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August 2011 Log Entries

August 29, 2011, 7PM: Played 5 hours, 30 minutes at Tuscany
$40 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 30 Players)

got the urge to finally play this tourney.  won a seat from npl but had to get the rebuy/add on at the start and the add on at the 1st break. so still 40 from me and 45 from the league.  bought my share of pots early and mostly controlled the table. started to play tighter after the 1st break and was moved to a new table, that did allow me to steal a little bit again.  i did finally get qq and double up then i built off of that made a couple of bluff 3 bets at the right time to build a decent chip stack.  i was chip leader and stayed there until final table and then most of that.  even 3 handed remanded the chip leader.  thought we could just play it down but about 40 min into 3 handed and decided to chop i was 3rd in chips at that point had not been getting good cards and stealing became much more dangerous for me so took fewer stabs.  showed the 27 and the 23 to try to induce some action if i was to get a hand but never came.  i still need to work on my post but was overall satisfied with my play and still felt i was going to win but just such a coin flip at that time no real reason to continue.  weird not having antes in the tournament to steal but cant complain with how it turned out.

Last Update: August 30, 2011, 4:15AM | Permalink (119 Comments)

August 28, 2011, 12PM: Played 7 hours at Eureka (Mesquite)
Free-Roll No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (2nd out of 160 Players)

Decided I would play today.  It was the reason for making the trip up there.  started with 13k chips and chip leader had 25k average i think was around 16k or so. picked up a lot of pots early.  it was a free roll touney with optional buy in.  most were free rolling.  did not catch much for cards for 1st 4 hrs with the exception of flopping a straight against a set. j high straight was the best hand of my day. but i stacked him for about 10k chips around the 2nd hr mark.  but was able to buy lots of small pots for about the 1st 3 hrs before people started holding there grounds.  i was starting to get decent starting hands then and missing so my stack was shrinking.  i get moved to a different table around the 5 hr mark 40-50 players left top 27 made something.  i have about 30k in chips which was kinda short at old table avg probably in the 50k range new table avg was closer to 90k and everyone had me covered probably twice.  picked up a few hands then was able to steal a couple blinds here and there and built a respectable stack doubling the chip average of the room.  didn't really lose any major pots all tourney agreed to pay 32 spots once we got to there.  a chop was discussed at 12 people but someone declined.  we then chopped at 10 i had about 300k then about 100k over avg probably 4th in chips at table.  but 1400 even chop i was out of town my date was in the room waiting on me and i needed to get back home so a chop was good with me.  It felt good to play a little bit.  been kinda on a breather.  need to keep better track of whats happening table wise for better reports though

Last Update: August 29, 2011, 9:41AM | Permalink (103 Comments)

August 27, 2011, 12PM: Played 2 hours at Eureka (Mesquite)
$10 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (40th out of 100 Players)

Was a free entry, just bought the add on.  Did not really feel like playing this day.  got there 1hr late.  hung around for a bit though was short most of the time.  did triple up to just over average stack in a 3 way me being only one all in preflop with 10 10 vs 22 and 79.  next hand is aq i make a big raise and the bb the 79 from last hand calls most of his chips i flop 4 to the flush and 2 overs he checks i put him all in he shows 6 9 for a pair of 6s it held.  couple hands later i was knocked out when i went all in with qq against an AJ and an A came

Last Update: August 29, 2011, 9:29AM | Permalink (2 Comments)

August 7, 2011, 2PM: Played 5 hours at Binnions
$100 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (16th out of 80 Players)

such bs!!! played so well built my chips up then back to back hands i get them all in 1st time they needed a j for a straight just 4 outs and hit next hand all in preflop i call i have 10 10 vs 7 7 and they spike a 7 that cripples me.  i never fully bounced back from that and ended up 8 from the money.

Last Update: August 14, 2011, 5:09PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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