San Remo – out on day 3
Posted by Viktoria | Filed under Live Tournaments
I finished in 108th out of the 1240 players for €9000. I am a bit disappointed as I got knocked out with my KK vs AK pre-flop all-in exactly when I would have had a playable stack again after 2 days of agony with a short stack and no cards. The pot was 325k and the blinds were 8k/4k, so a playable 35 BB stack was within sight…
I still can’t complain about my luck. On the second day I had the AK and beat KK pre-flop all-in as I wrote in my previous post. Then on the 3rd day I was completely card dead and had no opportunity to push my short stack, so when I finally had a chance to push K6o from the cut-off with 8BB left, I got called by the big blind’s AT and spiked the K. Then I doubled up again with my AQ vs AT.
It just feels really bad that exactly when I could have got back in the game and have a shot for the real money. I also feel I played really well for the last two days, but I had no cards ever. I had two KKs and both times the A flopped 
I haven’t seen any other pairs higher than 88 for the last two days, except one JJ on the button when they folded to my raise. I had two AAs the first day in 9 hours of play, but also nothing else for the whole day.
Anyway, I am not unhappy. This was my first EPT cash and I don’t think it would have been possible to get any further the way I was running – you just can’t win a tournament without cards or at least hitting some flops (without somebody hitting it harder). I was on the top of my game for most of the tournament (except the first couple of hours) and that is what matters for now. I am sure my day will come when it is all combined with being on the good side of confrontations.
I am not sure if I want to play the €1k event tomorrow, probably not. I will definitely play 2 live satellites for the Monte Carlo Main Event.
