Mixers, 3/20

It was going to be a strong night. I started off with a bang, gaining chips, building my stack. Jason was also doing well. Picked up the A/9 off, got into the hand cheap. Flop gave me top pair, I raised, he reraised, I called, Tor called. Another Heart, low, came on the turn, I raised, he called, Tor folded. River gave another low heart, I had the Ace of hearts, no boat on board, I went all in. He called...and flipped up the Straight Flush, taking me all the way down to about 1000 chips. Ouch. I got the Ace high Flush busted.


*** Quick note: this was actually a very poor play on my part. I paid no attention to what he might have. His early reraise indicated he had a hand. I did not pause to think about what he might have had. I did not even see the straight flush possibility.

On the bright side, I not only did not go on tilt...I shortly doubled up, then did so again with strong hands and actually built back up to about 4000 chips...and made the final table! There I had a good hand but got busted on the river by a 3 outer (I had him dominated with my A/K to his A/J) and went out in 8th place but I was pretty proud of coming back from a bad, bad beat and short, short stack to hit the final table.

That got me into the consolation table where I had to match the short stack....who only had 350 chips. A few hands in I doubled up, played tight, doubled up, won a few blinds...took out Brandon...and ended up in heads up where I badly outplayed my competition and won the consolation game!

From short stack to win...I was pretty happy with that. I got a little lucky with some of the cards...but then again, when you consistently get in with the best cards luck is less of a factor. Overall I am pleased with my play and my consolation win.