Tonight was my last chance to win a seat in the BBT Tournament of Champions sponsored by Full Tilt.
A key hand late: I had ♥3 ♠3 and the flop was ♣7 ♦3 ♦5 -- I had a set! Cardgrrl bet, Bambam moved all in and I also moved in. Cardgrrl got out of the way and Bambam showed ♦A ♦9. At this point I was a 72.6% to win. The turn was the♣8, and I was a 77.3% favorite (according the Card Player magazine's Odds Calculator). Notice that the ♦7 and the ♦8 are no longer outs for the Bammer -- he hits a flush, but I have a full house. He has, however, picked up a straight draw. The river was the ♦J to give him his flush and a 19K pot.
After that I was in shove or fold mode and went out with 8-8 (Smokee had a higher pocket pair).
There were 101 runners, and I finished 16th. For this, I got my 10 bucks back.
Good luck to all the winners.
Nice going. I admire your high places that occur more often than luck would cause.
ReplyDeleteYou made a good run but sometimes things just don't work out. Looks like your play was solid again, though, so not much more you can do.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the deep run Mojo. Nice playing!
ReplyDeleteDoggone it!
ReplyDeleteWay to play Memphis. 22 days until the WSOP
ReplyDeleteGood run Mojo - saw you up there for a while when I was still in, was rooting for ya (after I crashed and burned, of course :)
ReplyDeletePookie says "Arf" to Memphis MOJO!
ReplyDeleteOne day you'll win. How much was first place?
ReplyDelete@Wolynski: First was only $272, but gave a seat into the Tournament of Champions. The TOC offered two free seats into the WSOP ME and two (or three?) other seats into $2000 buy-in events.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all who left a comment.
Thanks, MOJO! And I hope you have a relaxing and fun-filled holiday!
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