Canterbury Park Fall Classic Event #12(a), $500+50 Limit
Final Table Report Arrrrrrrrgg. I am so sick of these "almost there" finishes. I ended up taking third for $7028 minus $351 each to Jay and Poker Bob. The three of us swapped 5% at the 2nd break when we all had huge stacks. At the final table all of my friends came out to cheer me on. There were so more awesome guys (and gals... thanks Mary and Abi!) that came out then I ever thought would be there. That in and of itself was one of the best highlights of my entire Fall Classic.So, it came down to myself, Doug Dicken (Gigabet's brother), and Justin Sellers who is the best all around points leader and has been having a hell of a tournament. Justin is on my right and Doug is on my left and we all have about the same amount of chips. These three hands basically crushed my tournament hopes.
First, I raise KK from the button. It gets called in both spots. The flop comes QT5. Doug checks, Justin bets, I raise, fold, and Justin calls. Turn comes 9, check, bet, call. River 8, Justin bets, I make crying call, he rolls over T8.
Later, I raise AJo form the button, Doug calls, Justin 3 bets, we both call. Flop A93, check, bet, just call, fold. Turn, Q. He bets, I call. River 3, he bets, I call, he rolls over 5 3 for trip threes. I thought about this hand for a while and if I should have raised the flop or the turn. Now, Justin was playing very wild, but he had only 3 bet in that spot twice, and with JJ and AJ. So, he obviously could be on something creative, but highly unlikely. Thus, I was either way ahead (of say KK, JJ, TT, etc) or way behind to almost anything else. AQ, AK, AA, QQ, 99, 33. If I gassed it I was either getting 3 bet or he would fold, and thus I saw no value in raising other than to protect my hand. But if I was ahead, he had no more than 5 outs, most likely 3 or 2. So even though I would have won the pot on the flop or the turn, I still think it was the best play in the long run.
So meanwhile Doug gets super lucky in two pots (all-in on both - rivered few outers) and wins a few others and Justin are down to just a couple chips. Also, Justin goes all in and rivers a 6 outer to stay alive. So, I raise J 7 from the SB, Doug calls, and we see the 7 5 3 flop. I bet, he raises, I 3-bet, he calls. Turn, K , I bet, he calls. River 8 , I bet my last 5k, he calls and shows the 89o. I have never been so frustrated at the end of the tournament than I was after this one. I only sucked out on the river ONCE, and that was in a spot where my hand was quite possibly the best hand anyways. OBV I caught several rushes to build the chips and make the final table, but it's just so frustrating getting there, being the best player, having the spots to win all the chips and getting really unlucky to not finish. Lucky to be there, unlucky to go out how I did.
Something at the final table really frustrated me tonight. I have already ranted about the lack of a 300-600 level which is retarted, but they did the SAME thing at the final table! It went from 2k-4k/4k-8k and doubled! WTF! 4k-8k blinds, 8k-16k limits. That thing in and of itself made me unable to take the bad beat in that last level and still recover. It is the worst decision I have ever seen in a poker tournament to screw over the end game that bad when a few people have played 12 hours already and now have to put it all up to a crapshoot for tens of thousands of dollars. Jerry, the cardroom manager, really needs to fix these gaping holes in the structure to keep players happy in these tournaments. The juice was already upped 3%, can't we get a structure without crapshoot levels?!?
Anyways, tied for second in best all around points. Really wanted to take that down, but Justin put a lock on it with his 2nd place finish tonight. Even if I win the main event I cannot win all-around. Main event tomorrow should be pretty great minus the two bad levels. 4k in starting chips, 50 min levels, big field due to satellite entries, and a two day format. The tournament will end tomorrow with 3 tables left and then reconvene on Friday. I want to make it to Friday.
Peace and good luck,
Devo
posted by Devo @ 2:18 AM
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