Raise from late position of 1,200 and I flat on the button with AQo Big Blind shoves all-in for 27,000 this is the 3rd time he has over shoved all-in. I call to see what he has…and he turns over a pair of nines. He hits a nine on the flop for his set and I hit my ace. So suddenly I look at my stack and it’s been halved and all my good early tournament work is undone in one hand. Rule 3 – Don’t call big bets out of curiosity as most people’s bets mean what they say. His bet said “I have a medium pair and it figures to be best pre-flop. I don’t want to just call as I’ll be playing out of position with a flop that has over cards. My preferred play is to get my chips in good now.”
There is nothing better than Aces in the big blind, re-raising an early position raise of 5 K to 14 K Villan shoves with his AK and I double up to 72 K. Now at level 10 with 23 out of 40 left, I’m 8th and the top five players win $2,000 packages to WPT Ireland…almost forgot about my ill advised call with AQ0
Initial raiser in early position to 2,400 I bump it to 9 K with Queens and get a shove behind of 31 K from KJ0 the ladies hold up and I move into 2nd place with 110 K.
12:22 a.m. made it to the last five and a $2,000 dollar package to the WPT Ireland…what a feeling, played well and controlled the ICM implications when there was a flat prize for the first five. It made hand selection and shove tables something to master and is an area I need to review…
Packages Includes:
€1,100 WPT National Ireland Entry 15th – 18th September 2016
4 Nights Accommodation
$200 Spending Money
Bankroll £1,530 – £161 = +£1,369