7th Heaven

I haven't had much time to play poker so far this year, and even less to write about it, but I picked up a decent result on Saturday night in the 32Red Freeroll. This freeroll was to celebrate them winning an award for being the best gaming provider or something so it was quite ironic that this was the third time they had tried to stage this celebratory tournament! To compensate for the 2 previous attempts, the prize fund had been swelled to $7000 and there was also the added bonus of $50 buy-ins to Sunday's $200k GTD tourney for finishing in the top 50. The starting field was 2321 and by the first break I sat 13th. I maintained my form and by the 2nd break I was 5th and at the 3rd break I was chip leader! I eventually made the Final Table in 10th place, but managed to cling on for a while and eek out a few more places before finishing 7th for $140.

I also gained entry to the $200k GTD on Sunday, and for a little while on Sunday morning was dreaming of the $44k first prize! lol. Seeing as it was a rebuy (and I had no intention of rebuying for $50!), I decided I would be aggressive from the off. However, I lasted approximately 10 minutes after getting attached to top pair on a flush draw flop which eventually hit on the river and ultimately knocked me out. Bad play from me, but nothing lost and no complaints.