Poker Experience at PartyPoker.com
Last week, I wrote about a very interesting poker experience at Party Poker which saw me go from building a strong chiplead to then seeing several hands go horribly wrong at the final table. I was eliminated in 7th place by one of those hands that will stay with you for some time.
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This week, I wanted to better my placing last week and continue to move up the league table, as we have our end of league tournament on May 24th. I started quite well on Wednesday, picking off a couple of small pots, before finding myself dragged into a huge pot when myself and an opponent incredibly, both got dealt the same hand and flopped a Full House. I was trying to mix up my play a lot, raising relatively small preflop and making the exact same bets preflop with (5s,6s) (K,Q) and (K,J). I joked that if I got dealt (A,A) I might make the same preflop bet just to really confuse everyone, and very strangely, got dealt exactly that on the next hand. It’s almost as if the Aces in the deck heard me say it, but I decided to make the same bet as promised, knowing full well no one could possibly believe I had been dealt it straight after saying this. In hindsight I should have bet more and not allowed the small blind to make a loose call with (10,6). The flop came down (6,6,9) and I was forced to make an excellent lay down when I was reraised on the flop.
After this I slid down in chips, but came back strongly to make the final table. I was eventually eliminated on the bubble in 5th place, but I had bettered last weeks result and played well overall I feel. I could have tightened up to try and make it into the money but to me, if you are scared of the bubble place, you never maximise your chances of winning.
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