This was a Rush tournament with 115 players, top 3 win entry to the MiniFTOPS ME ($70 + $5), 4th - $16.88, 5th - $10.12, & 6th - $6.75. Buy-in is $2.25 + .25. We start w/1500 chips and blinds are 3 minutes.
This is the best I’ve done in a RUSH tournament; you float tables until the final 9, so the last tables have 5 players or so. I was 1st happy I made it to money where I had 26,350 chips and the blinds were now 500/1000 w/125 ante. I was 5th place in stack size, w/small stack having 11,887 & big stack w/42,311.
On the next hand (hand 147) I had pocket A’s (Ac As), as SB. Action folded to CO who open raised 4250, the BTN folded, and I was thinking I can win a LOT OF CHIPS on this hand, and re-raised all-in, BB folded. CO showed pocket Q’s (Qs Qh).. The board didn’t suck out on me: 2c 8d 5h 4d 3s and I was now chip leader w/54,216 chips. I tried playing pretty tight and by hand 163 we were on the ME Entry bubble with the final 4 players. Big stack had 65,314 chips, I was 2nd w/58,163 chips, 3rd had 32,549, and short stack 16,474. It looked like I had a good chance of being one of the top 3 and I did, but in the end I didn’t quite make it. Blinds are 800/1600 w/200 ante.
On hand 168 the short stack doubled up and now had 25,748 chips, I was still 2nd w/55,363. By hand 172 we had a new short stack w/27,691. Blinds were now 1000/2000 w/250 ante. I’m in 2nd place w/48,713 chips. I did do some blind stealing and that helped my chip stack stay about even.
By hand 190 the original short stack was back down again, this time to 15,798, big stack had 72,348 and I was in 2nd w/52,413 chips. Blinds are now 1200/2400 w/300 ante, and once again it looks good for my being in the top 3, but our short stack isn’t about to die. Hand 191 he wins a 6000 pot and hand 193 he wins a 7200 pot and is now up to 20,598 chips. Hand 195 he strikes gold again w/pocket A’s (As Ad) and is up to 38,413 chips and I’ve dropped to 4th w/31,413 chips.
Hand 183 I’d tried a blind steal and the BTN raised me all-in and I had to fold. Same thing happened again on hand 194 where I bet 3 ½ blinds (8400) and the same BTN raises me all-in. In the 1st case I had Kh 2h and the 2nd case Ah 6c, which I wouldn’t have minded playing on a call, but not an all-in on the bubble. Could he have been bluffing? Both times? I doubt it. Other times he’s folded to my steal tries. I’m now the short stack.
Which gets us to the last hand, hand 211. Blinds are now 1500/3000 w/400 ante. I only have 19,713 chips left after posting the BB, I have Ac 6c and have decided, no matter what anyone else does, I’m all-in this hand. The SB has 21,996 chips after posting; he is the original short stack when we got to the bubble. CO & BTN fold and SB goes all-in ahead of me. Hmmm, is my Ac 6c in trouble? Well, no matter, I stay my course and call. He shows Jh 3d. WOW, he has nothing but two good cards. I’d expected more from him. It’s looking again like I’ll be able to make the top three, as if I win he’ll only have 783 chips left. This was the high point of this hand. Flop 6d 5d 7d. I pair my 6, but SB has flush draw, maybe even a straight flush, as well a straight draw. Turn 10d. So much for my winning this hand. Who wants to have a possible nut flush when a 3d is good enough to win a hand????? Well ME!!!! I just want the cards to fall differently. :-) River 2c. FINALLY a club shows, not that it does me any good. :-) On the positive side I did come in 4th and added $16.88 to my account.
Anyway it was fun and I was glad to see I could make some decent plays in a RUSH tournament. My past attempts had been turning out very poorly. Now if I can do this a 2nd time, or something akin to it, I’ll feel pleased that I’m beginning to learn how to play a RUSH tournament. The 2nd good part is having the experience of playing with these high blinds where it is easy to have big swings in your chip count. Overall I feel I played that part decently, even though I didn’t make the bubble in the end.
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From the start of the session to hand 146, just before the big boost I get with pocket Ace's, I had no really big hands to go from 1500 to 26,358 chips. Most hands I won were modest of only a few thousand chips each at best, but over time, those thousands did add it up. It looks like slow and steady worked well for me this round.
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