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Yesterday I finished 2nd in a freeroll tournament, earning me another $12, which brings me a step closer to the $100 mark.
At starters I manage to keep my chips around the average chipcount until I got pocket Kings. After some re-raising I went all-in and took home the pot, placing me on the 24th place. Not long after this I got a bad beat on the river with two pair, aces and ten’s against trips 2.

In that hand I almost lost all of my chips, I had only 540 chips left. So tournament was as good as over for me, but with a big blind of 100 I could play some more hands, waiting for the cards I needed.
With pocket Jack’s I went all-in in mid position. 3 players called (A10, A7 and 88). Luckily for me the ace didn’t show up on the board and neither did the eight. I won a 2000 chips pot. Immediately after this hand I got AK suited (spades). The guy in front of me went all-in so I called. The blinds folded and I saw my AK suited against AK suited (clubs).
Before the flop, it was almost certain this was going to be a split flop, but with two spades on the flop my chances of winning increased. The turn came, but nothing and the river sealed my win with the 5th spade. I made a flush Ace high and doubled up my chipcount again.

In the next 10 hands everything went my way. I even didn’t have to bluff as I got a straight on the flop one time, me holding A5. I checked being in first position to see what’s going to happen. A big raise by the big blind made sure most of the players folded. 1 player called and I re-raised after taking some time to let them believe it’s a hard decision. The BB re-raised me and the other player went all-in with the few chips he had left. Then I went all-in and got called by the BB.
I showed my straight, the BB had three of a kind with 4’s and the 3rd player could make the flush if another diamond is drawn. So far I was in the lead, but a flush and a Full House would beat me easily.
But it didn’t happen, I won the pot with my flopped straight and almost tripled my chips. I was once again playing above average now.

After this I played very well, making the right decisions time after time. It wasn’t hard to fold good hands like pocket Queen’s with 5 players in the pot pre-flop. One of them went all-in, which could cost me all my chips if I called. I folded because I was damn sure one of them had an ace or a king and only a queen on the board could save me if they paired. Flop turned 4 10 A.  2 Players had an Ace and no queen turned up on the turn and the river. I was thinking in myself: “Thank God I folded my queens”. 

With only 500 players or so left, I played myself into the top 20 for the rest of the tournament.
I made the final table and managed to knock out the number 7, 6, 5 and 4. Only three players left now. We were playing with almost equal amount off chips for around 30 minutes.
Then I got A2 and checked on the big blind. The flop made me trips wit 2 3 2. The SB checked, I checked, the chip leader made a 4 times the BB raise and got called by the SB. I re-raised and they both went all-in. With my trips I made the call and saw I was playing against pocket 3’s and 45.
The card on the turn I can’t remember anymore because I made my Full House on the river with a second ace. I thought I’d won, but then it hit me, the pocket 3’s made a Full House with 3’s.
Game over and the end of the tournament. I finished 2nd because my cards beat the 3rd players cards.

Too bad I didn’t won, but I had lots of fun and I was happy about the way I played.
Next sunday I’m playing in a $5000 freeroll tournament, hopefully I’ll be playing as well as yesterday

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