Canterbury Park Fall Classic Event #13, The Main Event. $1000+70 NLHE
Mike Pickett goes deep... So going into the final event I was tied for second in the best all-around points, but I had absolutely zero chance of catching the leader even if I won the event. Bummer, since that was my goal, but I'm still quite pleased with my play this past few weeks. I netted just over $12k after expenses, so I cannot complain about anything. For the main event I basically showed up and played really bad. I cannot even give you a bad beat story. I played like a complete donkey and did not even deserve to make it to level 5 like I did.My friend Mike Pickett however, he played perfect poker.
He absolutely crushed the field on day one, finishing fifth in chips with 107k and 26 players remaining. The tournament re-started today at 1pm CST. By the time I arrived at 2pm they were down to 13 players. Gosh this structure is frustrating. Mike had a commanding chip lead with over 300k. When they were at the 3k-6k/1k level, right on the final table bubble (two five handed tables), Mike and the 2nd chip leader got in a huge hand together. Mike opened the cutoff to 20k, and the SB re-raised to 70k. Mike shoved, and the guy insta-called with the K K . Mike showed A A and we went nuts in the gallery. The flop came the grossest thing I have ever seen. K K 3x. At the same time another player busted on the other table, and whamo, Mike was down to 62k. ARRRRRRGGGH. Tournament poker is stupid. Once again the best player has the most chips and gets screwed by some stupid beat. Mike went bust shortly thereafter with a flopped nut flush draw vs. a JJ overpair. We were so disgusted. I am very proud of how Mike played and extremely disappointed at how the cards came down. Well done Mike, and I'm sorry for the bummer luck buddy.
At some point this weekend I will give a re-cap of the entire tournament. Then I will be at the Commerce by next weekend! Foxwoods has been given a back-seat because some of my friends from up here are headed out there, the juice is lower, and the action is better.
Peace and good luck,
Devo
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posted by Devo @ 3:27 PM
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