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24.01.10
Aussie Millions Main Event
As you may know, The Aussie Millions is Australia’s biggest poker event and after making my first final table just two days earlier I was pumped for a good showing.
I started on a strong feature table upstairs. Unlike the previous tournament, I kept walking into rivers that went against me, which crippled my chip stack early.
The first one was when I was dealt AQ and I raised from early position and got called by the button. The flop came Q 5 2 rainbow and I thought I was in good shape. I bet and he called. The turn was a 9 and I bet again and he called again.
The river brought an 8 and I still thought I was good. I was worried he might have J 10 but thought he wouldn’t have called after the flop if he had it. So, I bet the pot again and he called and turned over 8 5 for 2 pair against my top pair. What sort of Muppet stays in a hand with that rubbish!!
About an hour later against the same muppet I was in late position and looked down at 9 10 . I raised and muppet called from the small blind. The flop came 8 9 10 rainbow. He bet and I called. The turn card was a 2 , he bet and I re-raised and he called.
The river brought an A. he bet and I called to see him turn over JQ, he flopped the nuts and bled me nicely, well played.
Another hour later I looked down at Q’s and thought it was a good chance to improve my chip stack. I raised and got re-raised by another player and my nemises, the muppet, called and so did I.
The flop came AK3, I checked and the re-raiser bet and my nemises re-raised. I had to fold as one of them must have had an A or a K. I didn’t get to find out which left me hoping I wasn’t bluffed off the hand.
At that stage I had about 4K in chips with the blinds at 500/1k, very short stacked. Not long later, the muppet raised my big blind to 3 K and it folded around to me. I had QJ off and thought they were as good a cards as any to push with, so I did and he called. He turned over AK and hit to send me to the rail.
After playing so well and having some luck two days early when I reached my first final table, I was disappointed to constantly walk into better hands when I had something decent, especially seeing it was against the same guy every time!!
I left grumpy and went to spend some time with my family to lick my wounds.
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