Monday, April 14, 2008

First Blogg EVER!!! Getting 2nd in the FTP Sunday Brawl

So yesterday I entered the Sunday Brawl on Full Tilt with just wanting to cash. I had bubbled a couple times in that tournament and the 750k guarantee on FT, so I was very focused on making the money for this tournament. Once I actually got to the bubble (162 cashed), I kept thinking about what Matt Matros kept saying in his videos, "To increase your EV, you have to keep playing." So without doing anything too reckless, I just kept playing. If I had AQo in the blinds and an obvious steal position player raised, I shoved with 15 BBs. If you don't just keep playing (whether it is the bubble or not), you lose the chance to go deep in the tournament.

So with that said, I ended up having about 10-15 BBs from 800 people left to about 40 people left. With about 40 people left, I went on a heater. Winning about two flips and holding up when i was a 3-2 favorite, 3-1 favorite and even when I was a 4-1 favorite, until I got heads up for the title with SkinnyRicky. He was a very good player and we went heads up for awhile and then I went bust when I shoved after a check raise with a straight draw and he called with top pair and 2nd nut kicker.

I missed and he won, but I took a lot out of this tournament. I have found many areas of my game that need to improve, especially my heads up play. Well that's it, but I hope that my first post wasn't too awful.

PEACE

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