Riverchasers Victory, Other Cashes ...

I picked up a Riverchasers victory tonight against a small but always "entertaining" group. Poor AlCantHang -- going all in pre-flop with K-K and getting called by Q-8 sooted -- and losing as a Queen hit the flop and the river was an 8. C'mon -- who calls an all in with Q-8 in the early part of a tournament, risking a significant part of his/her stack?

Hoy had a huge chip lead at the final table, but I went all in with 10-10 and he called with 9-9. That hand put me into second place and gave me a little breathing room. I had one suckout at the final table, calling and all in with Ace-rag against a pocket pair, and hitting a straight on the river. That was the one lucky hand needed to win the tournament.

Hoy and I had a rather short heads-up battle. I had the chip advantage when I was dealt pocket Jacks. As I recall, I raised, and Hoy went all in. I called. The result:

Yowsa! Sorry sir, but you do not crush this blogger. It feels good to get this victory not too long after winning the BBT3 Freeroll.

Other Cashes

I also played the Shark Home Game at Absolute tonight and finished in the money in 6th place. I was in first a large part of the tournament, but losing Q-Q vs K-2 (shortie all in) at the final table brought me back to the pack, and I struggled, as did everyone, with the huge blinds. I had HeadWaiter to my left, which really sucked. He put a lot of pressure on me, especially when I was in the small blind. In fact, I went out when I was in the small blind, pushing K-9 since there had been no calls or raises. Unfortunately, HeadWaiter had A-K and had me covered. End of story.

Cashed in a small HA tourney Wednesday night hosted by NYRambler. Also cashed at Full Tilt in an Omaha game. Funny thing -- I am beginning to like Omaha and Omaha 8.