Single table shootout 10/9/09

Played the $25 morning NL hold’em single table shootout this morning.  There was only eight players, making a $200 prize pool (casino takes nothing from the tournaments).  Played very patient, waited for hands, then pushed hard when I got them. Raised to $250 when I had A, K off suit in the small blind after two people limped in for $50 each and took down the pot without a fight.  Got a call when I raised again with A, K    from first position by a guy with K, Q and knocked him out after a Ace hit the flop and the turn.  Made a couple positional raises against the tight big blind to do some stealing. Lost some chips when I was forced to call some cheap all ins with some very marginal hands. We ended up getting down to three players, I had a medium chip stack. The chip leader then knocked out the short stack , leaving us heads up. My opponent, who I’ve played against several times, had me out chipped about 2-1 and offered to chop the prize pool 5-3. Seemed like a good deal, so I took it.

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Tags: hold'em, poker, tournament