Played the Binions Poker Classic. Buy-in was $210 for 15K chips.
Started off card dead. Nothing was hitting.
Got through the first break (break after three, thirty minute blinds).
Got back from break and I was at 10K in chips. I got dealt a KK and raised 4 times big blind and got three callers. I was thinking “WTF?” Flop was good for me - 10, 3, 7. Short stack pushes all-in, the other two fold and I call. He turned over A3. I but him on a desperation move and I was right. Thank goodness an A or 3 did not hit. My K’s held up and I took the guy out.
I was at 22K.
We took another 10 min break. When we come back the cards are for crap for what appears forever.
I finally get dealt AK. I raise 4X big blind. I get one caller. The other female at the table. She is big blind and calls a 4K raise on blinds that were 500/1000. Flop is 5, 4, 6. She checks and I bet 5K. She ponders long and hard and decides to call my bet. Flop is a 7 - not what I wanted to see. She pushes all in. I have no choice but to fold. She tells me later she hit the straight. Nice chase is rewarded….UGH
I am now down to just around 10K. I am dealt AQ off. I raise 4K with blinds at 500/1000 still. The same woman calls me. Flop is 2, J, J. She immediately goes all-in. I show her my AQ and fold. She shows me the J. I ask her during the break what she had with the J and she said it was a 10. I comment to her that was some call with nothing more than a J,10 when a raise is made at 4X big blind. She then says she would have folded if it had been any more, but she likes J, 10 and was getting low on chips. Pfffffttttt
Now I can sitting with 8K. Nothing is coming. We get down to the dinner break and I am looking at 5,500 in front of me and blinds are about to go up to 1000/2000. We take a 40 minute dinner break and than play continues.
I can’t get anything and before I know it I am down to 2500 and I am facing the big blind. Everyone folds and one guy pushes me all in and I have no choice but to call with my last 500 chips. I have J,8 off and he has K,5 off. Nothing on the boards helps me and I’m out.
I go out 28th out of 78 players.
June 27th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Thanks hun. Wish you could have made it. Thanks for the luck….I need it.