So I decided to play my first 45 person SnG as a warmup to the SnG Challenge starting this weekend (I’ll send the money today drewspop). I ended up 11th. Not bad, but not what I had hoped. Two big hands stick out in my mind.
1st was an early round with A-Rag on a KAK flop. I re-raised all-in only to be called by KJ. I got lucky and hit an ace on the river to more than double through. The third participant in the hand claimed he folded an ace, so hitting the case ace is a major-lucky turn of events. The “f!!!!” comment was very accurate when that happened. The unluckly player quickly busted out.
The 2nd important hand was a mid-round (50/100 blinds maybe?). I had about 4500 in chips to his 2000 in chips. I put him in with his AQo against my 33. I lost the race and then had to nurse a shortstack until nearly final table (there were probably 20 or 25 people left at that point). If I keep this up I will never do well in these events. It looks like you need a minimum of 6K to make a good run at the final table, and if I win that race I will be in prime position. 33 tends to be a good hand to be counterfeited and I am either dominated by a pocket pair or racing with counterfeit options. Just not a good play anyway I look at it.
I ended up busting with AQ when another player, also nursing a short stack, called my all-in push with KT. King on the river and I am out. I’m not upset about that one because I would have needed one more double up to even get a chance at 7th.
All of this wordage being said, I am really looking forward to the challenge. It should be good fun and hopefully good for my MTT game.