Poker Mom

I’m taking a break from the WSOP updates today to post a bit about my latest online tournament play.  I played a few multi-table tournaments yesterday and did quite well.  The first was a 45 player turbo sit and go, I placed ninth (top seven places paid).  The second was a 360 player turbo sit and go, top 36 places played.  I went out in eighth place.  Not too bad.

The first sit and go I had crap for cards and just had to play what the deck gave me.  I ended up playing more middle suited connectors than anything else.  If I got a face card, it was paired with an off suit rag.  So my dad consisted of 7/8C, 9/10H, etc.  I managed to work well with it, although I didn’t quite make the money.

The second tournament I got great hole cards.  I had pocket Jacks five times, pocket Aces twice, pocket Queens twice and several other pocket pairs.  I also saw lots of AK suited and no AQ of anything.  I hate AQ, hate it.  In my final hand I was on the second short stack sitting on $30k in chips with the blinds at $3k/$6k.  I was under the gun and was dealt pocket fours.  No brainer, all-in. 

The button raised all in and the blinds folded.  I felt good that the button did the raising hoping for two overs.  Nope, he had an over pair.  My race situation quickly turned into a big dog on my end.  The best hand pre-flop held up and I was out in eighth place making 9x my entry fee.

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