PKR Saturday Poker Tournament

Not great, I went out in sixth place today. I did catch a few good hands early that provided chips to get to the sixth place but by that time, I was very close to the short stack with only $11,000. Not very much when the blinds are $2,000/$4,000. I really think that they go up to fast after the $500/$1,000 blind.

So, just to give you a glimpse of some of my hands today.... I made a standard raise at the $25/$50 blind level when there were 4-5 limpers to $150 and all of them called when I was holding pocket Aces. The flop was Ac, 4d, 5d. I like it... Jason bets $600 and there's one caller. I push all-in with another $2300 or so and Jason calls. He was on a diamond draw and I made a boat with a 4 on the turn.

The next big hand for me came at the $100/$200 level in late position with 8s, 6s.... I limped in and there were no raises and I believe 5 other limpers. The flop was 8, 8, 6.... I like it! It checks all the way around to me and I check hoping somebody catches something! The next card is a 2x. Big Dave leads out with a $600 bet and Gabby, I believe, pushes all-in for another $2,200 or so. I am trying to look concerned. I am! I am trying to figure out what I can do to get Big Dave's chips in the pot. After a few seconds of deliberation, I just call and sure enough. Big Dave goes all-in for another $5,000 or so. I immediately call with the nuts at the time. Dave turns over an 8, 9x and the river is a meaningless Ace.

A couple of other, ONLY AT PKR kind of hands.... I believe the blinds are $400/$800. Ed raises and Carl re-raises and Asbury pushes all-in. Carl and Ed call. The hands are Carl has aces, Ed has kings and Asbury has queens... you know what is going to happen right? Sure enough Asbury turns a queen to scoop the biggest pot of the tournament so far and knock out Ed and Carl, both with better hands than him pre-flop. There's another new guy playing today and he was playing just about any ace all afternoon and kept getting really lucky. He pushed all-in with A, 9os and beat A, J suited when he made a straight using only his 9.... that was huge pot!

At any rate, when I left Rene' had just flopped quads to knock out Asbury and they were down to four. Jeff, Rene', the new guy and Big Dave! Good playing guys.....

See you tomorrow!