Aussie Trip - 2007/01/07 - Shannon is back
Having failed dismally to get into the limit tournament today, I concentrated on satellites.
First up a $240 NLHE sit and go. This is a single table of 10 runners, with the top 2 going through to a $1000 buy-in multi table super satellite for the main $10,000 event.
We start with $1000 in chips, 12 minute blinds - 25/50 then 50/100 ; 100/200 ; 200/400 etc.
I did not get a hand until I picked up QQ in late position on level 2. At this point I realised that I had not seen KK or AA at all in Oz so far. Whilst musing on the likelihood of that I raised several limpers all-in. Got an insta call from the BB who had slightly less chips than me. He flipped KK and I was down to $50. No miracle occurred...
After this quick exit I decide to have a go at entering the Omaha hi-lo tournament the next day via the same top 2 approach. I pony up my $240 and realise immediately I am playing with 9 people who actually know how to play this game. I do very little until I scoop a monster pot when my AA35 turns into trip aces with no low on the board. I then fold up every hand until we are down to 4. I take another large pot against the chip leader once again where I scoop with A2 low with a dodgy 2 pair. A few hands later we are down to 3 and suddenly one of the players takes a mobile phone call and receives a 5 minute sin bin. I have many more chips than the other lady left and she is a bit psyched out by the absence of the other player. I bully a couple of pots and call her raise from the small blind when I hold AQ76. The flop comes T52. She checks as do I. Turn is Q and she bets. I now reraise her which will virtually put her all-in. I figure she has A2 and no high. If a high card comes on the river she is screwed and she may be losing the low to A3 anyway so she folds. Next hand back comes the sinbin man who knocks her out. Off we trot to get our entries for the next day.
Whilst this is going on they are playing the final table of the tournament from yesterday. It is on a webcast and being shown on a huge plasma screen. Remarkably our friend Mr Zee is in there punching and ends up coming 2nd winning around $100,000 - so if he had won that straight yesterday...
I then go back to the main event satellites and this time there are several players I recognise. I manage to avoid them and end up 4 way with 3 of us amateurs versus a local pro. One of the amateurs has been hitting all the way and duly knocks out Mr pro. I really should have made it into the top 2 but despite some relentless raising with nothing, a couple of 50/50s went against me and I went out 3rd.
We then had the rebuy satellite for the main event. There were around 80 runners.
We have 90 minutes during which you can rebuy at $200 for 1000 chips but I did not need to when I got involved in a crazy hand when the blinds were 50/100. I had 700 chips and raised one limper to 200 with KT offsuit on the button. The BB called and so did the limper. Flop is 789 with 2 diamonds. The BB checks and the limper bets 200. I don't have a diamond, but have a reasonable hand so I go all-in. They both call. The turn is J of diamonds so I have made my straight but now the diamond flush is on. They check again. River is Q of diamonds. They check again. Now I lose to any diamond. One guy has 89 for 2 pairs, the other AT for the lower straight. This triples me up to 2,100 and by the time we reach the break and add-on I have 5,000 in chips.
At last I spot our favourite poker babe Shannon Elizabeth who was in this tournament too. So now I have a mission...via Mr Kenna James an encounter with Shannon must be engineered. According to the bitter locals she is stepping out with Joe Hachem's less talented younger brother but we will soon sort that out...but back to the tournament.
However I don't last much longer I pick up AK twice in a row, first time I raise and win the blinds, second time I reraise a mid position raiser who puts me all in - I call he shows TT which stand up and I am out.
My pal Steve manages to be the bubble boy in this tournament - he finishes 11th scoring $Nil. The first 9 won a seat and 10th got $1,500. That will teach him to raise with 2s in the SB.
I play a couple more Sit and Gos but get nowhere so slink off to a relatively early night...Shannon is nowhere to be seen...
First up a $240 NLHE sit and go. This is a single table of 10 runners, with the top 2 going through to a $1000 buy-in multi table super satellite for the main $10,000 event.
We start with $1000 in chips, 12 minute blinds - 25/50 then 50/100 ; 100/200 ; 200/400 etc.
I did not get a hand until I picked up QQ in late position on level 2. At this point I realised that I had not seen KK or AA at all in Oz so far. Whilst musing on the likelihood of that I raised several limpers all-in. Got an insta call from the BB who had slightly less chips than me. He flipped KK and I was down to $50. No miracle occurred...
After this quick exit I decide to have a go at entering the Omaha hi-lo tournament the next day via the same top 2 approach. I pony up my $240 and realise immediately I am playing with 9 people who actually know how to play this game. I do very little until I scoop a monster pot when my AA35 turns into trip aces with no low on the board. I then fold up every hand until we are down to 4. I take another large pot against the chip leader once again where I scoop with A2 low with a dodgy 2 pair. A few hands later we are down to 3 and suddenly one of the players takes a mobile phone call and receives a 5 minute sin bin. I have many more chips than the other lady left and she is a bit psyched out by the absence of the other player. I bully a couple of pots and call her raise from the small blind when I hold AQ76. The flop comes T52. She checks as do I. Turn is Q and she bets. I now reraise her which will virtually put her all-in. I figure she has A2 and no high. If a high card comes on the river she is screwed and she may be losing the low to A3 anyway so she folds. Next hand back comes the sinbin man who knocks her out. Off we trot to get our entries for the next day.
Whilst this is going on they are playing the final table of the tournament from yesterday. It is on a webcast and being shown on a huge plasma screen. Remarkably our friend Mr Zee is in there punching and ends up coming 2nd winning around $100,000 - so if he had won that straight yesterday...
I then go back to the main event satellites and this time there are several players I recognise. I manage to avoid them and end up 4 way with 3 of us amateurs versus a local pro. One of the amateurs has been hitting all the way and duly knocks out Mr pro. I really should have made it into the top 2 but despite some relentless raising with nothing, a couple of 50/50s went against me and I went out 3rd.
We then had the rebuy satellite for the main event. There were around 80 runners.
We have 90 minutes during which you can rebuy at $200 for 1000 chips but I did not need to when I got involved in a crazy hand when the blinds were 50/100. I had 700 chips and raised one limper to 200 with KT offsuit on the button. The BB called and so did the limper. Flop is 789 with 2 diamonds. The BB checks and the limper bets 200. I don't have a diamond, but have a reasonable hand so I go all-in. They both call. The turn is J of diamonds so I have made my straight but now the diamond flush is on. They check again. River is Q of diamonds. They check again. Now I lose to any diamond. One guy has 89 for 2 pairs, the other AT for the lower straight. This triples me up to 2,100 and by the time we reach the break and add-on I have 5,000 in chips.
At last I spot our favourite poker babe Shannon Elizabeth who was in this tournament too. So now I have a mission...via Mr Kenna James an encounter with Shannon must be engineered. According to the bitter locals she is stepping out with Joe Hachem's less talented younger brother but we will soon sort that out...but back to the tournament.
However I don't last much longer I pick up AK twice in a row, first time I raise and win the blinds, second time I reraise a mid position raiser who puts me all in - I call he shows TT which stand up and I am out.
My pal Steve manages to be the bubble boy in this tournament - he finishes 11th scoring $Nil. The first 9 won a seat and 10th got $1,500. That will teach him to raise with 2s in the SB.
I play a couple more Sit and Gos but get nowhere so slink off to a relatively early night...Shannon is nowhere to be seen...
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