The BIG game.

Quarter final match-up.

Dan carter vs Dave "The devilfish" Ulliot.











The match was scheduled to start at 3:30pm, well that was never going to happen so i ended up having something to eat, talking to micky werning at the bar, having a few interviews and then finally watch devilfish on the piano for about 30 minutes.

Finally things got started and i was going to take a slow and steady approach to see how the devil wanted to do things. I very quickly dropped to 16k or so because i couldnt pick up a hand.
One hand to note was when i picked up K9 in the BB, i called 400 more with the blinds at 100/200.

The flop came Kd8c3c. I checked, the devil bet 800 and i made it 2400 to go. He pondered and called, after this call my intentions were to slow down since i was out of position with a mediocre hand, the turn paired the 3 and the river paired the 8, both streets were checked down and devil turned 1010. He was not happy at all i had hit a 3 outter! But a decent amount of money went in after the flop.

Very shortly i picked up 1010 on the button, i limped for 300 and the devil made it 1100. I didnt think long and put in 3500. He seemed really frustrated and it took him a long time to call, i can say...i really didnt want him to call, i was just showing him who was boss since he was playing very aggressive preflop.

All of a sudden the chips were even for quite a while, i picked up KK on the button and limped again and ended up seeing a flop. The board came Q high and the devil came out with a bet that i strongly re-raised, he showed bottom pair and passed so that was a nice little booster.

The VERY next hand i pick up AA, the devil limps for 300 and i make it 1200 in total, he calls quite quickly.

Flop: 6c6d3c

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Well im going to stick to my original game plan and letting devil take the lead, i check but he also checks. That didnt work!

Turn was a 2c. I had to bet now, there is now a club and straight draw on the board, i make a bet of 1500 which gets raised to 4500, well i slow down again for 2 good reasons. One is, if he has a 6 i am paying him off as least as possible and two, if i slow down i look weak and if the devil is bluffing i can entice him to bluff, so i just call.

The river is a Jd. I check and the devil bets 7000! WOW! I think for a few moments and call, the devil says "If you call you must have me" and he holds his cards over the muck whilst i flip my bullets. Now is the break, he wals away very frustrated whilst mumbling "Hes so lucky...aces....blah blah" lol.

After the break i now have a 32k-8k lead and can take a new approach with the increased blinds (200-400) I can steal a lot of small pots to put him under pressure, the devil dwindled to about 6k when i decided to raise to 850 with Q8. The devil calls and the flop comes 8d 7s 2s. The devil comes out firing 4.2k allin!! I think for a moment to see if its worth calling this overbet and think that he cannot be ahead so i call. He turns over 510 of spades for a flush draw.

The turn and river are complete blanks and i have taken the devilfish down!

I dont feel ecstatic after beating him, it just feels kinda weird. That was the shortest match i have played at just over an hour...all others lasted a good 2-3 hours. Im not saying it was an easy win because it wasnt, i guess the timing for my big hands was great.


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-Dan