Poorest Showing Ever In A Multi
I played the $9+$1 qualifier for Saturday’s big $200k Multi on PartyPoker last night. I was bounced after just a couple of orbits on a terrible, terrible misread.
I was dealt AJs, and raised 3xBB from LP. A couple chased. Flop came out A62 rainbow. I bet out 3xBB, and everyone but one folded. He cold called.
Turn was a T. No flush on the board, I’m feeling pretty good with this mess about top pair, top kicker. I check, and he comes in for 10xBB. That would leave me crippled, so I go over the top with an all-in bet, hoping to scoop right there.
He gladly called with his 66. I even hit my set on the river, but that did pair the other Ace, which gave him a boat to my measly little set. I was out 250th out of 291.
In retrospect, this would maybe have been a productive move in a standard $9/$1 multi. But the player pool on these qualifiers is a lot tighter, and I really should have laid that pair down and let him run off with that one. I was thinking middle pair or lower Ace, when in reality that 10xBB should have told me something else.
Still smarting from my wounds, I lurked long enough to grab a seat across the table from
Al at a $25NL ring game. I played probably 30 or 40 minutes with Al, and both of us were slightly up when I took off. Those NL ring games are fun, but I still think I’m better off working on my patience and playing $2/$4 when my bankroll allows.
I also got on the list for the WPBT event at Pacific Poker this Sunday. I’m not really rooting for a big game (smart money says we’ll have 12-15 players), as the more quality that shows up, the less chance I’ll have to land in the money.
Tonight is the deadline for signing up, so go visit Al or
Iggy to get on the list.