first hand UTG was QQ, (blinds $1,000-2.000 my stack at $28,000) I raised to $8,000, I had a caller from a huge stack in seat 9, then seat 10 went all-in! Fold around to me. Hard decision I think, and since I did not know the players and yet and my tournament life as at stake I decided to let it go. Seat 9 also let go, and the Italian player in seat 10 showed QQ - we had the same hand!!!
Next hand I showed to the table was KK in an all-in situation where I busted a player, so my image was good and solid, and at the later stages I got a lot of respect from the table and managaed to steal quite a number of blinds and antes.
It's late - or early if you will - and I will make it short: I made it to the final table as the big stack and managed to build it even more until I sat on $350,000 of the $900,000 in play. 6-handed I first lose an all-in with KK vs. A6s, then my AK can't win vs. AJ, and when a strong agressive French player in seat begins to play back at me I lose a chunk of chips. When the forth place finisher is out the three of us were at $240,000/$330,000/$330,000 and we decide to chop the pot 3-way, still a nice chunk of cash with a little more than $2,500 to each of us, not bad for a $150 investment, eh?
Saturday I will most probably play either at the Golden Nugget or Venetian, both places have a $1,000 2-day event. Mike will be joining me and change from the $4-8 game he has been grinding succesfully over the last days.
Goodnight!
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