4/29/06

Had some time to kill before going to a party so we trekked back to the underground SNG place I usually go to and it pretty quiet, but we did manage to get an 11-player game going. I was sitting in seat 1 which is really not good, with respect to serving BBS but its more the position of the button that anything else.

It was a quiet game from the start with me not hitting flops, much and sometimes not at all. Given that unpaired hole cards pair up with the flop 30% of the time, I was thinking there will be a late rush coming, I would just be patient to wait for the Wahoo. We'll it was tough but I did manage to get bad beat myself with a premium AQs when KJs came and flopped a flush draw and proceed to get it on the turn. But in the middle part of the game, I am getting more premium hands and most of the players are not giving me credit. With AKs and raising 3xBB with one caller, I flop Broadway and I go all-in. My opponent agonizes with this decision and decided to call with his two pair, QJo and didn't improved, doubling me up in the process.
BBS-effect Served

Analysis - My reputation of playing BBS works to my advantage when I get a premium hand and flop the nuts. Getting any AK only happens 1.2% of the time and the board is sequenced only 3.5% of the time which was very spot on for my purposes. Preflop I was a 2-1 favorite, which is something new for me, and a little more than a 4-1 favorite after flopping the nut straight, which I should have slow played but I was really short stacked at the time, so I had no such luxury.

The end came with three players left and me staring down at pocket threes and not liking my chaces. I raise my BB to a little short of a full 3xBB raise with a caller. He had overcards which was a race situation with me a slight favorite. I cringe at the possibility, but with him flopping a pair with his hole cards, it was all he needed to bust me out, in the money.

Game Result - 660
Running Total - 660

Resting on sunday with my regular poker game on a holiday monday.