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4/27/07posted by Peter @ 8:48 AM April 8th was the second Absolute Dream Package, so I decided to try and win it again. There were only 316 players this time, which was almost half of what they had the first time. I thought, "wow what a deal this is".Everyone starts with 5,000 in chips, so there is no big hurry or need to take big risks early on. Forty five minutes into the tourney I get ace-jack in first position. The blinds are 40-80 and I just limp in. 3 people in the pot. Flop comes Ace-2-6 so I bet 200. LIKE TO GAMBLE raises to 500, and I call. I figure I'm ahead in this pot even though GAMBLE raised, but I'm playing it cautiously. The turn brings a three. I check, Gamble bets 800, and I call. The river is a jack, giving me top two pair. I check, GAMBLE bets 800 and I call. Bad move here on my part. I should have either bet out at the pot or check raised after he bet. Anyway, he shows ace-ten and my two pair win. That puts me to about 6,600 in chips. I hover around 6,000 for the next hour and a half, then I flop two pair from the big blind and almost double up when someone calls my bets all the way through the hand. A few hands later I'm around 11,300 in chips and get Ace hearts- Ace spades in late position. The blinds are 200-400 with a 50 ante. I raise to 1,200 and get one caller-TAXIHO. JACK clubs-5 clubs-2 diamonds flop. TAXIHO bets 800. I make a hefty raise to 3,500 to price out any straight or flush draws. He calls. 9 hearts on the turn and he only has 2800 left, so that's what I bet. He calls and flips up ACE clubs-10 clubs. He has 4 clubs to the flush. The river is a spade and he's out. I win 8,000 pot. About 2 and a half hours into the tourney and I'm at 18,400 in chips. I get ACE-10 of spades and raise a little. CLAIRVOYANCE goes all-in. I think for a minute then decide to call (he only had 10 times the big blind). He shows ACE-QUEEN. Nothing helps either of us until the river. I spike a ten, but that gives him a straight. Knocks me back to 13,000 in chips. A half hour later I'm down to 8,200-- blinds are 500-1000 with 75 ante. CLAIRVOYANCE raise to 4,000. I look down to see two black fives. Time to gamble, cause I'm a short stack. I go all in. My fives hold against his ACE-KING. I'm back to 18,370. Then I make a couple raises with ACE-JACK and get no callers. I'm up to 23,000. Next, I call a 2,700 raise in the big blind with 4-5 offsuit. Flop comes A-2-4. Other guy bets 2,400, I call. 7 on the turn and it goes check-check. I hit my card on the river. A three for the straight. I bet 4,800 and he folds. I'm kind of surprised here. He had twice the chips I had. A big turn bet and I'm probably folding. But I think the Ace on the flop scared him (plus I kept calling his bets). Now I'm at 28,000 at the 3 hour mark. Next I get Qspades-Kdiamonds. I raise to 4,800. CLAIRVOYANCE (yeah him again) moves all-in for 11,700. I've got 21,000 and it's only 6,900 more to call, so I do. His pocket sixes hold up. Man, I would have liked to win that race. I'm back down to 12,500. Blinds are 800-1600 with 100 ante. I get ACE-10 in the big blind. CLAIRVOYANCE (again) raises to 4,800. I go all-in. He calls with K-J. Flop comes 4-7-Q. I'm ahead. Turn is 9. I'm still ahead. River is 10. I hit a pair of tens, but he straights. I'm out 38th. I was hoping CLAIR would do well with my chips after that, but he got knocked out 24th. Anyway, congrats to BACKUPBOONE on winning it and I hope I run in to him at some of the big tournaments. Hope we can win some cash. It was a fun tourney and with the huge overlay everybody should be playing. Get on board for Absolute Dream Package 3. That's all for now. I'll blog in May after the Mirage Poker Showdown tournament. Scott (thebombbaby) Labels: Poker Reviews Use the red button to download your free online poker game Share this post!
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