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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 I came damn close to winning Bodog on Sunday for $25k (die-hards will remember that I won this tournament about a year ago). Instead I had to settle for 7th place and $3500. I ran pretty damn good all the way to the final table, at which point I decided to reraise the very active chip leader with KTo. He flat-called, and I happily moved all-in on the KJT flop. Unfortunately he showed me AQ and that was that. I'll be playing the Borgata deep stack event the weekend after this one, so if any readers are going to be in AC at that time, please shoot me a message. Brief Foxwoods Report Tuesday, April 08, 2008 I recently went to the Foxwoods Poker Classic for a few days. I played the $2,000 event and got knocked out earlyish when my 88 couldn't beat 33 for a 7k pot (we started with 8k in chips), and my AK couldn't win a flip for the rest. I got pretty deep in the $3,000 event. The highlight hand came at the 100-200/25 level. A weak loose-passive player limped in the cutoff, and I made it 800 from the button with KQo. A tight/straightforward older player (a polite gentleman type) called in the big blind and the cutoff of course called as well. The flop came K62 rainbow. It checked to me and I bet 1600 into the 2700 pot. The big blind minimum raised to 3200. The cutoff folded and I called. The turn paired the king, also bringing a backdoor diamond draw. The big blind checked, and I bet 5,500. He started shaking his head and muttering, and then thought for a long time. If he was acting, it was an Oscar-worthy performance. He then called. The river brought the backdoor flush, and the big blind checked again. I really didn't think he called the turn with a flush draw, and I really thought I had the best hand as this player was very straightforward and it seemed clear he didn't like the king on the turn. So I moved all-in for 12,575. (This was at a point in the tournament when the average stack was probably 15k.) He practically jumped out of his seat as he shook his head in disbelief. He had me covered by only a few hundred. After several minutes, he counted out the chips to call and then continued to ponder. I finally called the clock, and once I did he called me after only a few more seconds' thought. I tabled my hand and it was good. What do people think he had? (I've only come up with one reasonable guess.) Unfortunately I lost a few showdowns later on and finished 22nd when 18 were getting paid. Oh well, that's tournament poker. I decided not to play the main event for a number of reasons (mostly I didn't get much rest the previous two nights and I didn't feel I was in the right frame of mind to start a six-day event and risk $10,000 doing it). But I feel that I've been playing well over the last six months (I think doing these stoxpoker videos has actually helped me in my own game), and I want to take another crack at a big tournament soon. I think maybe I'll do the big stack tournament at Borgata the first weekend in May, and then of course the good old World Series of Poker. Anybody else have suggestions? Good luck to all in your next tournament.  September 2004 | October 2004 | December 2004 | January 2005 | February 2005 | March 2005 | April 2005 | May 2005 | June 2005 | July 2005 | August 2005 | September 2005 | October 2005 | November 2005 | December 2005 | January 2006 | February 2006 | March 2006 | April 2006 | May 2006 | June 2006 | July 2006 | August 2006 | September 2006 | October 2006 | December 2006 | January 2007 | April 2007 | May 2007 | June 2007 | July 2007 | October 2007 | January 2008 | February 2008 | March 2008 | April 2008 | |
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