WSOP League Week 3

Still can’t get much going in our league, and sit in lower mid table after 3 fixtures. In truth I don’t feel like writing much, but want to keep the blog going to I can dive back in when inspired again without it dying completely. I’m almost certainly heading to Vegas for WSOP 2011, irrespective of whether I win the packages offered by the league, so at least there will be some interesting tournament reports on the distant horizon. I’m also going to try out the new Fox Club in Shaftsbury Avenue, as it looks as if they have some nicely structured mid stakes tournaments there.

My tournament for the record:

• Had AA and JJ early on and span my 6k stack upto 9k before the break with those and some other decent hands.
• Then called a SB shove for 3000 with 77 when I had raised to 1100 from button and lost to AK to lose momentum
• Was soon short stacked on final table. No callers to a 99 shove and then doubled up with KJ verses 45 all in preflop. This left me with 8k, but the blinds soon eroded me back down to 6k.
• With blinds at 300-600, button raised to 1600 and SB called. Seemed a decent spot to shove with QT for 6k. Button folds but SB calls with AJ and I don’t get there (Button also has AJ so I was in decent shape). I bust in 7th, just on the points bubble.

I think maybe I need to re-evaluate strategy, as that is twice now I have gone out with squeeze plays. Whilst this strategy is good for playing to win, it is costing me a fair few points, so I might tighten up around the points bubble in future and then kick up the aggression from there.

One more fixture next week, before the August break.