4 on the river

the night got off to bad start when i played the first hand, on the button, after a standard pf raise by JV. i had Js5s and the flop came Q47 with 2 spades. everyone checked to me so of course i tried to take the chips by betting.

JV, two to my right, raised it up. i dont recall the amounts but i knew i could make the call and score a lot more chips if i hit the flush. turn was an offsuit 3 giving me a few extra straight cards.
JV makes a significant bet here, around 5500, and i now really have to decide if the first hand is worth making a semi-loose call...i folded.

river was the 2s completing the flush had i gone that far. i certainly would have crippled John and the cries of "i hate this place!" would have be ringing throughout the room. that would have been sweet.

my time in this game was short as i was the 2nd one out but it wasnt without fireworks. the first hand vs JV was juicy and the next big pot vs Bill was juicier albeit with the same result, i lost it.

i raised with AsTs and got one caller in the BB, Bill. flop was T67. i was almost-min-check-raised by Bill but decided his short stack was worth getting all in so i jammed. Bill would min-check-raise with any Ten here so i figured i could be good. nope! he had Td6d
turn and river bricked for me and i lost a lot of my stack but was still around 11,000 of the original 30,000 with 300/600 blinds

i went out not too long afterwards when i jammed UTG with AJ and got a reluctant but gambling call from Jane with one of my favourite hands, 4h2h. an all club flop included a 4 but my Jc gave me a lot of outs. a Jack on the turn put me way ahead until the case 4 screwed me on the river (Kent said he folded the other 4). it was a funny way to lose and the table erupted with laughter. standard FCPC shenanigans at play .

Grant eventually took down the tourney while Jane and Kent chopped the 2nd place money and the final bounty (Kent) cash.

next week im thinking DEEPStack...watch out!