Just came home, flipped my laptop open and noticed a comment in one of my blog posts, "Spek, a challenge has been issued to you on our site." Apparently, poker pro Jeff Sealey is challenging me to a heads up match...for pretty much my whole bankroll. Hmmm...interesting. So, I did a little research and googled in, "Jeff Sealey". It seems Jeff Sealey has just placed 5th in the Aussie Millions Poker Championship, cashed in over 150k and is currently sponsered by Paradise Poker...Heck, if I had a bankroll of over $150K, I'd challenge you to a $600, $800, $1k heads up match, no problem. The fact is, I'm not going to lay it all on the line on one heads up game...Obviously, $600 is pocket change to this guy. I play $10 and $20 SNG's...See a difference?
Doesn't mean I'm not up to a heads-up challenge. I'm currently only playing online poker on Pokerstars. So Sealey, if you're down for it, I'll go heads up with you on Pokerstars for $100.
In other news...
This past Sunday, Pokerstars held its biggest online tourney to date-- a $1050 buy-in with over 2000 entries. What's more, there was a very familiar name on the final table. Greg "FossilMan" Raymer worked his way through the field to final table and came in 2nd place, cashing out over $180K! Good job fossilman...
A Poker Short...
Just finished playing a $20 SNG and the drama continues...
Early in the game, I was dealt decent hands and built up my chip stack to 3K...Players on my table were aggressive as hell and were getting knocked out quickly. Anyway, the hand to mention was when I was dealt AQ under the gun and raised it up. Had 2 callers. Flop comes down A-J-K... I check, and a player makes a small bet, another player calls, and I call as well. Turn is a 10 and I hit my straight... I check, a player raises, another reraises, and I'm all in... Both players call. I have AQ vs KQ vs JQ... JQ had a spade draw and hits his flush on the river! I'm crippled and down to 300 chips.
So I'm down to 300 or so chips, I pretty much need a miracle at this point. And it came. Bullets under the gun, so I limp. A player raises to 120, which was perfect by the way and another player calls... I'm pushing of course, the initial raiser just calls, and the 3rd player pushes all in as well! I triple up back to 1500.
Down to 3 players. I'm dealt AJ in the big blind and small blind just calls...I push all-in to steal his blind or hopefully get a call and double up. He calls with 33 and this is what happens:
Runner, runner straight. Pretty sickening, but I survive to make its heads up.
Sums things up, I'm heads up with my opponent and dealt big lick...I call, he checks...Flop is 6-K-9...I hit two pair and he bets the minimum, and I just smooth call. Turn is a Q. He bets huge, around 1200... I wait for a second, then push all in. He call with Q8... and catches an 8 on the river. Sigh...
I'm done...
