LIVE: Full Tilt Poker Hurricane Relief Tournament IV
I Get Another ChanceThe need for aid money to the ravaged Gulf Coast continues, and once again Full Tilt Poker has anted up.
Like the previous tournament, this is a $30 buy-in, with the $10 rake being doubled by FTP and sent to the American Red Cross.
After my impressive but ultimately disappointing finish last week, I think I can do better. Again, if I cash, one-third will go to the Red Cross.
Updates to come.
3:34 PM: Have you ever looked at the bottom of a tourney leaderboard and wondered who the idiot was that finished last? The last tourney I played in, a satellite to the WPT Borgata Open, that idiot was me: I had K/K and ran into A/A. I felt so stupid.
This time, it's pro John D'Agostino who finished dead last. I don't feel so bad now.
3:52 PM: Arrgh! A computer crash wiped me out for a few hands. What did I miss? I'll never know. 385 players out of 482 left, I'm tied for 270th with 1315 (starting value 1500). Blinds at 25/50.
3:58 PM: J§/A¨ from the small blind. The table short-stack goes all-in for 515 and I call. She has K©/Q¨ and my hand holds up.
4:03 PM: Limped in from MP with black sevens. Flop comes 10/10/A and is checked around. Turn is another 10 and it's checked to me. I figure I might just have the best hand so I toss a half-pot bet of 150 in. It's called, called, and raised, so I figure I'm beat and bail. All of a sudden, everyone else is all-in. The first raiser had pocket fives. Another guy had an ace and was slowplaying a full house. But the table chip leader got in with 10/8 from the small blind and wiped them both out.
That could have been a disaster if my radar wasn't properly calibrated.
4:07 PM: Ick. A/5 from the small blind, I raise to steal and get called. Flop comes 10/A/7, I bet and get raised. I have to fold: my kicker sucks. Down to 1100.
4:09 PM: Jennifer Harman out in 426th, Howard Lederer out in 405th. Another gruesome day for the pros.
4:12 PM: The guy on my left is driving me nuts. Again he foiled my blind-steal. Shortstacked again. Could use a big hand.
4:15 PM: How about aces?? A§/A¨, middle position. I raise. Everyone folds. Crap.
Considering how shortstacked I was, I might have wanted to play those a little slower and give myself a better chance of doubling up. Of course, I also give myself a better chance of busting out. Oh well.
Could use another big hand . . . (hey, it worked last time!)
4:29 PM: Q¨/J¨ from the cutoff and I'm all-in. One of the few people with less chips than me calls with K¨/K©. I'm done for.
4:31 PM: A/6 offsuit and I have no choice; I get called in a couple spots but a K/10 sucks out on me. IGHN, in 222nd place.
Well . . . that sucked.
posted by Marsh @ 4:28 PM
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