I am back – with an ITM
Posted by Viktoria | Filed under Live Tournaments
I played my first 3 tournaments since my baby was born so I am officially back to poker. I started out with an ITM on the first tourney, the Budapest Poker Open – the biggest annual live tournament in Hungary.
I busted after putting my very healthy stack in with an 85% advantage. The same guy busted me who knocked me out last year on the second level after a preflop all-in - my AA vs his AK. 93%…
I felt I played quite well – I was happy to realize that poker is like cycling: once you learn how to play, you can’t forget it. I made some mistakes but funny enough they all turned out pretty well. It is important to make the wrong play at the right time 
BTW in the two whole days of play (12-14 hours per day) I haven’t had any QQ-AA. Zero!
I came 25th out of 305 players.
Then I played in the Ladies Event where I had AA once – and I had to check-fold it on the QT8 flop 
Again – I played pretty well but I made a mistake at the end when I got knocked out. I rarely make this mistake but I this time I wasn’t careful enough. When I made a move based on a tell against the player on the button I didn’t look to my left to see how eager the big blind is to put her stack in…
Then I played the 3LT final in Vienna. I like Vienna very much, but this time I played quite badly unfortunately. Somehow nothing worked out and I was out in the second hour.
My baby took it very well, she fed from the bottle happily and she went to bed like an angel for her naps and the night. I am happy that I could concentrate on my poker and didn’t have to worry about her. She is a very good baby )) I am confident that I can play all I want next year and she will be ok.
Everest Poker will run a bounty freeroll on 28th December to celebrate my come-back and my success on the Budapest Poker Open. Come and hunt me!
