Second in SJPC, Lucko at WSOP

Last Monday was an interesting game hosted by SJPC on Full Tilt. For most of the game I ran as the low stack due to losing a large pot early by failing to complete my open-ended straight & flush draw. Thankfully I played proper bubble strategy and was able to accumulate chips. I ended up going heads up as a massive underdog and double through to tie it up.

The final hand got tricky. My image was super aggressive so I chose not to differ; I raised 3x BB with AJ os. My opponent immediately shoved all in. I was in a semi tough decision because I new I been super aggressive and raising a lot of pots. On a side note I kind of wanted him to shove, on tilt, when I originally raised with the AJ - he just took a huge loss the hand before and he has been having to fold often to my reraises. Trying to make a decision, I ran out the "Time" option on Full Tilt to the last second before I clicked CALL. My opponent shows 99 and is in the lead by about 10%. The flop brought him a ton of draws, the turn brought me my jack, and the river gave him his trips. I finished second defending my title.

I know I wanted to win the tournament back to back, but I am really happy with my finish. I was a in some serious hurt when I was the short stack and was fortunate enough to not get eliminated - even more fortunate ending up having a fair shot at finishing first! I'm anticipating another good finish next week - I'm going for consistency in this game.

In other news I would like to bring some attention to fellow blogger Kevin "Lucko21" O'Brian. Kevin has had a fairly decent run so far at the WSOP. He was able to build up a really nice stack but had an unfortunate hand that ended his Day 1 down 100k. He has 49k starting Day 2 and updates are being posted frequently on his blog. Be sure to check it out and wish him some luck.

Go Lucko!