Harbour Lights festival £100 Rebuy

So i rolled up and was met with a larger field than i expected, 72. This was going to lead to a rather tasty prizepool, happy days!! The format was a limited rebuy tournament, you can have 1 rebuy and 1 addon, but not 2 rebuys 0 addon! (strange but true)


I started off slow but before long managed to bluff of my first set of chips, apart from 1k, so i took the rebuy which got me 4k. I then had to play tight and wait for the end of level 3 so i could buy my extra 3k. During this process i was sat in the SB with JJ on the 75-150 level, the hijack made it 600 to go and the button flat called the 600. This was a good spot to put the squeeze on, even though i had a hand, so i re-rased 2k more leaving 1400 back. The original raiser passed (thats what usually happens) then next guy then thought for a while, and eventually passed AK Mikface up! My reputation clearly does not spread too far!


That however was about it for me in this comp, i got to the last 20 with 24,000 never having found a hand (luckily this is England and people dont know how to play poker, only cards, so i could steal enough to keep my stack growing) the blinds rose to 1k-2k with the average stack at 22k. I then ran A5 into AT then A5 into TT in consecutive hands. There is not a lot you can do in a top heavy payout structure when the average stack is so short, you have to look to build a lead so you can take a hit.

I came back and ventured into the world of the Full Tilt PLO with a view to winning back my £300, thats not exactly how it went. For the first time on there i had a proper losing session, -$750, it was a combination of bad beats and bad moves, combined with one guy, EngineOfProfit, who owned me! Every pot we got in he would pass to my value bets and raise my bluffs, he also took it upon himself to win all the small uncontested pots....my source of income! One funny bluff that went wrong was this one....




Seat 1: ChesterBadAss ($471)
Seat 2: bigbadshark7 ($405)
Seat 3: The Norse Horse ($564.80)
Seat 4: Man of Pride ($557.30)
Seat 5: The Jolly Giant ($754.75)
Seat 6: EngineofProfit ($1,186.65)
ChesterBadAss posts the small blind of $3
bigbadshark7 posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Norse Horse []
The Norse Horse calls $6
Man of Pride raises to $27
The Jolly Giant calls $27
EngineofProfit folds
ChesterBadAss folds
bigbadshark7 calls $21
The Norse Horse calls $21
*** FLOP *** []
bigbadshark7 checks
The Norse Horse checks
Man of Pride checks
The Jolly Giant checks
*** TURN *** [] []
bigbadshark7 checks
The Norse Horse bets $60
Man of Pride folds
The Jolly Giant calls $60
bigbadshark7 folds
*** RIVER *** [] []
The Norse Horse bets $93, and is capped
The Jolly Giant: I'm so on tilt right now
The Jolly Giant: I'm going to call you with these rags
The Jolly Giant calls $93, and is capped
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The Norse Horse shows [] (two pair, Queens and Threes)
The Jolly Giant shows [] (a flush, Ten high)
The Jolly Giant wins the pot ($414) with a flush, Ten high

Not the words you want to see typed when you are on the bare ace play!

I did still manage to get paid off in one amusing pot, another case of the morons value raising with hands that you cant value raise with!!!



Seat 1: ChesterBadAss ($0), is sitting out
Seat 2: bigbadshark7 ($542.10)
Seat 3: The Norse Horse ($512.60)
Seat 4: Man of Pride ($512.30)
Seat 5: wr9966 ($427.60)
Seat 6: EngineofProfit ($1,363.65)
The Norse Horse posts the small blind of $3
Man of Pride posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Norse Horse []
wr9966 calls $6
EngineofProfit folds
bigbadshark7 calls $6
The Norse Horse calls $3
Man of Pride checks
*** FLOP *** []
The Norse Horse checks
Man of Pride checks
wr9966 bets $24
bigbadshark7 folds
The Norse Horse calls $24
Man of Pride folds
*** TURN *** [] []
The Norse Horse checks
wr9966 checks
*** RIVER *** [] []
The Norse Horse bets $48
wr9966 raises to $96
The Norse Horse calls $48
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wr9966 shows [] (a full house, Fours full of Fives)
The Norse Horse shows [] (a full house, Fives full of Kings)
The Norse Horse wins the pot ($261) with a full house, Fives full of Kings


After a while longer and having lost a 3 way all in coup with a monster draw, followed by a bad beat in another pot i found myself down that $750 and decided to retire for the evening and re-group for the next days play!


I am pleased to report that a quick 30 minute session this evening has resulted in a $375 gain, the first pot i played was HU vs a guy who again appears to be value betting and bluffing at the same time!!!



Seat 3: The Norse Horse ($511)
Seat 6: mannydominguez ($594)
mannydominguez posts the small blind of $3
The Norse Horse posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Norse Horse []
mannydominguez calls $3
The Norse Horse raises to $12
mannydominguez calls $6
*** FLOP *** []
The Norse Horse bets $12
mannydominguez calls $12
*** TURN *** [] []
The Norse Horse checks
mannydominguez bets $24
The Norse Horse calls $24
*** RIVER *** [] []
The Norse Horse checks
mannydominguez bets $48
The Norse Horse calls $48
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mannydominguez shows [] (a straight, Seven high)
The Norse Horse shows [] (a flush, Ace high)
The Norse Horse wins the pot ($191.50) with a flush, Ace high


That really did confuse me! Another guy got me good chasing a gutshot but i dont want to turn this into a bad beat blog!


Tonights plan is to hit the 20k 15k and 100fo again, no doubt throw in a couple more as the night goes on, maybe even revisit the $100 HU SNG's

Also i would like to say thanks to MikkyT from the blonde poker forum for providing me with these cards for the Hand History's. If you have time check out his site, he has just launched a new poker podcast and is eagerly seaking feedback!