Unfortuantely the 9th was in the FTP 55$ Freezeout which had 540ish runners. First was like 7.5k and 9th was 570$ so a huge diffrence indeed!. 3rd hand or so of the FT and it's folded to me on button with AJo. I make standard 2.5x and the BB insta shoves. Now, I have stats on this guy because of previous table and he is 22/42 over 80 hands!! Quite aggresive even though we were shorthanded for a good part going to FT. Anyway, he is CL as well and has me covered easily. I'm about 7-8th in chips. All these things in mind I snapped it off to see him table AQo. Oh puke me. I'm posting this hand on 2plus2 I think it was a good call. If I fold I leave myself with 11bbs and why fold AJ on button to BB shove from aggresive chipleader? Seems silly.
Okay, 2nd in the FTP $75 PLO. I came back from a sick 6bbs on the money bubble with 13 left to become a chipleader heads up 2.5 to 1 advantage. Unfortuantely I lost two 60/40 hands to the guy and then KKxx to AAxx on final hand. I hate 2nd almost more than 9th, just being two rivers away from 1st place. I think a key hand I could have called/folded was: I raise OTB with KQJ9ss and flop comes AJ4ss, he checks and I make typical half pot. He reraises PSB. Now I know he has A or maybe spade draw himself. I decided to reshove assuming spade/10 for nutz and hopefully my J is live. He tables AJxx and is 59% to win. I didn't have to flip there with a big CL but I did.
Finally, took 1st in the Stars OHL $109 for almost 3k. Played well and ran well, was aggresive at the right times and it paid off. No one hand made this tournament but a cumulation of hands.
Busted in the SCOOP OHL 109$ with 75% of field gone. Aggresive player limps and I raise PSB on CO with AK102ss. He calls and flop is KJ7 rainbow. He makes PSB into that. Why wouldn't he check raise a strong hand here? Weird, against certain players it's a pretty easy fold with just one pair but because this guy is so aggresive I decide to reraise PSB, he does the same and I call off the rest of my chips. He tables KKxx for flopped case K. Ugh. No running flush or lo, not gutshot st8. Maybe I played that one too aggressive. Had a nice 33K for 1st. Dang. Min cashed the SCOOP OHL Low tourn and wasn't rolled for the 1050$ High although I really wanted to play it. No poker today.
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