After busting out in the second hand last week, I figured improving on that finish wouldn't be too hard, and I was right. Matter of fact, I told Harry right before we started that I felt a quick bustout coming on tonight...and boy, was I right!
Seated at first table with (to my left) Eric (TAG player), vacant spot, Kid Dave (LAG), Mike M. (tight-passive), and Dan (solid player). Dan lost 1/3 of stack on first hand, then on hand #3 opens up UTG for 200, only to have me wake with A-A - reraise to 600 here. I know some people like to try to trap here, but I want this hand heads-up, not 3 or 4-way. Dan thinks about giving it up for a minute here, but decides to shove and says, "Are you serious?" when I insta-call. Little wonder, as Dan ran into a cooler here, and flips over K-K. No help for Dan, and he's out of here 3 hands into the game.
Take a few pots here and there with pre-flop raises with QQ, AQ, AA, QQ, JJ, and AK at various times, and build stack up to over 5K without having to show my cards once...until Jovan got moved to our table. Kid Dave, Rachel (moved to our table at same time), and I start pecking away at Jovan's 8K or so, and I'm able to build my stack up to over 8K before my big hand of the night happens.
5-way action to me in BB with A-8 of hearts, and I see a beauty for me of A with Queen and 6 of hearts. Jovan bets 1600, I bet 4K to put Jovan all-in (isolation play), and everyone folds....except Jovan insta-calls with K-10 (and no hearts). Gotta dodge 3 outs if my heart doesn't hit, and while I hit another ace on the turn, and black jack hits on the river for a sick suckout win for Jovan, and putting me on semi-tilt for the next few hands.
Shove the next 3 hands to steal 600 in blinds each hand, and get to final table with 5K or so. Near the end of the first orbit and blinds just up to 300/600, I shoved 4400 into the middle with 8-8, only to be called by Rachel and Dr. O - Rachel sucks out a runner-runner straight to knock me out in 8th. Perhaps I could have waited for a better spot, but unlike a few people at this game, I'm not trying to fold my way to extra points...play to win, I say! Either way, 27 or 28 points so far puts me comfortably in the mix for the season finale, whenever that is.
Always another week, I say!
Oh yeah, took 1st in a 90-man SnG on Stars on Saturday. Too bad I was only fooling around in a 25 cent tourney, meh!
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