No Regrets

I am wounded but I am not slain. I shall lay me down and bleed a while, then I shall rise and fight again.

I entered the Grosvenor final and was the first to be knocked out.

I played tightly, folding everything until I was dealt a King and an Ace and then raised. Someone else reraised me and I called him. The flop had a 2, 3 and 2 so I figured that he wouldn't have made a substantial raise with any of those cards so i called his bet.

The turn card was a 4 so I thought a 5,, king or ace on the river would have been good.

I didn't get any luck on the river as it was a 10. The player went all-in so I thought it was possible he was trying to bluff me out of the pot so I called and he turned over a full house as he had threes over twos.

Why he made a giant raise with a pair of threes preflop is anyone's guess.

All I know is I failed to make it to the Cardiff event. That was my last chance but I have no regrets. I was speaking to two of my friends over the past few days and they both told me to have a go otherwise I would end up regretting it.

They were right. I would have always wondered what would have happened had I entered. Now I know.

I will try again - next time.