Sunday Million - AWESOME!

Last night saw me take on 7679 others in the Sunday Million on behalf of our Syndicate (3rd man of 5) and I have to say, I REALLY enjoyed it! It's exactly how I had expected it to be (having railed Munter and Jim in it already) and I did play really well. With Jim, Derek, Alan, Mary and Mik on the rail, I loved every second of it! Thanks Folks!

Having moved from a tight table when I was 500th of 1800 remaining and where chip stacks were fairly low in relation to the rest of the field, to one with chip stacks averaging around 32k (and with VictorRamdin), I stayed relaxed carefully thinking about each hand.

Then, with AK I raise it up 3xBB from SB and a short-stacked mid-position limper calls. Flop comes ATK (2 diamonds). I check it to him knowing he's gonna push and I call quickly. He flips over AJo (no diamonds) and I do a little dance inside my head. The T on the Turn is a safe and welcome card for me ... the Q on the river however wasn't! The band stops playing in my head, I'm now a short stack at my table but I'm still high enough up the leaderboard to survive into the money.

Unfazed (and happy that I had still made the correct play), I battle on and with my tight table image I manage to pick up some dead money from late positions with marginal holdings.

Then with AQo on SB and with an M of just below 5, I shove my remaining 17k over the UTG player's 4k raise ...



... again, I like the flop ... and the turn ... but the praying to the Poker Gods doesn't work and it's a sick, sick river that puts me out!

My stats show that I wasn't just sitting back playing scared like I thought I might. I'd even go as far as to say I was playing my normal game, but more aggressively at the right times through being more focussed!

You finished in 1474th place (eliminated at hand #16540267964).

189 hands played and saw flop:
- 8 times out of 22 while in small blind (36%)
- 9 times out of 22 while in big blind (41%)
- 17 times out of 145 in other positions (12%)
- a total of 34 times out of 189 (18%)

Pots won at showdown - 3 out of 8 (38%)
Pots won without showdown - 23

You finished in 1474th place - Top 19.2%


This is going to be good for me to compare with my other games and I look forward to doing so. The Sunday Million is well above my own personal Bankroll but it has encouraged me to look into playing more $25 - $50 MTTs. I have two $26 Tourney Tokens and a $75 one on FullTilt waiting to be used. Watch this space ... the GTD Tourneys (usually starting around 7pm GMT) will be getting hit real soon!

I think it's a pity APAT don't offer more higher buy in games. APAT have established themselves as a top-provider of low cost, high quality games both online and live and have succeeded in just that! In the online games the standard can be too 'relaxed' at times with some finding it hard taking a $10 MTT seriously. I really enjoy every APAT tourney - especially the 'OnLive' with it's $150 buy-in - but I think it's a pity that there aren't more $50+ games being offered online. I think we have enough quality players looking for the same and I hope Des et al consider this for Season 3.

So yeah, this week I'll be on FT using my Tourney Token me thinks! Say Hi if you see me!