shahmat's blog

Going into the final table I felt a bit more prepared than I did for the APPT final table. Once we'd played a few orbits I had a pretty good handle on how everyone was playing, except for the eventual winner, I thought he was playing alot tighter than he actually was. Without to much risk I was able to continue chipping up my larger stack while the short stacks were forced to either push or fold in alot of spots. Stack sizes were very good for me as it was tough for them to play back without a hand.

I was much more aware of stack sizes and much more aware of how big my bets were compared to theirs. This was pretty important. At the APPT final table when I raised with KQs against grant levy, I gave him the option to reshove on me with A6o where he thought he had fold equity. This ended up costing me alot of chips in Sydney and I think ultimately making it to