Syndicate event #2

we haven't played very many re-buy tournaments in this group, but this one was. i chipped up early and never ended up re-buying, but of course i did the add on. so in the end it was $20 cheaper for me than a regular $100 freeze out. i came into the final table in pretty solid position relative to the other players, but not so much relative to the blinds. with a small turnout, there just weren't that many chips in play, so the average chip stack was pretty short compared to the blinds / antes.

i called a raise by a fairly strong young player (a new guy named David) with KcQc in position. flop was AQ7. he checked, i bet, he called. i was pretty much done with the hand now. on the turn, he checked again, and i felt like he was trying to induce a bet, so i checked behind. with my stack, i would have had to shove, and i didn't like my KQ that much. i folded to his bet on the river. he later said he had AK. i think my cash game sloshed over into tournament land on this hand, as KQ is so easily dominated and can make 2nd best hands all day long.

i re-stole a time or two, but didn't get too many hands at the final table. a couple of my steal attempts were foiled too. so now i was short stacked. that one hand with KQ crippled me just due to the large blinds and antes.

i open shoved with 66 on the button with a relatively short stack. brady called instantly in the big blind with KK and i was out in 6th. oh well. i felt like i played well except for that KQ hand. i didn't need to bet on the flop as i was either way ahead or way behind. i'll get em next time.

i was glad to see a couple of new faces in the money for this second event. congrats.