Its been a while ...

But there there really hasn't been much to write about that would be unique.

I'm playing a normal amount online with normal results. Little up, little down.....I just seem to be treading water all the time. No one wants to heard bad beat stories and they seem to be the best ones.

I came close to taking down one of the $10mtt 9pm doubledoubles on FT last weekend. I finished 11th out of 1100ish. My bust out hand was for 480k and 3rd in chips at that point. The hand was interesting and went something like this.

We are 2 tables, 5 on one and 6 on mine, everyone is pretty aggro trying to chip up for the final table. Average stack is about 300k and I have 250k which is still 25BB's. The leader only had 650k so everyone is pretty close. I'm dealt JJ, second to act and I raise to 27k (5000/10000 blinds plus ante). Everyone folds to the BB who calls. Flop comes 2 10 6 with 2 diamonds. BB checks to me and after a short deliberation I Cbet to 47k, about 2/3 of the pot. I'm more than happy to take this down now and expected to given the rag flop. My opponent goes into the tank and check raises me allin. To be more specific he over bet himself allin for emphasis he has me covered.

The first half of the time he is thinking I'm quite happy as I take this as being weak and the fold is coming. The second half of the time I'm concerned as it seems he may be trying to look weak with a monster. Then BAM comes the Allin. I didn't want to see that.

So what are the hands that I put him on and what do I do? I really took my time trying to figure this one out.

22,66,1010 are hands that he would call a PFR with. I might even expect a PFRR with the 1010.

QQ,KK,AA would be nasty and my JJ's are crushed but I'm certain that he would RRPF or even jam me allin PF with those hands.

In hindsight I spent way to much time considering these hands before I thought about what he would have done PF with those holdings. The 22,66 became my biggest concern.

A flush draw, with or without a pair was not a concern, I'll take those odds at this point in the game.

A10, K10, Q10 where certainly in his range PF, especially give the discount of being in the BB.

AK,AQ,AJ,Ax, or any other decent 2 cards which missed the flop are also possible.

Sooooooo.......my determination was that he had a piece of the flop but nothing more. He could beat a draw and that was it. My J's were good. Specifically I put him on TPTK (A10) as his best hand.

I have to admit it took me far to long to figure this out but considering the situation I'm glad I did. Everything seems easy after the fact and you have had time to think and discuss. When a final table seat is on the line it is a bit harder.

Okay.....so I call......I'm Allin......approx 480k pot and a jump from 11th to 3rd with 11 left is on the line. I can't wait to see what he has..........drum roll please....

77....he check raised me allin with 77.... Nothing wrong with that play and I was very very pleased with my read.

But then as I watched his 2 outer hit the river (another 7) my smile is quickly erased and any consolation that could be had from the good read is wiped away in a heartbeat.

I was so close to a FT and a decent payday it was sick.

Last week I also made decent runs in the 5050 and the 35k guar only to meet my fate unjustly. AA specifically is killing me. I'm either walking into them or I'm getting snapped off.
How about AA on a AQ2 flop losing to KJo. How does anyone even put themselves in position to be 4 bet 75%AI PF and then AI on this flop with KJo ? I don't get it at all. No respect around here.

Oh well. Eventually the big score will come my way.

There won't be much playing for a while as I'm doing the cottage thing on the weekend and I 'll have company for a couple weeks after that. I'm going to try to bury my first pit creature on Saturday. A nice big turkey !!! if it turns out I'll try to post a couple pictures.

In other news my under 13 boys soccer team has made it to the semifinals this year. Its the first time one of the kids teams I have coached has had this good of a decent season.

Summer hockey season is wrapping up. We finished 7th of 8 teams. About normal.

later skaters...