Aussie Rules

I took part in APAT's Online Australian Open last night and made it to the final table.

There were one hundred and forty-five players in the event on PokerStars. It started at 8pm and I didn't finish until four and a half hours later.

I finished in third place securing $345.10 for my effort.

As I sit here typing this I am trying to recall some of the hands that I played and have realised that - including the one that knocked me out - I must have lost only three or four of the hands I played. All the others were winners.

Hand of the night was when I was dealt a pair of sixes. I was in early position and made a small raise. I had one caller and a re-raiser. The person who had made the raise was short on chips so I thought I would move all-in.

I made my move and the two other players called.

The player who had made the re-raise had a pair of aces. Our rival in the hand had something that didn't concern me (ie I forgot what it was now!!!).

The flop came out as two two's and another high card. The re-raiser was still in the lead.

The turn card was a six giving me a full house. The hand was mine unless another ace came out on the river.

It didn't.

That hand moved me into the front of the tournament. I remained in first place for most of the latter stages of the game.

It started falling apart when there was five of us left. The antes and blinds were eating at my chip stack and my position started to drop.

The only fault I can find in last night's game was not winning it.