Down at the Gutshot on Wednesday evening. Turned out to be quite a small field for the £75 tournament (significantly affected by the Champions League).
35 runners. I had a pretty uneventful game - hovering a little below average for most of the tournament. With blinds 400/800 and chips at 5,100 (starting stack 5,000) it was folded to me on the button. With pocket 5s it was a pretty obvious push, and a pretty obvious call by the SB with AK-suited (in fact, he pushed all-in as well to isolate. Again, obvious).
An Ace came on the flop, obviously. Out in 16th.
The cash games were also very quiet indeed and very tight - not my sort of game at all. Especially after I lost a massive pot in the first orbit. My KK on the button vs. AA from the UTG player. It was a raised and re-raised pot pre-flop but after my raise, the UTG player just called and I must say that even then I thought AA was a distinct possibility. The rest of the money went in on the low flop. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be able to get away from it there.
I lost the rest of my initial buy-in with AhTh on the Jh9h6s board. Pre-flop raiser checked, I checked, there was a bet of £15, a raise to £50 and I re-raised all in to about £200. Called by KK. Lost that race - it's almost 50/50 (53/47 against me in fact).
Down £500 at that point - in very early running. Was almost exactly level after that, but the game didn't offer many opportunities to gain much back. I waited as long as I could for some action to arrive, but no joy. With hindsight I would have called it a day much earlier. If I'm going to lose I'd much prefer a livelier game to lose it in.
I did stay 100% clear of the Omaha. That was one correct decision, I'm sure.
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