Home Game Preview
It’s the next instalment of my home game on Saturday, and things are being run a little different from before. This time we have a festival of poker with four tournament events and 23 runners total, and even have full odds lists on two of the events. I’m going to preview the events below, and will see how I do on the prediction front.
Before that, I should report I also played at LC on Wednesday and didn’t do well at all. I never got going in the tournament and ended up giving my £20 bounty away when AT couldn’t beat out 45 (although I was admittedly short stacked). I also continue to run bad on the cash game, and I’ve been outdrawn now in two big pots in the last seven days. I got a double up to £300 when getting into an Omaha set over set confrontation with The Volcano, but then lost about £150 bluffing to Tom who made a great call with 77 with two overcards on the board. I was playing pretty well but was down to playing my original £150 stack (after lending out £80) when this hand rears it’s head. Deven and Dave limp (Holdem) and I decide to check AA in the big blind for super deception (although laden with risk).
Flop comes Q, 9, 2
Memory is a bit hazy as to the betting, but it all ends up in for a £300 pot. Dave has Q5 and hits another Queen on the river :( It looks like this will be my first losing quarter since this time last year unless I get a good result in the upcoming Gutshot Main Event. Perhaps I should stop playing in the late summer :)
Anyhow - Home Game events preview:
Event 1 - NLHE - £30 turbo - 3k stack with 15 minute levels.
I imagine this event will only have about 12 runners as several people will arrive late. The turbo structure will suit the looser more aggressive players. I’ll go for Uncle Paulie or Honest Dave to win this one.
Event 2 - £20 Omaha rebuy - 2k stacks/3k add-on - 20 minute levels
The number of potential winners and the field are probably narrower on this one. Hard to pick a winner - I guess I’ll plump for the Baron, but wide open of the players who do play. I’m probably looking forward to this tournament the most.
Event 3 - £30 Heads Up - 3k stack per match
The draw for this has already been made. I have found myself vying for joint favourite with Honest Dave in the Baron’s odds book, but I doubt I’ll get many takers in current form. I’ve got a tough opener against Jody (although his form has also tailed off). I’ve put a tenner on Wiggly for this one - as he tells me he has a strong heads-up game. Although my Uncle also told me it would be a hung parliament when Tony Blair swept into power in 1997, which cost me £1000 on a spread bet. I hope Wiggly isn’t also talking out of his backside.
Event 4 - £80 Main Event - 15k starting stack
Ah-ha - the real tournament - deep stacked with lots of room for play. This should have the biggest field at 23 and will be a tough tournament. If any tournament can get me out of my shallow form it will be this one, because I have lots of time to play my way in, and am more used to deep stacks than some of the other players. The Baron will either win or spend his chips quicker than Paris Hilton. I’ve gone for an each way bet on Briony, because she is a pretty tight player and is in a good run of form.
Who knows what will happen in the cash game, although it is a certainty I will be outdrawn for £200 at some point in the evening ;) Looking forward to this very much (the festival, not the outdraw).