Turkish
06-23-2004, 12:04 PM
This happened in a tournament quite a few months ago. 90 or so people with 100$ buyin and 50$ rebuys the first hour and an additional 50$ add-on at end of hour 1. Everyone starts with 5k Tournament chips. The blinds are ridiculous and pretty much make it impossible to play normally. The first hour goes by smoothly. I pick up KK and raise to 1000 in the sb. BB who I would call, decent, pushes all in and has me covered. I call and he shows AQs. He doesn't improve and im up to 10,000. Only other hand I played: Picked up AK in middle position, raised to 1000 and was called by a player who we will name, "old and bad." Interesting side note, this player rebought at least 6 times in the first hour. Anyways flops comes K high, he checks and I push..He folds.. At the break i'm at 12,000. I decide to add on for some breathing room and start hour 2 at 17,000.
I'm playing rock tight for the most part and then super aggressive when I pick up anything. After hour 2 I'm at about 30k and were down to about 4 tables. I continue to play tight and am not seeing many cards. The blinds are making it impossible to not feel short stacked, even though my stack is growing at a better than average rate I feel. Blinds are up to around 3k-6k and im at around 25, I pick up 1010 and push UTG, Only to get immediately called by player who I will soon deem "young and bad." Everyone else folds and he flips over Kj off...Really? More than half your stack? Flop comes K xx and I start shaking hands. I hit no 10 and start to walk away when someone says, "Hey, he has a flush!" My eyes get big and I look at the board, 4 clubs! Nice! I'm alive again and healthy. Dealer was ready to muck my hand, nice job.
Down to 2 tables and im blinded down to about 40k. I'm playing tight but I get caught making my first "move" of the tournament. 6 left at my table and I get K10 off UTG. Blinds are 5-10. I push hoping to take it down as were about two people away from the final table and I really need some ammo. MP thinks for awhile and calls. I have him covered, barely. He flips Kq and I'm thinking, nice tournament guys. Board comes x x x x 10. ! Hah, It's nice to get luck now and then. A few minutes later Tables condense. 10 left, with top 9 getting paid. Chip leader has about 300k. I'm sitting with about 100k with blinds at 10-20. About two hands in i lose my bb to a preflop raise. I post sb with 70 behind, and look down at the black aces.
Hand:
Mp(average player) calls 20,000. CO(big stack and awful) also calls 20,000. Action to me. I don't have too many options here as i'm pretty much short stacked. I push all-in making it 80 to go. BB folds, mp folds, CO calls quickly. I flip and he shows A3 of spades. Really? Flop falls 226 no spades, and i'm looking in great shape to have a big stack and a chance at top 3. Turn 5, River... 4...Needless to say I didn't sleep too well that night.
Also, as if that wasn't fair enough, my friend "old and bad" who busted six times in the first hour ended up splitting it 3 way for about 3000 a person
I'm playing rock tight for the most part and then super aggressive when I pick up anything. After hour 2 I'm at about 30k and were down to about 4 tables. I continue to play tight and am not seeing many cards. The blinds are making it impossible to not feel short stacked, even though my stack is growing at a better than average rate I feel. Blinds are up to around 3k-6k and im at around 25, I pick up 1010 and push UTG, Only to get immediately called by player who I will soon deem "young and bad." Everyone else folds and he flips over Kj off...Really? More than half your stack? Flop comes K xx and I start shaking hands. I hit no 10 and start to walk away when someone says, "Hey, he has a flush!" My eyes get big and I look at the board, 4 clubs! Nice! I'm alive again and healthy. Dealer was ready to muck my hand, nice job.
Down to 2 tables and im blinded down to about 40k. I'm playing tight but I get caught making my first "move" of the tournament. 6 left at my table and I get K10 off UTG. Blinds are 5-10. I push hoping to take it down as were about two people away from the final table and I really need some ammo. MP thinks for awhile and calls. I have him covered, barely. He flips Kq and I'm thinking, nice tournament guys. Board comes x x x x 10. ! Hah, It's nice to get luck now and then. A few minutes later Tables condense. 10 left, with top 9 getting paid. Chip leader has about 300k. I'm sitting with about 100k with blinds at 10-20. About two hands in i lose my bb to a preflop raise. I post sb with 70 behind, and look down at the black aces.
Hand:
Mp(average player) calls 20,000. CO(big stack and awful) also calls 20,000. Action to me. I don't have too many options here as i'm pretty much short stacked. I push all-in making it 80 to go. BB folds, mp folds, CO calls quickly. I flip and he shows A3 of spades. Really? Flop falls 226 no spades, and i'm looking in great shape to have a big stack and a chance at top 3. Turn 5, River... 4...Needless to say I didn't sleep too well that night.
Also, as if that wasn't fair enough, my friend "old and bad" who busted six times in the first hour ended up splitting it 3 way for about 3000 a person