Circus £75 (+£7.50) NLH F/O w/£500 Added

So a slightly quieter Saturday then expected w/49 runners giving a prize pool of £4175 w/the added £500. FTP had in the field;

Myself
Kevin Trett

I was drawn T1-S10 w/following NPFers;

txstrevb
the card guard kid
GazWalker

& also Circus regular “Batman” & a Teessider who I believe to be 2-cats on NPF but I’m not certain. The 40 minute level’s allow for lots of play in this MTT particularly early door’s so I wasn’t very active for 1st 3 levels until break & just slowly chipped my 8500 to around 9500. Kev went bust the hand before the interval;

Blinds: 75/150
Chip Average: 8000
Kevin: 4500
Villain: 8600

He opened BTN 3xBB w/A5c which was called by both blinds & flop fell Axx w/1350 ITM. Blinds checked to Kev who moved AI only to be picked off by BB w/AQo & turn/river brought no help sending Kev to the rail early. On a positive note I congratulated Kev before the MTT began about his Tuesday success & he informed me he had split another MTT for around £200+ & a few good £1/£2 sessions at Aspers ensured he was £1500+ for the week, WP GG Kev. After the break NPFer Samj19 volunteered to deal our table & another couple of level’s passed & I continued to slowly chip up to 13500 when I lost approximately 22% of my stack w/following hand;

Blinds: 200/400
Chip Average: 12000
Me: 13500
txstrevb: 3700

txstrevb moved AIPF UTG & it’s passed around to me when I find AKo on the BTN & I move AI OTT to isolate & txstrevb to my delight shows AJo so I have 70%+ hand for 8000 chip pot which falls behind when board runs xJxxx. Shortly after our table is broke & I now sit at table 3 seat 4 with following NPFers;

NRH
ChipmunkDobbs
tiltmaster

I remain just below average chips for duration of this table when following hand proves rather damaging to my stack;

Blinds: 300/600
Chip Average: 15000
Me: 12000
Villain: 15000

I open from MP for 1400 w/KdKs & get called by another MP guy & everyone else folds when we take a flop w/2700 ITM. Flop come’s down KJ6 w/2 diamonds & I CBET 1800 which after tanking is called, turn is 3d so I check however I’m not putting villain on FD but decided caution was best way to proceed but villain quickly checks behind, then river hit’s 2d counterfeiting my trip K’s & I’m now playing 2nd nut flush but still not being familiar w/villain I opted to check call a 3500 river bet to be shown AQo w/Ad & he scoops the 14200 pot w/nut flush & leave’s me w/5200 & less than 9BB. Shortly after I dodged my BB as I was moved to the CO on table 4 seat 2 to even up table numbers & shared this table w/NPFers;

rosi
the card guard kid
cindabella
Richard Baker
GazWalker

However I didn’t last long as I moved my 9BB’s around in an attempt to chip up to give myself a chance, after raising my 2nd straight pot I was looked up by cindabella in the BB;

Blinds: 300/600
Chip Average: 15000
Me: 6100
cindabella: 15000

I opened MP w/66 for 1400 & cindabella called extra 800 out of BB so 3100 ITM & board fell 2410 w/2 clubs so after it was checked to me I bet 1800 to be 2BET AI for my remaining 2900 so w/PO of 4-1 I kind of have to call & hope it’s either 4x, 2x, or FD & not the 10x which when she flipped A10s I had 10% hand needing 1 of the remaining 6’s or running straight cards to finish w/best hand but neither come & I hit the rail 29/49. On reflection I could have went AIPF which would have forced cindabella to fold but I kind of wanted some action as I wanted to chip up to charge FTW, NVM GG...WP to friends & NPFers Steve "CGK" Wills & Dave "tiltmaster" Knight who collected £700 each after being involved in a 4 way chop. I’m not sure when I’m playing live next but travelling to Blackpool on the 19th November to get on the rail & give moral support to Mark who is playing in a 8 player £10,000 SnG sponsorship package courtesy of Coral, so fingers crossed the poker god’s will be w/Mark then. I’m sure he’ll blog his review of how it went & I know he’s in the process of reviewing his $500-$1500 NPF challenge which will hopefully be up here & on NPF in near future.