Blogger Freeroll

When I signed up for twitter to follow conservatives and poker greats I began following the Ultimate Bet blog seeing their promotion to send money for Africa if they gain so many followers. What I missed was that those signing up were qualified for a freeroll with cash payouts. I didn't miss that fact when they did a similar promotion centering on delicious, a bookmark service. And here is how it went down. I may have some of the facts mixed up but you'll get the picture.

The blinds started out fairly high at 15-30, everyone with 1,500. I had a few potential hands that didn't develop. Was dry for a long while with my stack shrinking. About half gone I played a Q, 6 suited. Q,K,3 on the flop with one of my suit. After the others checked I raised. One guy went all in. I called. He had Q,9 dominating my hand. 3 on the turn and now we are splitting the pot. The river... a 6 and I win.

Stole a hand and got some good hands here and there to build my stack well into the top 45; the cash winners. But I pursued goods hands, I can't resist, and got some bad beats and was out of the money and looked to be soon out of the game.

Pocket 7's and I posted. A raise and then a very large raise. All in or fold for me, facing such a large raise, so I went all in. One fold, one call, heads up against an A,J suited. My pair held. Back in the money. I was being bullied by one player and called all in after he again raised big on the flop. I had hit two pair... sweet.

Back deep into the money I hit some incredible hands. On the SB I raised with a poor hand trying to knock off the BB. He called and I hit a set, trips, on the flop and almost took him out of the game. Had incredible hands and hit 73K, 30K over the next largest stack. I didn't know if I wanted to win 1st. 1st and 2nd received entry into a 200K tourney, no cash. I didn't know if I would be free for the big money tourney and wasn't confident I could make it into the cash. Started playing marginal hands... and still won. Then I entertained some three or four small stacks with marginal hands by calling their all in's for some heads up play. Lost all of them but still held the large stack.

Played a 6,7 and hit a pair of 6's on the flop. Raised and was called. Raised after the turn with my pair and a straight draw and the other guy went all in over 20K. I thought by the way he had bet he had some high cards, not the 9 on the table. I called and was right. He had the A,K suited. River... A. Lost.

Then I had a Q,K or something. Q,6,6 on the flop. Heads up and the other guy had raised pre-flop on the BB and I didn't think he had a 6. He went all in. I called but he did. I was out in 12th place.

If I focus I'm going deep into the tournaments. Usually I catch a game and then have to do something else and don't keep focus. Or enter a tourney when I know I can't sit the hours it will take and play loose and aggressive and don't do well. I don't know if that's good for my over all development.

Same here. I didn't have a clear picture of what I was shooting for. Final table should have been it and I shouldn't have made that last call. I have some cash to work with now for some single table tournament play. ... If I get the chance. Have been lining up a lot of odd jobs and hope to be busy these next few weeks.