So Near and Yet So Far

Last night i ended up finishing 4th in the Poker Dome Qualifier. Unfortunately it's a winner takes all competition so i ended up with nothing, but getting 4th out of about 470ish players was another good result .

Still........................... flights to Vagas, accomodation, $500 to gamble in the casino and a place in a televised final would have been nice.............................. Maybe next time.

On the final table my hands just seemed to dry up, i got AQ once and knocked out a short stack (which kept me in the running) but i didn't get much else and was up against 2 giant stacks so opportunities to steal were very limited.

But i can't really complain as earlier on in the tournament i dished out a bad beat which doubled me up and put me in a great position.

In the BB i flat called a min raise from the button with 88. The flop came down 8c 10d Jc. He bet the pot i re-raised, he went all in, i called and he turned over Q9o.............................. he'd flopped a straight, giving him the nuts.................................... fortunately a 10 came on the river to make my full house and i doubled up ................................... using up my supply of luck for the evening.