So the day of the main event in Killarney finally arrives , been waiting for this one for a long time and after breakfast the crowd starts gathering in the Chestnut Bar for a few "looseners" and the usual poker related talk.
The tournament starts at 4pm and I have managed to draw a table with ShaneMcG and Julesky , not the table draw I had hoped for to be honest but no point in complaining . I start the way I mean to go by raising my first hand and C betting the flop - 1st pot won and I start to feel the confidence grow........herein lies the problem.
We have a 15k stack , 1 hour levels and the blinds are at 25/50 , why I decided to start like a bull in a china shop I will never know. We are only a few hours in and my stack is looking very unhealthy , mainly due to me playing QK on an AQ4A8 board , the river was checked to me and I honestly didn't believe he had the ace until I bet 3,500 into the 5k pot and he called rolling over AK - beautiful check by him but a donkey bet by me.
I never really got over that hand and was very lucky when I limped KK at 100/200 to see 4 callers and a J98 flop , bet-raise from Julesky me all in and he flips J9 -the problem of going for chips with a big hand.....fortunately the K on the river saved me but it was plain that I was simply playing poorly and this wasn't to be the big one I was hoping for.
I limped out of the tourney after around 6 hours running AQ into AK , wished the guys well and skulked off to the bar - disappointed , but only in myself . 300 euro event tomorrow and a lot of rooting for all the guys left in....for now , mines a Guinness.
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