Lets get this post out the way :D

I played the GUKPT £300 summer series game in Aberdeen, good tournament, good structure. I traveled up with my good friend Colin Wu, and met a few Dundee regulars up there. The tournament went as follows!!

Early stages, found myself down to about 4k before the first break, managed to pick up a couple of pots and rebuild to 8k. All good!

Mid stages, was never really short stacked, but found myself around 15bb at some points, although managed to build up to 10k when the blinds came 200-400 so a decentish stack that i could actually make some plays.

I came back after a break with 10k starting stack and then went on a bit of a rush, picked up some cards (not monster starting hands, but was connecting nicely with flops) Managed to build my stack up to around the 30k mark, double the average, with around 16 players left.

Then this happened...........

Blinds 400-800, 12 players left, I have 26k in chips.

Under the gun raises to 3k, folds around to me in the small blind, I have QQ. The under the gun raiser has around 10k more behind him, so figure the only play is to shove all in, as obviously any re-raise i make he is either shoving or calling, and don't want any K or A scare cards!

So i shove all in for 26k

Now this absolute clown (most of the night when he was big blind was asked by dealer "any raise" he then mucked his cards 9 times out of 10!! The guy satellited in and did not have a clue!!!

He goes all in for 22k, the initial under the gun raiser folds.

Now the way the action has went I am putting this guy on AA or KK, but he was a complete clown and newbie. So could have been Ace rag hahaha To my delight he had Jacks.

Cut a long story short he hits quads against my Queens!!

A 46k pot (average at that time was 22k) would have been 11 players left and I would have coasted to final table.

I was left with 3k which went in few hands later to no joy.

In summation............

I played really well, and never gave up, built up a nice stack, get a guy in drawing to two outs, and he hits both of them :D

It is disgusting, but I took it surprisingly well. I think it's because I got all the money in as a big favourite, and played the hand perfectly. That is all you can do, the rest is up to MR VARIANCE :D (who will need to change his attitude if he wants a xmas card!!)

Until the next time

Barry