Well, the title gives it all away. You don’t need to read any further. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Seriously, a minor<\/em> cash, but even the worst prize in the weekly tourney is a good one, when you don’t pay full freight to get in.<\/p>\n This is my third post of the day, and all three end with success, so this must be a good day! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n Here are my detailed notes:<\/p>\n *******************************************<\/p>\n 908 entrants, top 100 paid<\/p>\n Last “pre-won” entry that I had in my account. If I want to Nice start. After folding the first 10 hands, including my I raised to 225. He called. The turn was 8d, big scare On the next hand, I had 99. One person min-raised, and He thought for a long time, then folded. I’m hardly “in the 841 left, in 99th (I was 75th earlier)<\/p>\n I’m as big an idiot as they come, seriously. I just 779 left, in 679th (ouch!)<\/p>\n AA just held up against AQ. He was all-in, I wasn’t, but Made it to the first break! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n 724 left, in 278th (somewhat better) Excellent! I had TT in the big blind. I had 200 in the The first raiser would have beaten me, so I was lucky he was 450 left, in 210th<\/p>\n Made it to the second break! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n 419 left, in 235th<\/p>\n Just got lucky. Guy to my right raised to 1000 (blinds are 327 left, in 131st Hit with AA against AK against the same guy who I got lucky 236 left, in 44th Made it to the third break! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n 155 left, in 108th (looks like another tight one!) Now all-in with JJ which held up against KJ. Whew!<\/p>\n 118 left, in 80th Ha! Someone else bombed out while I stalled, and I Ridiculous ending… The very next hand, I’m in the small Out in 99th. Won $300 for my “free” entry. Can’t complain, No complaints, but one of these days, getting lucky just a Well, the title gives it all away. You don’t need to read any further. \ud83d\ude42 Seriously, a minor cash, but even the worst prize in the weekly tourney is a good one, when you don’t pay full freight to get in. This is my third post of the day, and all three end with success, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,2,18],"tags":[1363,1368],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4","category-gambling","category-2","category-poker","tag-gambling","tag-poker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opticality.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nplay in another big tourney, I’ll have to play (and win) a
\nqualifier. I haven’t played much poker at all in the past
\nfew weeks, and no qualifiers at all…<\/p>\n
\nblinds, I picked up AA. I was in middle position, everyone
\nfolded to me. I raised (to 35 chips, blinds were 5-10). I
\nexpected everyone to fold, since this was the first hand I
\nplayed. The big blind called. Flop was T63, two diamonds. I
\ndidn’t have a diamond. He bet 75 (the pot). I didn’t want to
\njust call, because of the diamond draw.<\/p>\n
\ncard. He bet 250, I just called. River was Kh (safe card,
\npresumably, for me). He bet only 100. It could have been a
\nsucker bet, looking for me to raise, and the pot was already
\na nice size, so I just called. He had QhTd, so he had a pair
\nof 10’s. Nice win.<\/p>\n
\nanother called, so did I, plus one other later on. Flop was
\nJ94, with two spades. One person bet 95, and I just called,
\nhoping for another caller. None. The turn brought a 10 (so
\nthere was 9TJ on the board). He bet 185, and I raised to 880
\n(pot), to make it expensive to draw to a straight.<\/p>\n
\nchips”, but it’s a better start for me than in a while…<\/p>\n
\nmis-played a hand so badly, and I knew at every bet that I
\nwas making the wrong play. Cut my chips in 1\/2, which is
\nexactly what I deserved. Man, it’s bad enough to play badly,
\nbut it’s way worse to be aware of it in advance, and still
\ndo it…<\/p>\n
\nclose enough to be a near double. Back to a reasonable
\nplace, though less than before I made my horrid mistake…<\/p>\n
\n676 left, in 357th
\n653 left, in 253rd
\n629 left, in 361st (bouncing around a bit…)
\n484 left, in 396th (this hand could be it!)<\/p>\n
\nblind, and 1800 behind it. One guy raised to 500. I was
\ngoing to go all-in. The guy behind him went all in for
\n2635. I called. The first raiser folded. All-in guy had J9d,
\nso he was bluffing or panicing. The board ended up with four
\nhearts, with the Ah as well. I won, and am in reasonable
\nshape now (more chips than I ever had, but the average is
\nhigher now too…).<\/p>\n
\nre-raised. He either had an A or a heart, either way, it
\nworked out well for me. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
\n150-300). I went all-in for 3350 with AKd. He called. He had
\nKK. I was in trouble. A came on the turn, and I doubled up.
\nNow in much better shape! He’s not happy…<\/p>\n
\n311 left, in 92nd
\n260 left, in 123rd<\/p>\n
\non with my AK against his KK. He’s out, and I’m doing pretty
\nwell now!<\/p>\n
\n180 left, in 89th (all from losing multiple blinds)<\/p>\n
\n143 left, in 112th
\n137 left, in 116th
\n131 left, in 114th
\n126 left, in 113th
\n120 left, in 114th<\/p>\n
\n113 left, in 82nd
\n111 left, in 90th
\n107 left, in 91st
\n105 left, in 90th
\n103 left, in 92nd
\n102 left, in 87th (about to be the big blind) \ud83d\ude41
\n101 left, in 86th (AT in the BB, but I can’t call) \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n
\nre-raised all-in and got called. He had A6, and I won!<\/p>\n
\nblind with AKo. UTG raises, everyone else folds. I raise
\nall-in. He has me covered, but barely! He thinks for a long
\nwhile, then calls with AQd. I was a 70.9% favorite pre-flop.
\nThe flop came 7dJdJc. Oh oh… Turn was 9d, and I was toast.<\/p>\n
\nbut man, doubling there would have put me in the top 20!<\/p>\n
\nsecond time (instead of only once!), and I might have a shot
\nat a real prize!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"