Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:38 am Post subject: Black Hawk, CO: 150 Buy in, Results: Good!
Black Hawk, CO: Gilpin Poker room - Sat. 3PM $150 buy-in, 20 min rounds, blinds started at 25-50
I placed second, and took home $1700! Woot!
I've been playing an aggressive, position-focused raising style lately, and have been very happy with it. It's a great time to take down decent pots with absolute trash. This style does two things well: it keeps your stack healthy while the cards aren't coming, and the few times I show down, I have good to great hands, and others remember that.
I was an "average" chip stack for the first 2 hours or so, then doubled up when my miracle AA was called by AK. After that, I became more aggressive, raising for 5xBB to 7xBB while everyone else was clutching their chips, eying the final table and the money.
At one point, I held 2/3 of all the chips, when we began discussing a deal Each of the remaining players agreed to take $1000, and the top two would split the remainder 60-40. The older guy who I faced in the heads-up had played very, very few hands, so was an enigma. I had 3x the chips he did, but two hands in a row, he had a straight by the turn, and went all-in. Both times I had 2 pair, grr.
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Woot!
