December 11th 2008

Another day, another final table. My first MTT in about a week and i made the final table. Once more i was using the small ball approach only this time i was min raising a lot which seemed to confuse quite a few opponents. I was playing solitaire at the same time so my focus wasn't really all there, but i did pick up on a few things around the table in betting patterns and so on. I seemed to glide to the FT in all honesty never putting my stack at risk, in fact the only 2 hands that come to mind are these. Firstly a player limps from middle position and me in the SB and the BB see the flop- i have K 10 0ff. The flops brings K Q 8 and i check call 1200 with the blinds at 300/600 and around 11k each left in chips. The turn brings a 6 and i check call 2400, the river comes a 9 and he shoves for about 7k. The only hand he could have is KQ really, but i dont put him on that and make the call, he tables A4 of spades for the bluff and i scoop the pot. The other hand i remember was QQ which i laid down and was right to aswell as there were two full houses on a board of 10 10 4 9 8, with one person holding 10 9 and the other holding 88. I finished 8th out of over 900 runners in this NLHE tourney and cashed $175 for the $8.80 buy in. My final hand i had 65k left with the blinds at 2500/5000, i open shoved and was called by KK, the board bricked out and i was gone.