[Jonny5]

RESULTS:

I finished 10th I don’t think I could have played much better. My wife finished 12th. I didn’t see how she played (on the other table) but I know she had all her money in on the flop with AdQd on a board of QJ8 rainbow, with one diamond. The other guy flips over 9-10. She hit a diamond on the turn to give her some hope, but then junk on the river.

The play was worse than I expected…and I expected bad. I saw a guy call all his money on the river with 9 high. Over ½ the pots were 6 or more handed. I was the last to win a hand (after 3 were eliminated) and the hand I won was a fairly small pot. One of the rare times not many people in, and I hit top pair weak kicker and won a small pot.

I flopped many draws that never panned out. I remember everyone calling to me when I was the button with QdTd. Board game KJ2 rainbow. Small blind bets minimum (blinds were 50-100) everyone calls. Junk, same thing on the turn…junk. This same scenario happened 5 or 6 times. (Not always with everyone in) I had KJ on a board of QT5…I had Ac6c on a 2 club board. Stuff like that. I didn’t raise with draws like that because even though it gives me more than 4-1 money when I am better than 4-1 to improve, I don’t want to spend extra money when I am a dog to win. Survival is more important than accumulation in a setting like this I figure. In a limit or cash game I would be raising for sure.

Final hand I had just over twice BB… Went all in with 88…got called by 3 others. A9, K4, 67. 9 hit to knock me out.

It was just a weird game because I only raised someone once. Complete opposite of my normal style, but all I did was call. But always on nut draws. I also called to see the flop with every pocket pair I got dealt. There were several times when the BB doubled the bet too, after 5 callers…. (I think this is a TERRIBLE play) There wasn’t another “Player” in the room I don’t think. The guy who organized it thinks he’s pretty good and ended up coming in 2nd. And I suppose he was one of the better players, but he was the culprit of the BB double bet on several occasions.


Any thoughts on how I ended up playing?