Super Series Game #1

so, it finally started.

after one attempt at running this thing and having it implode on the first night we finally found 12 reliable, available and willing players to go for glory.

you can find out who is involved at the fcpc website but i will say who was at each table in order of finish:

table 1
JOHN
DAVE
HONDRO
ALTHALEE
KENT
240

table 2
GRANT
JULIA
BOB
KERRI LEE
SIMON
BILL

obviously i was at table 2 and i didnt do too well. i was on Bills left which was good because Bill started out playing ultra fast. he was raising >50% of the pots and winning most of them. they were small but Bill was establishing his image right away. unfortunately for him he eventually ran into bigger hands and he crashed and burned, out first. it will be interesting to see how he plays in game #2

myself, i was a bit like a roller coaster. i was up early, then i got involved in a hand i though i had locked up but...it wasnt to be

Kerri Lee raises, i limp-called with 77.
flop is a juicy Q-7-5
i check- call the 1000 cont bet.
turn 8
i check raise the 1000 bet to 3000. she re-raises to 7000. i look at the board and assume she has AA or KK (hoping not QQ) and i call.
river is a 3 and i check-call the 5000 bet

"i have a set" i say.
"me too" she says and shows 88
nice.

that hurt me quite a bit. we started with 30,000TC and i lost 14,000 in one hand in level 2!

i now decide that i can only get involved in a big pot if im willing to commit my stack. yes, its only level 2 but the table was aggressive and i hate the slow death of 400 here, 700 there until im down to critical. if i can play small pots thats fine but im prepared to get it all in if the situation warrants.

later i get in a hand vs Julia. i hadnt raised preflop in a long time and i chose to try to steal blinds with Kd9d, Julia calls from the SB with Ad3d

flop is KQJ, Julia leads out for 2000 and i jam for another ~4500. she hums and haws and decides to call
turn is 7d giving both of us a 4 flush
river bricks and i survive

IMO Julia made a pretty loose call but she did have the A or T to win and the turn gave her more outs. she had an opportunity to knock someone out for 4500 and she had the chips to spare. im glad she missed though!

very next hand i get KK in the BB. Bob opens for a raise and i chose to do someting different in this spot, i jammed my stack which was a massive overbet. i was hoping Bob would call thinking i was doing something fishy...he folded though.

Bill busted by now and i was still short stack with ~20,000 when i was busted by Julia.

i was UTG and limp-called her BB raise. i had Ac8c.
we saw a magical flop of As 7c 6c
Julia leads out for 1000 and i insta-raised to 4000. she called
turn 5s, she leads again for 4000 (i think) and i jammed with OESD and flush draw, she insta-called with AT.
i need help big time but the Jd is not what im looking for on the river...im out in 5th place at table 2...goddammit!!!!

even worse, John won table 1 and couldnt stop talking about how his place at the Final Table is all but guaranteed!! fish can win i guess

240 needs some poker luck, lets all say a prayer for my good friend. his AK went down to John's AQ when a Q hit the turn. 240 has the worst luck and runs worse than anyone at the fcpc, hands down.

see you at game #2