Round 1 done and still alive!

Well things went very well last night as I managed (somehow) to squeak into round 2 of the HUC3. When people put bounties on themselves that shows a little extra confidence in their abilities. My first match I look across at Katitude and realize that if I can win she will come up with a banner for my blog. Earlier in the day, I had posted about wanting that bounty but my confidence showed when I later asked Dugglebogey for one. If you check out his work you will see that he is inspired by Canada!

Well back to discussing my first match.... Kat is about the most patient person I have played against. I think in the first level that we folded most hands back and forth or a quick fold after seeing a cheap flop. Eventually blinds forced us to start playing some hands and I take a lead with my gutshot straight filling in vs. Kat's 2 pair. I managed to hold onto the lead and force Kat to be more aggressive (again blinds were working with me on this). Still it took a while before I was able to get all in with my AJ vs. KJ for Kat on a J high flop. Bounty captured!

You would think they would give you one min in between matches to gather your thoughts, but no such luck. WWonka folded the first hand before I knew I was playing! This match was the total opposite as he loves to steal blinds and show. The big thing for me was to not get upset by these steals and to focus on playing well. One hand I hit top pair of Q's and check hoping to check raise. No luck as WWonka checks behind and a second 9 hits the board. Here is where I acted like a donkey by betting now and then calling his large value bet on the river. Got lucky by pushing with a short stack with AKs on a J high flop. He has a J and calls and I river an A to get back close to even. Late in this tournament I finally fight back a bit to defend my blinds with a push and he folds. Then the big hand was me raising with A4o and getting called and flop is 4 9 10. I bet 3/4 pot and expect to take it down but he pushes. Ack! If he had a set he wouldn't push, and he would raise with 99 or 1010 or any overpair preflop. So I called with bottom pair thinking it was either the best or worst read of the night! Turn was an A and a blank river gave me a huge chiplead. Next hand he pushed and my pocket 10's held up.

Looking forward to the next round against FishMcDonk. Going to be at Full Tilt at 9 pm on Tuesday March 28th at 9 pm. Hopefully we can figure out how to setup a private room for the match.