Sporting Emporium - Tues 30th

As I said in a previous post, I plan on playing more satellites this month. Mostly due to the fact that I am confidant of being able to beat alot of average Joes at the bubble stage in satellites (due the the huge difference in the mechanics on the bubble). For example, I have seen the 2nd chipleader shipping it with the chipleader on the bubble (40 bbs each) while there were 2 or 3 players less than 10BBs.
So armed with this precieved advantage I headed into the SE sat to the november main event. It's a €100+10 with one rebuy at €100.
This was my first time in the SE, and I was very impressed with the club interior.
But the disadvantage to this was that I didn't know who was who. The only player I recognaised my my starting table was the infamous Chief Brody. The action was quite slow for me, only playing in a few small pots to keep me ticking over above the starting stack. Meanwhile the cheif and a eastern european guy where hard at it with marginal holdings. I found it quite funny when the eastern called Chiefs betting down with J3 (J was mid pair on flop), to spike a J on the river, The Chief was very pissed at this, yet didn't blink when he got it in against Vera Duffy (I think) with K9 vrs AK on a KQ7 board, to catch running queens.


My first big had was QQ on the button, Chinese guy UTG raises to 600 (blinds 75/150), Chief calls, folded to me and I push for 3,750
The chief calls with A10 and I double. At the break I am around 7k and I top up to 12k. Only one player on the table is near me.
I take a hit with AQ, when the chinese guys calls down and bets the river when I miss.
Then I rasie UTG with QQ, flop is A high, check check
I bet the turn, he dwells and calls,
River is a blank, he is really weak here, I think only strong aces were calling me preflop, and that he would be more confidant with an ace that called
So I bet 2k, it is a decent chunk of his stack and if he loses the hand he is screwed. He thinks and calls with A9. His reason for calling preflop was because the BB was sitting out and I might of been stealing, from UTG !!!

At this stage the antes are in. And I am short. I figure most of the table won't notice the value in the pot before cards are dealt. Blinds 150/300 with 25 antes, 650 to start. I have 2k
I ship it twice with 88 and 99. I found it funny here that the player who previously called my strong raise with A9, folded A10 face up. As this time there was ar more value for me to be stealing.
Short stack goes in,
I call with 77, he wins with 8J and a turned 8
Next hand he bets half his stack (which barely has me covered)
I ship it with A8, he calls with 77
And of course in this role reverse hand, no cards come.

You have to win your races. I may or may not play next week, might give the jackpot a go and pick up the SE a week later.


As for my online play lately, i've been doing well. But not well enough. I've ran at 15BB/100 for the last 1000 hands. So, i'll need another few K hand to get a proper roll going. My idea to try grind $50 into a 1/2 roll is stressful.

All-in I feel I have been quite unlucky lately, repeatedly getting it in ahead and losing (I can't accept some but not all). But alas, I am aware the it is simply the dreaded varience.

Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.