[PShabi]

Yeah, meant to type the results last night, but after a full day of poker, I spent it with the lady.

Anyway, I found out the tourney had grown since I last played. There was actually 130 contestants. I liked my table a lot. Lots of terrible players. Limping QJo UTG and thinking for three minutes before folding to my big raise on the button with AK.

You only got 1200 chips, which was rubbish. The blinds started at 25/50 and the rounds were 20 minutes.

The dealers were slow, the players were slower and the rounds flew by.

Next levels were: 50/100 then 75/150. Following that there was a twenty minute break.

The first hand I played was 88 utg. Standard raise. Took the blinds.

I made two or three more steals preflop. Then I had it folded to me on the button. I look at 67s and make a steal raise. BB calls. flop is K8K. He checks, I think and make a pot-size bet. I'm looking at my chips thinking, if he calls, you're in trouble. He folded. The heart was a thumping.

I didn't showdown at all. I limped k10s in late position after a few limpers. Flop came 10 high, all diamonds. Took it down there. The table was seriously fearing my "large" (by their shitty standards) bets and I was running the table. I can't tell you how good my focus was compared to online. I see why TP loves this shit so much.

Anyway, the big hand was this:

Decent raise in LP by a semi-short stack. I've got him covered twice and I look down at AJ. I really thought he could be on steal so I put him in for the rest of his chips. He calls and flips over AQ. Ugh.

We go to the river unimproved and I call for the Jack and the dealer delivers. First break and I'm at 2900 chips. Just over the avg stack. Felt good.

I come back from the break to blinds of 100/200, 200/400, 300/600.

The table gets crazy cards and I hit a cold deck. I could NOT find a spot. At all. If I had a decent hand to push with. I'd have a limper and a raiser in front of me and had to muck.

I went to the 300/600 round without seeing a fucking flop and had 2k. 3BBs!

I finally push in the SB vs the BB with Q3s. He calls with 106s. He flushed on the river to beat my queen high and that was that.

Finished 40/130.

I really enjoyed the game, but I just didn't feel the structure suited a good player. I wish I could've seen some hands in the later rounds. Enjoyed the game a lot, just don't know if I'll play again.