Tour 10,000 Freeroll End 1-250 won entry 173 Hands Round 1 Freeroll

Payout 1-250  Entry to $1,0000 Weekly Freeroll 7/11

Finally made it to the last 250 of one of these and I only had 4594 chips left when it came. Blinds were 800/1600 w/ante of 200.

Hand 61. Play was going nicely until this hand. I had 8270 chips and pocket A's (Ad As) in the HJ position; 5 of the 9 players were sitting out. UTG open raised 2 BB (160), MP called,  I re-raised to 440, BTN folded. UTG re-raised all-in w/their 2418 chips, MP folded and I called. UTG showed pocket J's (Js Jd). Flop 3h 9s Jh. Ugh he hits a set. Turn 8c. River 7s. I'm knocked back down to 5852 chips and feeling a bit on tilt!!

Hand 118. I'm BB w/pocket 8's (8c 8s), 3036 chips. Blinds are 200/400/ante 50. Seven players. The BTN open raises 2 BB (800), SB folds, and I decide to go all-in. BTN calls and shows Kh 3d, one overcard. Flop 2c Jh Qh. Turn As. Qc. I win and have 7522 chips.

Hand 121. I'm CO w/Ad 10d.  MP2 (36925) chips limps in w/400, I raise to 1200, BTN (19,905 chips) calls, and MP2 calls. Flop Kd 4d Qh. I have a nut flush draw. MP2 checks, I check, BTN bets 2000 into the 4650 pot, MP2 & I call. Turn 9c. I now have a gutshot straight draw as well. All 3 of us check. That surprised me and I'm not sure if I'd have gambled on the draws if another big bet was made. River 2d. Wow, I have my nut flush!! MP2 bets 800 into the 10,650 pot, I raise all-in w/my last 3772 chips, BTN folds & MP2 calls. He shows Ks 9h, two pair. I win and have 18,194 chips. Looking better and hopefully I'll be able to add more later.

From here on out play became difficult as we had one player who often went all-in even though they had more than enough chips to make the 250, so I ended up folded many hands I'd like to have seen a flop on. I'd liked to have a few more chips to better insure I make the 250, but I didn't want to be put in an all-in situation where I could lose them all being so close. The other problem with the all-in player is we only got a few hands where they were played out so the blinds came around much faster than they would have in normal play and as the blinds became larger that was an issue. Anyway I was able to hand on.