After being out of the game, both live and online, for a couple of weeks because of work, I took advantage of a night out last night to hit the Charity poker room at Pampa lanes here in Warren. $30 buy-in for "deep stack" tourney, except it was only 75 BBs (15K chips)...and felt more like a Turbo.
Played at Pampa a few weeks prior and bubbled (although chop from earlier allowed me to get my buy-in back, at least), and liked the room, so hit it again last night. If you get the chance to play there, do it - a few solid players, but the kids are more than willing to bluff off their chips, and the older players are loose-passive...the easiest to win off of.
Only 19 runners, but paid 3. First few levels were pretty uneventful...stole a few blinds, lost one hand on a 2-2-Q flop with JJ when one kid called my UTG raise with Q-3....idiot. Went to the first break with 14K in chips, and was looking to make a move. Too bad it didn't get to happen before we got down to 10 players, and I'm at about 12K at this point (blinds 1K/2K).
Folded around to me in MP, and jam it all in with 9-9. Shortie to left of me calls with A-6, button pushes with A-Q. Luckily, 9s hold up and not only do I get a double-up, but knock out another player. Down to 8 at this point. Couple of hands later, I see A-A under the gun, and jam my last 26K into the pot (2K/4K blinds). BB thinks about it for a minute, and folds A-2 face-up...errr, not that great of a laydown.
Take out another player when my J-3 in the big blind hits on a J-3-2 board, and BB jams with J-2. Proceed to watch a couple of shorties bust out, including the guy with the big stack to start the final table. Guy was rather unluckly, as his K-K and A-A were cracked early in the final table.
Get down to 4-handed to this point, and at this point 2 players suggest that we take $10 off every payout, and 4th gets money back. As shortie at this point, I'm cool with it. Blinds now at 4K/8K, and after seeing garbage for a bit decide to jam A-8 from the small blind after button and other player have already limped in for 8K each...both limpers call for 22K more or so. Not what I want to see, really.
Until the flop hits 8-8-A, at least! Both players check down, and my hand holds up to triple up at a great time! Take out 4th place player with 2-2 against 6-6 when I spike a 2 on the turn, and we're down to 3...and I have the big stack now.
Double up a player a few hands later, and at this point the other 2 players suggest a 3-way chop - $130 for 2 of us, $110 for the other. I don't want to be the dick who turns it down, since in 2 minutes the blinds double to 5K/10K(!)...and going to be pretty much an all-in fest. On top of that, the remaining players were decent enough people that it made for an easy decision.
$100 profit for 3 hours or less of work - not bad at all!
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