The $1,000 Weekly Championship tournament at National League of Poker is now open to all comers, but with a steep buy-in: 50,000 points. Since the NLOP rules changed in January, we've built a bankroll of more than 270,000 points -- more than 54,000 earned in the last week alone. So tonight was a good time to plunk down some of our stash, and try to hit it big. The Resurrection/Easter Sunday didn't stop a big crowd from showing up to stop us....
:00 IN: We open the evening with 4-7 in the Big Blind. We fold to a bet on the flop -- and wind up regretting it, because cards appear for a winning A-5 straight.
:01 IN: We have A-7 in the small blind, on the next hand. A player raises to 310 (blinds are at 15/30), and we dare to call. The flop is 8-4-A. Players check; we choose to lay low and do the same.
The turn is 6. We bet 100, and get two callers. The river is K. We bet 100 -- but a player doubles to 200. We hope it's a bluff and call. It's not; the opponent has 6-K! He hit running cards to win a big pot, which could have been ours with a nice bet on the flop. Our starting stack of 1,000 sinks to 350.
:12 IN: After A-J and A-2 fail to connect for us, we have 8-8 with 160 chips left. We see little alternative but to push all-in. Two players call, and exchange bets for a side pot when the flop is 7-J-3. The turn is Q. The river is 2. But the Jack was enough to give a man with 9-J to send us packing.
Final outcome: 796th place out of 1,039 players. So many points.... so little time....
Sunday, April 8, 2012
NLOP Weekly Championship 26: Bet Early and Often
Labels:
all-in moment,
betting,
NLOP,
pairs,
strategy,
tournament,
two pair
Location:
Columbus, GA, USA
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