#240

Forty-six players turned up this week for another great game at The Impromptu this week, and the game was full of twists and turns that kept it competitive right to the end. Joining me in the virtual broadcast booth this week were last week's winner, grindes, along with Lil Ms Pushy, to help call the action and entertain the troops.

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The action seemed to be pretty quick, as players dropped quickly. First to the rail would our all-time win leader, icktums, whose pocket Aces got flushed on the river when curtinsea could not, or would not, let go of his suited Ace. Stopping icktums, and burkey32 for that matter, from stretching their lead in overall wins on me is always my #1 goal, and with both of them out early, the opportunity was there for me to gain some ground.

One player seemed to be running in God-mode, as Craigll ran over players right and left, amassing an impressive stack and seemingly heading for greatness. But as we see all to often, the early dominant chip leader is not always assured victory, as would be the case here. Craig would lose a couple of big pots, with TreyMingle being the main beneficiary, and would fall short of making the final table. Instead, we would settle in to a final table just as we got to the second break, with these nine fine players . . . 

From here, it would be TreyMingle running over the table, as destiny now appeared to be shining on the two-time winner. By four handed action, he had 60% of the chips in play, while myself, ohpokergal, and Tourpro1500 were battling for the scraps. I had established a solid second chip position, albeit with less than half the stack of the chip leader. With TreyMingle raising and re-raising every hand, Tourpro1500 made a bold 20bb shove with a naked Ace, and Trey called off for 40% of his stack with Jack-King off. But two Kings on the flop would seal his fate, and Tourpro1500 would finish in fourth place.

This gave Trey a bit more than a 3 to 1 chip lead over me, with ohpokergal as the short stack. But on the very next hand, he would double me up as I got it in with a flush draw and Trey called with a lesser flush draw. The flush would complete on the river, bringing me nearly even with the chip leader.

The game would take a dramatic turn a couple of hands later. Trey opened for 3.5x, and I 3-bet to 13x (7740 chips). ohpokergal responded with a 4-bet shove to 16,570. Trey went in the tank for a moment before shoving his stack. This seem to be the spot that could decide the game, as I called off my stack with pocket Queens. TreyMingle showed pocket Jacks, and ohpokergal turned over a naked Ace. The flop would bring two Aces, and when the dust settled, ohpokergal was the new chip leader with just under 50K chips, I was in 2nd with 36k, and Trey was left decimated with just over 5k.

Trey would get the last of his chips in the middle on the next hand, and I made the call. Trey was well behind, and despite a scary turn card, he would fall in 3rd place. I would go head to head with ohpokergal, slightly behind in chips. Sitting pretty deep stacked, we traded pots for around 20 hands. I commented on air that it was going to come down to a cooler of a hand, and that hand would materialize, as we got all the chips in the middle with both of us on a flush draw. When the flush hit on the river, I had the higher cards, and almost all of the chips, with ohpokergal left with less than five big blinds. Though she would double up on the next hand, it only took one more to clinch the victory, my 14th overall.

A fantastic game for sure, and I was fortunate to make some big hands. I want to thank everyone for coming out and making a great game of it, and I hope to see you all again next week!