Incredible Week in Poker...

Hey all. This has been a phenomenal week for me thus far. After my win on Monday night, I decided to invest in the 9pm 80k guar on UB. I ended up finished 2nd for 12k. It was an amazing feeling to have two big cashes so close in time. I understand better why full time players play so much volume. Having those two victories produces an addictive feeling of wanting to win more, not just cash, or final table, but win.

I want to discuss an interesting situation that occurred when we were five handed at the final table on wed in the 80k. I was one of the chipleaders, guy on my left had decent stack. It folded to me on the button. I meant to raise to 17,500, with blinds 3k-6k. I had kjcc incidentally. I accidentally typed in two 1s, making the bet 117,500 and i had 110k behind. I was like, oh god, i hope everyone folds. Unfortunately the sb shoved all in and it was 55k more to me. He was playing relatively tight and I know that he had a better hand than me. However, I am getting 5:1. Another important consideration is that it was 1/2 my stack to call. While, mathematically, the call would be correct, this is what I also must take into account: 1. I built my stack by reraising. If I call and lose, I also lose my ability to reraise bc I only have 9 bbs and no fold equity if I reraise all in. 2. Because he was laying me 5:1 with his push, and considering that I recognize him as solid player, he has to know that he has no fold equity with that play, therfore I can reduce his range to aa, kk, qq or ak most likely. Even though I have the odds to call, this is a tournament, not a cash game, so therefore, in the long run, I beleive I will make more money with that fold. Obviouisly, I ended up folding and later on, that player informed me he had AA which I believe. Had I called there and lost, the likelihood that I would end up taking second is slim.

Other than that, life in general is very good. My per diem work is busy. I have my cousin's wedding next week which should be fun and after that, Jon and I will be going to Atlantic City for a few days.

Lastly, I would like to congratulate Ostrich for taking 6th in the 40k guar on UB last night and zmen for finishing first and winning it- very nice. Jon told me his final hand, which is a good example of my earlier post whereby I indicated that it is virtually impossible to predict when certain players will fold and when they will call, no matter how 'priced out' or obv 'dominated' in a hand they may be. Last night, Jon played the final table very tight, only showing pp, AK and KK when he rerased. If you guys know Jon, you know he is very good at securing a tight image and making super great plays to build his stack. In any case, he had 2 4 os in the sb and a player who was obv weak/loose raised the button, the way he always raises with junk, raised the on jon's blind. Jon decided that he could not posssibly have a hand to call with and considering that, and also they had the same size stack, Jon shoved and the button, insta with J 10 os. Some players will look at this and say why did he push with rags? But by watching the final table and recognizing the betting patterns of that guy, it was an excellent play for Jon to push. It did not work out when guy insta with J10 and flops 10, but the results don't matter. It was the correct play against the wrong player who just will not fold once he raises, regardless of any other factors. Jon figured that he would call with A2, etc, but considering his wide range of raising, Jon felt this player would be lucky to have an ace on the button. However, Jon believed he would fold a hand with J hi, but to his credit, it is hard to have all of this information.

In any case, congrats guys- super proud of your results!!!!!!

Good money and peace, will post more soon!

Lucky C and Ace.