Hello... nothing to do so I'll make a big post with background =/
So yesterday I played in a bar poker final. To set this up they go by seasons as any regular poker league would and at the end of the season top 55 or so qualify and however many points you earned throughout the season and I ended up making some deep or so runs in the four weeks I was able to play and just qualified in the mid 40 range with around 160 points...meaning I'll start play
I start the night off with some monster hands K10 (Maybe not a "monster" pre but i made trip Kings), JJ, KK both the later ones were cracked... I continued to get some pretty nice hands and all these raising of pots pretty much meant it was a Roller Coaster but I was more or less around the 200 mark whenever I counted.
Now with the Blinds at 10/20 and me around the 180 mark I am dealt AK suited and I make it 55 to, I am raised to 100 which I Call..long story short I crack his aces,make my flush and put myself up to 400.
Nothing much happened for a while until the last hand before break with 360 I am dealt ace queen of hearts and make it 120 to go..i'm called by the chip leader of the tournament and the flop is King-7-3..I make a small C-bet and am then raised all in.. I sigh and fold (really thinking to myself why didn't I just put it all in pre?) and am shown King Queen.
During break and still cursing at myself on the inside I am just walking around looking at the other tables noticing myself there seem to be people who are just getting crushed by the blinds..in fact the 140 I had left was probably enough to make it into the top 24 at that time but I wasn't going to sit around I knew I was pretty close to being all in there.
Sure enough.. first hand after break with the blinds now 20/40 I am all in with J7 suited in the small blind..heads up and I crack BBs Pocket 5s to double up to 280 and Mr BB is pissed as I sort of was beating him up throughout the night with some check raising and what not.
Then next hand AJoff all in again.. no callers I take the blinds up to 340... next hand (or maybe a couple after) is the money hand..boom pocket aces and raise it up to 120... fold. fold.. fold.."All In" says the chip leader who then proceeds to proudly over his Queens
Aces hold
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boom up to mid 650k or so and back in the game.. this post is poorly written, too long and I have doubts anyone will read it so I'm wrapping it up.. I finished the night slightly over a million chips.
I'm probably going in next week in the top 5 of chips or just below..blind lengths I believe are 30 mins and we'll probably start 30/60. Overall I was happy with how I played the night cause you know Icanrungoodz?
Going in any helpful advice? things to keep in mind?,, Still a week to go.
Prizes are sort of fairly significant (for a guy like me and with it being a freeroll and all) though I only know 1st and 8th.. 1st place is 900 bucks and a beer... and 8th is 25 bucks and an iced tea.