I came in 2nd in Cakes 3k 11 PLO Rebuy, 2nd in FTP 5 Rebuy, and 4th in UB 15 NL Rebuy. In the FTP tourn I had the guy outchipped and lost big when my two pair on flop got it all in vs he naked J hi flush draw. He turned flush. The Cake PLO Rebuy I have played twice and come in 1st and 2nd respectively. Cake is so soft I love it, but obviously I ran well too flopping sets and what not.
UB 15 NL Rebuy - First time playing this tourn. Key hands.
I limp with 98hh in EP, two more limpers (150/300 level) and button raises half his stack to 1300, a blind calls 1k more. Now there is 3650 in the pot and it's back to me. This is I feel a perfect spot to squeeze and gamble for all this dead money. I have button covered easily and will still have a playable stack if I lose so I reraise pot. Folds to button who insta calls, the blind tanks and finally calls with 76dd OMG!! button has KK and by the river I make two pair and take both these guys out for a nice juicy pot.
At the FT though I got my karma back. 6 Handed a guy open shoves UTG+1, the button calls (very short stacked) and I snap with KK in BB. AJ,QQ,KK and it comes xxxJJ for running trips. Dang! Huge pot which would have put me in 1st and busted two players. One guy busted though (QQ). Anyway, I chip up a little bit shoving and then 4 handed UTG raises and I look at AJcc in BB and shove....there is FE but he eventually calls with 109cc...I like...until the 10 on flop, a 4th place bust for me but between the three finishes 1.3k so I'll take it. I'm in NY visiting family so I don't know I guess I'm on poker vacation, maybe I can get some tournaments in on the weekend. Merry Christmas all!
Kevin