Call me a winner! Last night, I made the money at the Boomtown tournament ($30 + $5 entry fee/49 players total). After it got to 5 players, we all had about equal chip stacks and it could have gone to anyone, so we decide to do a five way chop of the prize. $279 each.

This decision to chop was certainly helped by the fact that do better than the chop amount, one would have to place second. After that little nugget of information, everyone quickly decided that a chop was called for.

I’m happy with the way I played. There was only once where I wasn’t bluffing and got my money in with the worst of it. It was early on in the final table. I came to the final table as the short stack. I was in bad shape. The blinds were $400/$800 and I had $2000 in chips. I was card dead too. The only thing that was going for me was the table had tightened up heavily. I was in early position and got A-rag. Seeing as I hadn’t seen an Ace in awhile and the blind was going to come to me in two and a quickly make any move I made, ineffective… I moved all in. Everyone folded, and I won the blinds.

Next hand I picked up AKo, UTG, and moved all in again, winning the blinds again. I’ve gone from $2000 to $4400 in two hands just from winning the blinds.

So now in the BB, I pick up pocket 9s. A guy, and chip leader, in early position limps. Everyone folds to the SB who completes. I decide to raise. Pocket 9s are great, but I’d rather win the hand right here, cause if an overcard flips, I’m probably toast. So I raise to $2400 total… bye-bye chipstack. The early position limper moves all in. The SB folds.

This was not a situation I wanted to be in… but he limped in… so what could he have? He could be trapping with a big pair… but I don’t think that fits his style, especially after I’ve been on a little streak. I’m thinking he’s seen me win two pots in a row by raising and has just gotten sick of it, so he’s decided to put his foot down, thinking that I’m bluffing… I mean if anyone was going to to try to call you on bullshit, wouldn’t it be the chip leader? So, I call.

He flips over AA and I get sick. I flip over my cards, start collecting my things, shaking hands with people and saying goodbye. The flop comes and it has a miracle 9 to double me up +$800 and make me a serious contender for winning now.

All in 3 consecutive hands.

That was the only mistake that I think I made all tournament though and luckily, that was a time where I made the wrong move at the right time.

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