Blog Freeroll- the report

The 32Red Blog freeroll was a good success, and alot of fun to play in. I hope everyone really enjoyed it, but one man that is sure to have done so is the winner levif4, many congratulations to him! Read on for my detailed report

I had a starting table that included sppokwbp, 1FoldNow, zupergee, shiroVT, 1ptil3or, ROGUE63, U2STU, chezall, and GAEL32RED, and I was ready to gamble it up, and make a few rebuys. However, the action was fairly tight, and the play very good. In fact, I was impressed with the standard of play throughout, particularly given it was a freeroll. The thing I did notice was that alot of the players were fairly passive, preferring to limp into my pots rather than raise the action. I would suggest, if you have a hand you are willing to play, try to raise it more often that not. This way, you take the initiative in the pot and give yourself two ways to win- either by making the best hand, or by having everyone fold to your aggression.

I had a very active first half hour, including hitting a fluky flop of 10d10c8d when I held 107 in the small blind. The action was fast, and three 3,000+ stacks flew into the middle. I had flopped gin against the AA of GAEL32RED, but would have to sweat against the A6 flush draw of U2STU. The board brought two blanks, and bizarrely I became the chip leader for a few moments!

I went into the break with an 11,000 stack, but emerged from it aware of the danger that I was now the $50 Bounty. I didn’t play too well, and seemed to miss every flop as my stack went dwindling down to 4k. Then, I picked up K8 of spades on the button, and commited myself for my stack. The action would be four way, but I hit nothing on the board, and knew that someone would be claiming the bounty. The successful player was PentagonA3, whose AQ had hit an ace high board- many congratulations to him!

And so I could watch, as spookwbp took the chip lead to the final table. He had some bad luck, and left a heads up battle between levif4 and PentagonA3, who would be claiming two different cashes in the same tournament. The chip lead was traded a few times, before levif4 emerged the winner.

So, many thanks to everyone, and watch this space for the next blog freeroll soon.