Seems to have been a while since I had a decent showing in a MTT so a second place in the Betfred weekly league was very welcome.
Have said many times before that I like this software so played it generally steady and waited for the right hands and worked my way into the top 20 and the money.
Then came a huge slice of luck when my all-in with 77 was called by AA (although I just had him covered) and my diamond made a one-card flush to take me from the bottom five to the top five, where I stayed.
Going into the heads up we had 100k approx each and must have been 10-15 mins before the first all-in contest when my AJ was up against KJ. I was saying gg and wp and counting the money when I noticed he was still in and we had somehow split the pot ! (a straight clearly)
Was only a few hands after that when I lost my head and overplayed A3clubs and was up against A 10 and it was all over.
But after the 77 I have no right to complain .........
I effectively wasted two hours of my life this evening playing in a deep stack, slow blind MTT on Ladbrokes poker.
Now I have wasted several hours of my life playing unfruitful online poker before now but tonight's game must rank as the worst for not getting any playable hands.
In two hours I saw a total of four pocket pairs - 2's, 4's, 7's and 10's (in that order). The 2's and 4's in quick succession, both folded to pre-flop raises. The 7's were a long time later and won me some chips, the 10's saw me leave the tournament when up against K's. I saw a dozen Aces, no more, and the best was AQ suited (once) and AJ (once).
The only good thing was that I played two STTs on the site first, winning one and finishing second in the other so the MTT ended up costing me nothing.
Bluff all you like but eventually you cannot win without the cards.
..... is close to being added to the list of hands I don't play !
Over the last couple of days I don't remember winning a hand with it but I do remember going all-in with QQ and JJ in two different tournaments and being called by A7 each time and of course an A appeared each time.
I wouldn't mind but they both called a large amount and didn't deserve the result.
and then there was the idiot who announced he would be all-in every hand because he had to go and watch TV - why don't these morons just sit out ?
Twice tonight in two separate tournaments I found myself all-in after the flop with QQ - the first time my opponent had KQ with a K on the flop, and on the second occasion I was up against AQ with an A on the flop.
