Gratis Poker

www.pkr.com – After spending some time reading through some poker literature this evening, I found myself inspired to log in and play a tournament of some sort. Although I usually go for MTT’s I do not usually play the tournaments with a limit on tables. This time though, I found myself drawn to a 50 player, 5 table tournament, and bought in.

We all started with 1,500 chips, and I found myself hovering between 1,500 and 2,000 for the first 30 hands or so.
The blinds had moved up to 150/300 though and so I was happy to find (K,K) in middle position. I raised it up to a mere 600, mostly due to the fact that the blinds were already thinning the players out well anyway as it was a speed tournament.

One player called and the flop came (Q,5,5). I checked hoping to induce a raise, which worked very well, as my opponent raised 600. I moved all in, and was quickly called by a player with Ace high who clearly felt I was bluffing. After doubling up from this encounter, a short time later I managed to make (10,10) stand up against two short stacks who were all in with (Q,9), and (8,8).

I don’t think I ever got over 6,000 chips in this tournament, and the final hand eliminated me in a respectable 7th place after my (9,9) was sadly crushed by a (K,J) when the flop brought a Jack.
Overall though I feel I played quite tight (which isn’t my normal style), and well enough, and so I cannot be overly upset that I didn’t get to fight it out short handed on the final table. Pkr.com

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