PokerStars Final Table

Finished 4th in the $4.40 (180) tournament. I started out slowly and barely had any chips going into the first break. After the break I went on to double up twice and then I was pretty much good to go. The key hand was when we were down to 20 players left and I had QQ vs AK. My hand held up and I had around 20k at that point. From there I pretty much coasted into the final table.

Once I got there I had around 20k still and picked up a few blinds here and there. I didn’t start getting any cards until we were down to 5 players. Once that happened I picked up KK twice and AA once and got ZERO action on either hand. The frustrating thing about it is that the table was nothing but loose and aggressive. Very frustrating indeed but I still made out fairly well considering some of the crazy all-in bets I was seeing at the final table.

Guys going all-in with 33 vs 22 and insane situations like that pre-flop no less. We aren’t talking short stacks but BIG STACKS making these kinds of really poor plays against other big stacks. I was completely baffled. I will tell you that the crazy play in these tournaments has increased infinitely over the past four months. I don’t know why but there has been a big change in the play and it’s for the worse.

I will be back at it again tonight.

Wish me luck!

CIII