Twente Classics

[PokerForFree]

We're (party of 5) going to the Twente Classics (Netherlands) coming Wednesday. I am very excited!!! The buy-in was 100 Euro and with a total of 150 participators there will be 15K in the pot. 35% for the winner and that's gonna be me!

Of course you will hear my report afterwards.

Giorgio

[jochies]

that's a nikce pot! go for it!

[Ciotti10]

Good luck m8 and bring us some good news.Cheers

[PokerForFree]

We started with a stack of 3000, blinds at 10/20, 20 minute levels until the 1st break. For the first two hours there was an alternate list, meaning that 27 more players bought themselves in. They replaced the players out before the break.

Anyway, I made it quite good until the first break. I had a stack of 7300, which was highest among my friends. Unfortunately my all-in bluff got called. I played extremely conservative and my bluff didn't fit in the whole, it was a dumb move.

I was on the BB (300) and got raised to 1000 with KJ off. Everybody folded, so I decided to call. The flop brought AQ and I shoved in all my chips (about 3500 more). The guy thought it over really well and called with AK. The guy got another Ace on the turn, and I didn't make my straight on the river. Good call, I guess.

The reason I thought my all-in was reasonable was my position, as well as my tight game all along. Though, calling a raise of 1000, just to see the flop was very stupid, even considering I laid down pocket Jacks just the hand before when some hot chick moved all her chips in pre-flop.

Overall it was a great day, also because afterwards I sat down at a cash game table and came away with a nice profit. By accident I took a rush at a €2/€4 euro table, while I wanted to sit down at the €2/€2. I only just found out when I paid the blinds to participate, LOL.

So I bought chips for €200. The players at the table were playing unbelievably loose (something I have never seen before, CRAZY) and average pots must have been somewhere between €500 and €1000... we're talking average guys!!! So I knew, if I'd play I'd had to be willing to put all my chips at risk. I played very tight and won a total of 3 hands during my session.

1st big hand I took hitting a flush on the turn, when I called a €50 raise, after betting €20 myself for information. When I made my flush, with 2 Kings on the table, I checked and the guy moved all-in, so I called his set of Kings. I took the pot of about €400, so I doubled and was ready to go. Though I stayed as one of our group was still in the freeze out tourney.

My 2nd hand was not that big. About 3 people in the hand checked after the flop (a pair deuces and some other card), and I was in position with suited connectors (67 hearts). I also checked, but hit a 6 on the turn. After everybody checked, I bet €14 and earned respect. So that were some more chips to pay some blinds the next few orbits.

The 3rd hand was a monster. I already told the dealer my seat would become available with the next round. My first-last cards were pocket 7's and I raised. My raise got called and I hit a 7 on the Queen high flop (Q87). I bet €40 and the loose guy in early position put me all-in. I thought it over, but this guy lost his entire stack several times and kept buy-in in over and over. I didn't get his strategy at all, but he seemed to be a regular player as many people knew him. Anyhow... after my bet, he again put all his chips at risk and I called. My trips improved to a full house with another Queen for a total pot (after rake and tip) of €735!!! My opponent mucked, but he must have had something like an Ace and a picture card.

That, fellow Poker For Free friends..... THAT MADE MY DAY!

[pyscodelic]

sounds like a good days work.. nice one..
beats my visit to the doctors that ended up being four days in hospital any day.. lol

[Ciotti10]

Wtg Giorgio,it seems you had a great time there and at the end you earn some money too.

[PokerForFree]

I just got a call from my brother in law, who was there with me Wednesday. Apparently, the guy I beat in my last hand was a Dutch poker pro, his name is Olvedo Heinze. I Googled the guy and he plays the major tourneys, like EPT's etc. I guess they have a certain way of playing each other, which I don't quite understand yet.

Cheers,

G (a pro to be )