Have been neglecting the blog over the last while. Think I'll have one more go at keeping it up to date!!!!!!!!!. Since my last post I played the ME in the wsop unfortunately no luck I got knocked out at the last level on the first day. I was happy with the way I played but couldnt get a stack together that said I was on 18k at the start of last level and under no pressure. Wont bore ye with my bad beat story but this years event confirmed my belief it is the best value tourny in the world there are some really bad players there.
I really wanted to play in the Dublin leg of the EPT after the dissapointment of the ME in the wsop but couldnt qualify. Went close'ish (is that a word)on stars and failed in a qualifier in galway so was going to give it a miss in favour of the gjp and pokerevents in january. Thankfully had a couple of very good cash games before the event and decided to go for it with fatboydims help in that he got the money delivered for me on time.
The standard was far and away higher than the wsop ME and it was without doubt the hardest event i have played in. Very agressive from the off with no let up at any stage of the tourny. Never got above my starting stack from the off and was always struggling, had a4 in BB with 2 limpers flop comes a 4 x all clubs and limper bets i raise and he calls i bet turn and he calls and we both check the river he had trip aces thank god for the flush draw.
With an hour and a half to go on first day im down to circa 3.5k and thinking of heading back to Galway . My table is so agressive I cant physically get my chips in first and when i get a hand like a9 etc i have to fold to an open raise. eventually with the blinds at 300/600 i go all in with 44 (monster!!!) and to my amazement everyone folds very weak fold by bb who had a lot of chips and with the running antes was getting massive pot odds. Two hands later im in the bb and early position (very agressive player) raises to 3k i look down at aj and am happy to push my remaining 1.5k he calls with 55 and I win the race.This was the turnaround for me two hands later a small stack goes allin for his remaing 6k and i again have a j and call and hold up against his a9. Moved table for the final three hands of the night and raise with aq reriase all in to me which im priced in to calling and am happy enough to see jj and i hit a q. I ended the first day with 33k around average stack.
Second day started great for me . A very tough table with johnny lodden and rob yong among the players padraig p was there at start but gone after two hands. I started to get hands which was great at this table as the lads opening ranges was quite wide so was quite confident with many of my reraises. Eventually got one called and was allin with ak v's aq which held up .
I had worked my way up to 70k when this hand occured. UTG i raise with ak folded to bb who calls flop comes 10, 10 7 rainbow and i lead out with half pot size bet (sry cant remember exact levels) bb comes over me for half his stack circa 30k I was going to fold but couldnt put him on a 10 and felt he at best had a small pair or a seven so i reraised all in had him covered . he went into the tank for 10minutes and eventually called with a pair of sixes. Everyone at table was saying great call Im not too sure i had 9 outs on turn a k or 7 and when a j came on the turn i had j and q as outs as well 15 outs. anyway I really thought i could push him off that hand and couldnt but i got my k on the river i was now at circa 150k with average at 90k and 40 players remaining.
From here things started to go downhill lost 30k to johnny lodden qq v's ak and had fold a 20k raise with aq to a reraise from a rock. Moved to the tv table which obviously doesnt suit me as my cards totally dried up.On the money bubble raised in position 2 with 88 lodden has me covered and moves allin and he is called by a small stack in bb i know(sorry think ) lodden is at it and is playing the money bubble i nearly call (but dont ) he has ak bb has aq and bb hits a q if i called i would have Won the large pot and been flying again.from there it was downhill getting blinded away and the cards totally dried up. My final hand was as follows and feel free to criticise. I had i think 42k blinds were 8k/4k and a running ante of 800 meaning each orbit was costing 18.4k giving me an m less than 3. I wanted to move a lot earlier but couldnt get a hand / get into the pot first. got k 10 utg and given that if i folded i would have no fold equity next hand as i was bb and if raised into i would be down to 34k i was happy to play allin with the k 10 on the basis i had some (limited) fold equity and if called it would probably be by an ace x and there was a better chance my k was alive. I was called by aq and that was all she wrote. Finished 20th for 11k overall very happy considering where i was near the end of day 1 but a bit dissapointed the way i leaked chips from a peak of 150k . oh nearly forgot on top of the 11k i got a gjp hoodie!!!!!!!! for wearing it on the tv table not great advertising for the lads considering the two hands i played were a fold to a reriase and my exit hand.
I am very happy with the way I have played deepstack tournys (buy in's >€1k) I have played six this year four in Ireland and cashed in three of the irish ones which is a good enough return . Still seeking the elusive big pay day though.
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I really wanted to play in the Dublin leg of the EPT after the dissapointment of the ME in the wsop but couldnt qualify. Went close'ish (is that a word)on stars and failed in a qualifier in galway so was going to give it a miss in favour of the gjp and pokerevents in january. Thankfully had a couple of very good cash games before the event and decided to go for it with fatboydims help in that he got the money delivered for me on time.
The standard was far and away higher than the wsop ME and it was without doubt the hardest event i have played in. Very agressive from the off with no let up at any stage of the tourny. Never got above my starting stack from the off and was always struggling, had a4 in BB with 2 limpers flop comes a 4 x all clubs and limper bets i raise and he calls i bet turn and he calls and we both check the river he had trip aces thank god for the flush draw.
With an hour and a half to go on first day im down to circa 3.5k and thinking of heading back to Galway . My table is so agressive I cant physically get my chips in first and when i get a hand like a9 etc i have to fold to an open raise. eventually with the blinds at 300/600 i go all in with 44 (monster!!!) and to my amazement everyone folds very weak fold by bb who had a lot of chips and with the running antes was getting massive pot odds. Two hands later im in the bb and early position (very agressive player) raises to 3k i look down at aj and am happy to push my remaining 1.5k he calls with 55 and I win the race.This was the turnaround for me two hands later a small stack goes allin for his remaing 6k and i again have a j and call and hold up against his a9. Moved table for the final three hands of the night and raise with aq reriase all in to me which im priced in to calling and am happy enough to see jj and i hit a q. I ended the first day with 33k around average stack.
Second day started great for me . A very tough table with johnny lodden and rob yong among the players padraig p was there at start but gone after two hands. I started to get hands which was great at this table as the lads opening ranges was quite wide so was quite confident with many of my reraises. Eventually got one called and was allin with ak v's aq which held up .
I had worked my way up to 70k when this hand occured. UTG i raise with ak folded to bb who calls flop comes 10, 10 7 rainbow and i lead out with half pot size bet (sry cant remember exact levels) bb comes over me for half his stack circa 30k I was going to fold but couldnt put him on a 10 and felt he at best had a small pair or a seven so i reraised all in had him covered . he went into the tank for 10minutes and eventually called with a pair of sixes. Everyone at table was saying great call Im not too sure i had 9 outs on turn a k or 7 and when a j came on the turn i had j and q as outs as well 15 outs. anyway I really thought i could push him off that hand and couldnt but i got my k on the river i was now at circa 150k with average at 90k and 40 players remaining.
From here things started to go downhill lost 30k to johnny lodden qq v's ak and had fold a 20k raise with aq to a reraise from a rock. Moved to the tv table which obviously doesnt suit me as my cards totally dried up.On the money bubble raised in position 2 with 88 lodden has me covered and moves allin and he is called by a small stack in bb i know(sorry think ) lodden is at it and is playing the money bubble i nearly call (but dont ) he has ak bb has aq and bb hits a q if i called i would have Won the large pot and been flying again.from there it was downhill getting blinded away and the cards totally dried up. My final hand was as follows and feel free to criticise. I had i think 42k blinds were 8k/4k and a running ante of 800 meaning each orbit was costing 18.4k giving me an m less than 3. I wanted to move a lot earlier but couldnt get a hand / get into the pot first. got k 10 utg and given that if i folded i would have no fold equity next hand as i was bb and if raised into i would be down to 34k i was happy to play allin with the k 10 on the basis i had some (limited) fold equity and if called it would probably be by an ace x and there was a better chance my k was alive. I was called by aq and that was all she wrote. Finished 20th for 11k overall very happy considering where i was near the end of day 1 but a bit dissapointed the way i leaked chips from a peak of 150k . oh nearly forgot on top of the 11k i got a gjp hoodie!!!!!!!! for wearing it on the tv table not great advertising for the lads considering the two hands i played were a fold to a reriase and my exit hand.
I am very happy with the way I have played deepstack tournys (buy in's >€1k) I have played six this year four in Ireland and cashed in three of the irish ones which is a good enough return . Still seeking the elusive big pay day though.
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