No WSOP Main Event

I missed out on the WSOP freeroll final, placing 10th in the end (only one seat up for grabs). I guess this is pretty below par considering I set off fifth in chips, but I was playing pretty aggressively with the ultra top heavy structure, as it didn’t really matter if I busted 10th or 3rd. Perhaps I could have waited a bit longer before making the move I did, but I felt I was getting behind the field.

Two interesting hands, both played terribly by myself:

Hand1
Blinds are 200-400, and Mark raises in the cutoff to 800. This looks so suspicious, as it’s not even an attempt to steal the blinds. I have AQ on the button, and kinda feel like folding already, but I decide to see a flop. The blinds get out of the way.

Flop comes Q♥ J♠ 6♥.

This is normally a great flop for AQ, obviously. Mark bets out 1200 which again looks like it is screaming for a call. I have it in my head that he has AA-JJ and, after realising that it will cost my whole stack to call him down all the way on every street, I decide that it is either push or fold. I go with my read and fold and Mark shows K♥5♥. Oh dear. I guess that is up there with some of my worst laydowns. At least it only cost me 800.

Hand2
Sonny limps for 600 UTG and I complete in the small blind with Q♠6♠. Flop 7d, 8c, 10c
Check, Check
Turn 8h
I try and take the pot down by betting 1200 into the 1800 pot with my ropey gutshot draw.
Sonny flat calls, and I’m starting to think he has a club draw.
River is a 2h.
I think Sonny has missed his club draw so I push with my Queen high for my remaining 2800.
Sonny instacalls and I am toast. Of course I had read the situation perfectly, and when I started betting, Sonny had just turned his full house having flopped a set. :(

Not the best performance, as you can see. At least my strong recent cash form continued and I won £180 in the 4 hour game afterwards. I make that 5 out of 6 winning London sessions now (although some admittedly small wins), so I hope that can continue.

Good luck to Big Mark, who will be flying the flag for Loose Cannon in his usual PC way in the Main Event.