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Pat's Poker Page - September 15th, 2005
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No matter how far you get, if you don't win...
you are disappointed. I have played in a few events on Poker Stars' World Championship of Online Poker, which has been underway for about 10 days now. Tuesday, I played in an event called a Triple Shootout. The format for the event was different than most tournaments. Each starting table is a single table tournament, and one winner moves on into the next round. 81 winners then square off in round two as 9 single table tournaments, and the 9 winners make up the final table of the event.
The best thing about this format is that the tournament is generally much faster. The event started at noon, and the final table started at about 4:45. This was probably 10 hours before any of the previous tournament final tables, so it didn't take all day to know if you had some success.
My first table took only 1:20 to complete. When the table was down to 3 players left, I had made it into 2nd place, only trailing the leader by a slim margin. The key hand for the first table came when the chip leader made a small raise from the button, and I called with 5h3h. Flop was Qh 4h 6d. I checked and called, and was presented with the 2d on the turn. I check raised a small amount, and the chip leader moved in for the rest of his stack. When I called, it turned out he had QdTh and was drawing dead. A couple of small pots to finish it off, and I was off to the second round.
Winners of the first round were guaranteed a profit of $1750, so it was already a successful day. Early on in the second shootout, I called a raise from the big blind with 55. Flop was a beautiful 5 6 7 rainbow, that is until the raiser and I got our chips into the middle and I found he had raised with 4c3c!!! Now I was drawing to pair the board, or exit the tournament. The last 5 in the deck saved me on the river, and I had doubled up.
I kept the chip lead for most of the way, and ended up winning when I saw a free flop with Jh5h, and the flop came Q 5 5. All the chip in and the other player had only a Queen.
Well, now I had made the final table. 9 players left, with 9th making just under 11k, and 1st paying a terrific 175k. Very exciting, but as the title of the entry stated, I ended up really disappointed. I finished 9th. Had 3 hands to play at the last table. First was KcJc, I flopped a king and was up against AK. Board was scary, so I didn't lose much. Next hand was QQ, called by only the big blind. Flop came king high with 3 spades, and I didn't have the spade queen in my hand. I called the flop, but laid it down on the turn to another bet. Last, I had AK and re-raised a player, who unfortunately had aces. I flopped one king, but couldn't find another and was done.
The result was terrific, but nowhere near what I wanted once the final table started. I think this is the first time that i have made a final table and went out first, but i don't feel that I misplayed any of the three hands so overall I'm happy about the outcome. There are four events left in this set of tourneys. Maybe I have a higher finish in store for the weekend!
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