I had a good day yesterday in the larger tournaments. I finished 7th out of 75 at Hollywood (PokerRoom network) in a (PLO8) Pot Limit Omaha 8 (high low) tourney. Then, last night I entered the red-eye PLO8 tourney on Full Tilt and won the sucker. Out of 115 players, so it was a nice payoff.
In the HollywoodPoker tourney, I was among the chip leaders all the way and 7th was mildly disappointing. In the Full Tilt tourney, I lost half my chips on the first hand and was struggling to stay alive the entire night. I was praying to get to the final 18 so I'd get my entry fee back. This tournament lasted more than 4 hours, about an hour of which was one on one with me and the second place guy. This is easily the hardest game in the world to put somebody out of a tournament on when the blinds are low relative to the stacks. Just when I thought I had him, we would split the pot. But I finally nailed him with a wheel for low and a nuts flush for high. I had other hands that might have been as good, but he was clever enough to fold before I could get his money in the middle. He probably had a few, too, where I smelled a rodent and folded.
I got to the final three with 12,000 chips and the other two players well over 70,000 each. It was funny, because they were almost dissing my small stack. Every time I won a pot, it was "OMG!" on the chat board. But both guys had a problem transitioning from a full table, where they were superior players, to short-handed, where a slop guy like me will take more chances. There is not going to be an ace/two out every hand in a 3 way game.
Anyway, I'm happy with my play. |
