Played $100 freezout tonight on stars and made the final table without ever risking all my chips in a hand preflop. This probably explaing how i made it so far as i really dont win all in preflops at the moment. On the final i was short stacked with about 30k in chips and the antes just gone up to 2k 4k, i had K7 utg and went all in. As usual the BB called with a big hand... AQ i managed to runner runner a straight and this put me up to about 80k . A few intresting hands occured where i feel i played very well indeed http://www.pokerhand.org/?704505 and by coincidence to the same guy again http://www.pokerhand.org/?704507 then i killed the poor guy http://www.pokerhand.org/?704511
I felt i was in control of the table at this point and should make it heads up for sure. THen one player re raised me on 3 or 4 occasions on the flop or preflop. this shouldnt have bothered me as she had been folding contentdly most of the night but it riled me. I then got involved in a oversized pot with her that ended my chances of winning the mtt. When she raised me this much preflop for the 4th time in only a few hands i should have known she had a real hand but i wanted to see that flop. THen on the flop it appeared she handt improved if she wasnt on a big pair preflop..... so i went all in thinking i was probably live if she decided to gamble http://www.pokerhand.org/?704514 I took home 3k for my troubles but i really wanted to come 1st and i feel i deserved it. I guess i had a bit of a blow up at the end, with the QJ but i dont think its such a terrible play. The 3k will help i want to play the million tonight with 1k buy in... i know saddo eh not going out on new years eve. WEll not much i can say to that lol.