Played the Hyatt satellite...

Nice game. A player can add on or re-buy plus add-on. Not so bad. 5000 starting stack with blinds starting 20-40. 20 min blinds.

About 27 players... not too bad of a field. Some of the casino regulars and then the rest are new faces to me. I have been gone for some time.

Ran pretty cold the first couple of rounds but then...

I had A6 on the small blind.

Flop - A 6 7

Big blind bets and another caller raises. I called

Turn - 7... big blind checks, raiser bets 1000. I fold. BB folds

Raiser shows Ak.

I get K's and raised it 3 times the big. One caller

Flop - A 4 5 all hearts.

Caller bets it hard... I think about it and I fold.

I get K's again. I raised it about 4 times the big. One player pushes. I called.

He shows AK... it doesn't improve.

What a run but I bubbled + 1. Oh well. no rebuy or no add-on for me. Finished 6th, they were giving seats all the way to 4th.

Sick beats or draws...

I'm not in the hand...

Pre flop raise ... one caller

Flop A J K - one player goes all in... the other player thinks about it but then calls and shows AJ. the other player, A5

Turn 10

River K - SPLIT pot!

Standard pre-flop raise... One caller

Flop - J, 10, 2

Check, bet and call...

Turn - 2 - both players go all in.

Showdown - 10's vs J's

River - 10

My last hand... UTG, 2.5 of the blinds left. I push with J8

2 callers. Aj and J's

Needless to say I was out... Flop A, 8, k ...Turn K, river... x

Good game.

Played some games...

Long time... since the last post. I have played around 4 games... maybe 5 but there are three that comes to mind.

One game at Jardine's, 2 games at Ro and Emil's and one for the Satellite...

There were some hands and some bad decisions but what can you say, that's poker.

Jardine's game - Won

I was down to about 500 and was able to come back... lucky!

Ro's games - bubbled twice

For one of the games, I had about 6k and the blinds where 300-600. I am on the big blind with AK, we have a short stack call, Raise from a tight player of 2000 and I push. The limper calls and the tight caller thinks about it and then calls... she shows pocket 10's. The limper, 97o... The tens held up and I bubble.

Satellite - Won

I sit in straight from work and on the get go I got some huge hands... my flushes hits at the right time and my A's held up. Here are a couple key hands that I lost...

I had A9 suited and I come in for a raise. One person played.

Flop - 9, j, 9 - he checks - I bet... he thinks about it and he calls

Turn - Q - he checks - I bet... he thinks about it again and he then calls

River - 10 - he pushes - about 8 k more and I put in about 16 already. I folded...

I had A10 and a person pushed with about 2/3 my stack... Loose player and I call. He shows 95 off.

flop 5 8 J

Turn 5

River 9

Hey, I was still able to come back. Lucky!

Good game.