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Today I finally managed my first 1st place finish in a multi for a while, albeit a heads up MTT. I took down the daily $22 on Stars with 207 runners for roughly $1,120. I didn’t get a bye in the 1st round so all in all it was 8 consecutive heads up wins over 4 hours.
Some of my matches were fairly soft, consisting of players whom wanted to fold their way to AA or KK then hope to double through. So I basically played aggressive against the ultra tight players, constantly chipping them away.
I made a few decent calls throughout which is always rewarding and bet my big hands hard which forced players to bluff some chips off on more than one occasion.
My final match was over in 3 hands. I had raised the first two hands and took down the blinds, then managed to pick up QQ on the button. I continued my aggressive play and raised again, my opponent called and the flop came down 3 (heart) 4 (heart) 10. My opponent checked and I bet double the pot, he moved all in and I called. He shows 2 5 of hearts for a straight flush draw. Both turn and river were blanks and I took down the tourney. I was probably about a 45% dog when I was allin so I got a little lucky my hand held up but hey. I'm sure I induced the allin from my aggressive play of the hand and he was probably looking for me to fold there and then.
Whilst playing the heads up tourney I was also in the $22 (1R 1A) on stars. Around 600 runners, I made it into the final 80 with a decent sized stack. I picked up pocket Ks and made a 3x BB raise, the aggressive chip leader moves allin and I called. He shows pocket As and the board fails to bring a K, he takes down a $125k pot. If I take that pot I’m in great position with only 80 runners left. It’s very hard to lay down KK to a guy who has been raising all day long. Just one of those things I guess, taking down the HU Multi softened the blow.
Screen shot of my win below: -
