Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Morning tourney...sitting by a 500 pound call station

Tuesday morning 11:00 AM tourney. 7,000 in chips and blinds start at 50-100.
I have a guy beside me who is HUGE...gotta weigh 500 pounds,sweating like a pig and calling everything and of course is hitting everything. Pocket this,pocket that...AK.AQ....blah,blah,blah whatever.
I am hitting nothing for about 3 rounds and cannot make a play on this guy as he has called nearly every bet.
Finally get JJ and bet 2000(blinds are 300-600). I get 3 callers and am rewarded with a J on the flop so I take down a nice pot.
Not much happens for a bit until I get the infamous AK. I make a huge raise and of course big whale guy calls and hits trips and cripples me.
I stay patient though and do not get into any situations in which I am in huge trouble. Now I have AQ....I make a huge raise and whale guy calls again. The flop is 7-8-10. Not good but I raise anyway. Whale guy goes all in and I know that once again I am toast. Damn. I fold. He shows a j-9 suited....grrr.... and they announce that the final table has been reached.

I am now at the final table with only 6000 in chips and the blinds are 2000-4000. This is not good folks. Luckily,on the redraw for seats I am in the cutoff position so I can wait a bit anyway.
Sure enough,two players get knocked out quickly. They are paying the top 5. Man I need a hand BADLY. Finally I get 99 and go all in. Whale guy calls of course as does one other player. I win!!!Each had A-Q. Now I have some breathing room.
Meanwhile,whale guy is steadily donking off his chips. Betting into dry sidepots and chasing potentail winning hands out and letting people stay in to survive. PLayers are pissed at his stupidity.I watch him self destruct and...as if God is watching over me... I TAKE HIM OUT on the bubble when my QQ takes out his k-7!!! BEAUTY!!! I am now in the money despite going to the final table with the shortest stack.
The other guy who was short stack at the table and I play tag team on the two others and between us we wind up knocking them out. We decide to split the pot which is $300 each.
On a roll and I love it!!!
Now up over $1000 after about 9 hours of total play.
Going home to rest so that I can play this evening.

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