A GRAND start to the Grand Series of Poker
As some of you know, I've been looking forward to playing in the Grand Series of Poker on America's Card Room for some time now. It is a series of $500 buyin events in various disciplines played with deep stacks and long levels (5000 starting chips, 30 minute levels).
Yesterday was Event #1, 6-max (actually 5-max) NLHE. There were 580 runners, and I finished in 8th place for $5700! I never really built a big stack(was pretty much always below average), but thanks to the EXCELLENT structure, I was also never in critical blinds territory, and picked my spots, showing down only 3-4 hands in as many hours on my way to the final 10.
In the end, I was the shortest stack (after the 9th break, lol), with 10xBB, and a guy who had been personally gunning for me raised UTG (4 handed). I jammed my BB with 66, and he called with AQc. The flop came KJ7. The turn was a J. The river was an ugly 10.
Tonight, $500 Deep Stacked Pot Limit Omaha. I look forward to it.
Remaining schedule:
Wednesday: $500 Pot Limit 5 Card Draw
Thursday: $500 Limit Holdem
Friday: $500 Limit Omaha 8 or better
Saturday/Sunday: $1000 NLHE with 10,000 chips.
Fell
EDIT: PLO: 77th/201, no money, but good for 29 more leaderboard points. I should be in the top three right now.
EDIT: PL5CD: 130/159. Got repeatedly donkstruck by holdem players catching their draws. Critical hand was when I was dealt a pat 65432 UTG. I limped, as the table was very aggro, the button raises pot, the blidns folded, I repotted, he called, I stood pat, he drew 1. Well, either he has 2 pair and is unlikely to improve or he was drawing to beat me, so I'll check to him. He bets all-in (for about 1/2 pot), I call, and he shows T9876. IGHN.
EDIT: LHE: Things started well, and I was up to 7000 by the first break, but the play was crazy. People were raising and re-raising preflop with suited connectors. I gave some credit the first few times I missed a flop and gave up some chips, and then once I realized what was happening, they started hitting on me! I got down to only 1000 chips, and lost it with AJ when it ran into AQ.
Yesterday was Event #1, 6-max (actually 5-max) NLHE. There were 580 runners, and I finished in 8th place for $5700! I never really built a big stack(was pretty much always below average), but thanks to the EXCELLENT structure, I was also never in critical blinds territory, and picked my spots, showing down only 3-4 hands in as many hours on my way to the final 10.
In the end, I was the shortest stack (after the 9th break, lol), with 10xBB, and a guy who had been personally gunning for me raised UTG (4 handed). I jammed my BB with 66, and he called with AQc. The flop came KJ7. The turn was a J. The river was an ugly 10.
Tonight, $500 Deep Stacked Pot Limit Omaha. I look forward to it.
Remaining schedule:
Wednesday: $500 Pot Limit 5 Card Draw
Thursday: $500 Limit Holdem
Friday: $500 Limit Omaha 8 or better
Saturday/Sunday: $1000 NLHE with 10,000 chips.
Fell
EDIT: PLO: 77th/201, no money, but good for 29 more leaderboard points. I should be in the top three right now.
EDIT: PL5CD: 130/159. Got repeatedly donkstruck by holdem players catching their draws. Critical hand was when I was dealt a pat 65432 UTG. I limped, as the table was very aggro, the button raises pot, the blidns folded, I repotted, he called, I stood pat, he drew 1. Well, either he has 2 pair and is unlikely to improve or he was drawing to beat me, so I'll check to him. He bets all-in (for about 1/2 pot), I call, and he shows T9876. IGHN.
EDIT: LHE: Things started well, and I was up to 7000 by the first break, but the play was crazy. People were raising and re-raising preflop with suited connectors. I gave some credit the first few times I missed a flop and gave up some chips, and then once I realized what was happening, they started hitting on me! I got down to only 1000 chips, and lost it with AJ when it ran into AQ.
posted by FellKnight at 9:12 AM
5 Comments:
Great job !
Nice Job Fell..
I just got knocked out of my last live tourney w/66 myself. Pushed AI from Cut Off on Friday shortstacked on the bubble... SB was fortunate enough to wake up w/Aces though, and once the Ace flopped I got up.. Runner 6's? nope. heh.. Congratz.
Heh, yesterday I watched a guy bubble in the $500 PLO event. He got it all in on the Q75 flop with QQxx. His opponent? 75xx. Turn 5. River. 5. I nearly puked in sympathy.
Fell
Ouch...
Makes me think of that WPT Season 3 event I watched again a week or so ago.. Danny Nguyen (I think it was..) was playing a very loose-agro game and ended up calling a decent all in w/A7 against AK. He ended up connecting after a flop of something like 5K5... Turn 7, River 7..
How many events have you played in there now?
3 Events so far... 1 more to go.
Fell
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