Teams, cash and THE POKER DUCK!

Well i have played my last event at the Melb Champs, which is disapointing but in saying that its keeping some money in my pocket. I crused on up to Crown about lunch and caught up with Gary for a meal before we got own by the Crown dealers on a blackjack table. I was starting to think i might end the session up when the first two hands i got where blackjack. Gary had no luck being dealt 12,13,14 almost everyhand.

Heading down to the tables i bumped in AJ and told him of my plan to beat up on some $2/$3 NL. I sat with $150 and figured it should get me through the few hours until the Teams Event kicked off. It was a great table, a few that had been there all day and a few that had just sat. One guy sat and just starting shoving and shoving. He would have been about $500 in the hole before we tanlged.

I had just taken down a little pot about $100 with a nice nut flush, so i couldnt help this next one. In the SB i called a raise to $10 from the button and the BB also calls. I held 9s 3s, flop comes 6s 7s X i check, BB checks and the dealer makes it $20, call, call is what he gets. Turn bricks out and i check again, BB checks and the button makes it $85, i call as the BB folds before i can even get my chips in the middle. The river bricks a nice Jh no help at all so as quick as the card hits the felt i pump my last $120 into the pot. I have never seen anyones head spin so much. I tanks and folds, i turn over my busted flush as the dealer shoves a pot back of about $340 plus my uncalled bet. Hmmm what a start.

I blanked out again and cashed out about $200 up, just enough to cover the blackjack. the krispy kreame doughnuts and the roulette to come :)

Teams event kicks off and i sit the whole first level playing one hand. KK to which i folded to a bet on a Ace high flop, with 2 hearts. No great loss plenty of time.

Nothing much really happened for a while as Gary chipped us up a little bit with Ak and i picked up some blinds with AK under the gun with no callers. It felt like hours past untill i saw anything that wasnt 47 or 92. We moved tables with about 62 players left and about 5BB in our stack. Not alot happened as i picked up some more blinds. At about the 300/600 level in the SB i squeeze the cards to see two beautiful black Aces. As i watch the action i was stoked, limp, raise, call and then i shove with 2 callers! Board blanks and a flop bet from the inital raiser takes the pot heads up. She tables JJ and doesnt hit. We are back!

Lasted another few levels before we had to start making plays with our last 4BBs or so. Gary finally shoved K2 after seeing it so many times, with 2 callers we could have made yet another last minute comeback but it wasnt to be. As we looked up we ha been in for 5hrs and came 29/125, which considering the cards and lack of action we felt happy with. One deep run for the series isnt too bad, top 18 paid so we werent far off.

Now we are just waiting for the next teams event, maybe Vic champs....

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As a side note but the most important side note ever. I sat down after one of the swaps to see THE POKER DUCK next to me. As you can all imagine its a proud moment in any poker players life to be seated next to the poker duck. I gave him a little pat and picked up a pot the very next hand...