S&G Success! (Sort of)

Well these last 3 sit & goes, I finished in the money for all 3. Guess it was just a matter of time. I kind of knew that already, lol. Here's a few key hands throughout my play, I was running 3 simultaneously, and I think that does help my game. Keeps me tighter if for nothing else, because I have too much going on to try and get reads on people. Especially since I can't get gametime+ to run with my tournaments.

Tournament 1

This hand I was dealt AK of diamonds. Villain called a pot sized bet on the flop, then raised my bet the minimum on the turn. I check to him on the river and he made a tiny bet of 180. I called instantly and he showed me his pocket 2's. Don't know what he was doing with these on the flop but he took all but 400 of my chips.

The very next hand I got KQc and shoved after 2 limpers. Q7 called me and nailed the flop, but a club on 4th street doubled me back up to around 800.

This hand changed the whole thing. My 6's held up against both these guys and my stack shot to over 2k while simultaneously eliminating the player with KT. From 400 chips to in the money fighting for 1st. Nice.

It was not to be though, as we went heads up I was at a 5:1 chip disadvantage. This was our first hand heads up. It got in preflop and I was ended quickly. 2nd place and a bit of money, I'll take that any day.

Tournament 2

This was a big hand, another straight draw trying to hit, but my pair held up this time and I padded my stack quite nicely.

Another nice addition to my stack here, taking it down on the flop with tpdk.

I ended up getting 3rd in this one. With 3 left and one sitting out I had 3k and the leader had 9k. I got pocket 3's and flopped a set, with the leader putting me all in. It was set over set and I lost. Maybe I should have been okay with 2nd place, lol.

Tournament 3

This hand was great. The guy on my left was so agressive, he raised utg yet again, so when it was my action I shoved my jacks at him. He insta-called and flips up AT. I flop quads and just crush him.

The player utg open shoves all in. Obvious call for my kings and I take his stack and add it to mine.

Mr aggressive gets his revenge. Flops a boat and I wander my way into a flush. I played it so nicely too, lol. Made it look like I was protecting my hand from a 4 flush. Meanwhile my opponnent can't believe how lucky he is that the idiot he's playing just shoved into his boat. Another 3rd place finish.

So it seems I'm back on track. I've decided to try and use these s&g's to clear my bonus. If I can play 4 tournys in an hour, that's roughly 30 FPP a day and I'll have my bonus in no time at all. Might even make a little money, but the good news is I have a big old safety net. I can lose $50 playing the sit & goes, and that's still break even. So I'm delving into single tables as of now.

Updates of less detail than this to follow.