BoDog $100,000 Guarantee Tournament (3/12/06)

BoDog $100,000 Guarantee Tournament (3/12/06)

Today, I decided to play the $100+$9 Buy-In $100K Guarantee on BoDog. It is a very good tournament that carries an overlay just about every week. By overlay, I meam the site has to cover the money out of their pockets to meet the $100,000 Prize Pool when enough players dont sign-up to cover it by buy-ins. TOday, there were 759 players. Which meant BoDog had to kick in about $26,000 to the Prize Pool.

I must say, I played pretty good today. I finished in 85th Place. Unfortunately, it was not good enough to make any money since only the top 63 places payed money. If there is anyone that knows that close doesnt pay, its me.

I must admit, I was heated at myself for the way I busted out. Let me see if I can sum it up for you:

Blinds are 400/800 with a 100 ante. I'm sitting with about T14000 in chips. It is getting kinda hected at my table. The big stacks are raising pre-flop just about every hand. Nobody is seeing a flop without at least calling a raise.

I looked down at KhJd and decided to play. UTG min raises to 1600. Kinda fishy but its the table chip leader who is sitting on about 76000 in chips. So, I call from UTG+2. It folds all the way back around and we see a flop with the pot sitting at 5300.

The flop comes As 7h Js and he leads out with a bet of 800 into a pot of 5300. Does he have an A? That A on the board scares me. If I call, I dont learn anything. So, I raise to 1600 and he calls. What the fawk. Is he calling with a flush draw? I know he has a massive stack but dayum. He is hanging in there on my tail and I can't shake him. Pot is now 8500.

The turn is a Jc. I'm now doing an endzone dance. Money card, I think to myself. If he has an Ace, it is no longer any good. I now have trips. Time to walk the dog. I'm fully committed at this time. Its Do or Die, Baby! He checks. Yeah, Baby! Who's your MoFo Daddy? I check trying to disguise my hand. On to the River.

The River brings Qs. Holy Cow Batman! Did I just let the joker River his flush? He bets out for 1000 into a 8500 pot. Is he probing to see if I hit my flush? I just finished doing the "Ray Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens" dance. I pump it up to 2000. He comes over the top and makes it 4000. Does this Bama have pocket sevens. Aw Hellz to the Nawh. Know way he stayed in with 77. DOes he have 2 pair. Did he play AJ? J7? J7? I refuse to give him credit for these hands. And if he hung around with a Flush draw and caught it, So be it. I push all-in for 9370. He calls.

Showdown!

He has the AdAc.

I now feel like I'm owned. Like I'm somebody's B*tch. He had me hook line and sinker.

Out in 85th Place.

Lesson Learned:

First of all, dump that KJ. Second, I know hindsight is 20/20 but I did have the opportunity to drop out on the flop. However, being close to move-In point, I figured those two cards would be live. Granted, the chip leader was not the person to move in on. When you look at it afterward, even if I got my money in pre-flop, He calls with his monster stack and his Rockets.

I played very good poker in this tourney. I just have to work on staying focussed when its crunch time. pick my spots a bit better. Pay a little more attention the way the story is playing out. On the outside looking in, I can see I was beat. But during the heat of the battle, I thought I was good. I was too GunHo.

There is always next time.

I'll talk to you later. I'm off to read Poker for Dummies.

-Big Syd aka KappaMan