My plan to start out slow and pay attention to the other players did not work out last night. My first 4 hands had an Ace in them and I caught either the Ace or the other card. I would bet and by the turn would be raking the pots. Not a bad way to start out.
It took a little while but I finally started to settle in and really get focused. The player to my left was amassing a huge stack. Mine hovered right around the starting stack size all the way to just before break when I decided to play some less than steller hands to try to build my stack.
The most notable was calling a small all in with K6 of diamonds. K Q and 6 fell on the flop. Big stack to my left bet out big and I called. Another K on the turn made me feel better, especially when big stack made a bet of the same size as his last bet. Had he had the KQ he would have normally bet bigger. I called. Turn was a blank. Big stack bet and I raised. He called and I took down a healthy pot.
After break I started getting slapped in the face with cards. It didn't matter if I folded or stayed in my hands seemed to be the winner most of the time. My stack got huge. With such a lead I just waited on hands and pounced. At the final table I knocked out all but 1 or 2 players on my run to 1st place.
I only lost 1 pot that was disheartening. It was early in the game and I had 4 6 off in the BB. Nobody raised and a 4 6 fell on the flop. I bet the flop and turn trying to chase 3 players off. They stayed in and a 2nd jack fell on the river. I checked. There was a 1/2 pot size bet from across the table and I folded. She showed her trip J's.
Part of my success last night was making good lay downs, staying focused, and getting extremely good cards. I haven't ran that well in a long, long time.
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