With some good fortune, (AA held up twice against lower pairs early on, AK cracked JJ and KK apparently and on the final hand my 33 held against AK) I took it down for $67.50 to take my PS Bankroll from around $30 to around $100.
With a healthy stack from early on and a fairly tight image (showing down only Premium Hands), my aggression was convincing. I don't remember feeling like I was putting chips in from behind other than on Blind Steals against short stacks at the final table where I would still have taken a chance with my Ax and 56s type hands if they'd shoved. In one hand, I called a pot sized bet with 99 on a KJx flop then folded on the turn (rag) when one of the more aggressive players at the table shoved. I think he was putting me on a drawing hand and I was putting him on KQ or pocket Qs ...
I was delighted to hear from Zanshin again this morning after an email I got at 22:15 last night. He took a bad beat in the WillHill $4500 fairly early on, was down to less than 300 chips and having to plan a short stack attack. He emailed me 3 hours later (when I was firmly tucked up) to tell me that he'd finished 9th - an amazing result, well done Derek! Whilst pleased for him I'm not surprised by this result. Having only sat at the same table as him on APAT Online events where he plays as 'Hoshe' and having railed him at Final Tables in APAT Regionals where he's impressed everyone there, this is one opponent whose game deserves respect! And he's a really good guy too ... !!
Congrats too to Jim Lang who I railed in the SHG last night. 995th of 20,000 for $40 sets a new marker for us to beat.
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