I won me a donkament

I've always liked heads up tournaments, as it's a fun challenge to be playing for more and more money as you advance. Last night I was lucky enough to win 8 matches in a row and the tournament.

The toughest opponent I faced was in the round of 32. He took a 2 to 1 chip lead on me early as he was folding when I had it and not folding when I didn't. He was playing so aggressive I decided to 3-bet/call 35 BBs with A8o, and I hit an ace on the river to beat his 66. Then I made a big call on the river with 3rd pair against his over-bet shove, and he showed me jack high and I advanced.

In the round of 16 I chipped away at my opponent and eventually busted him when my KJo held against his JTs all-in preflop.

In the round 8, I played by far my weakest opponent yet. The guy had very erratic bet-sizing and almost no hand-reading ability. Once I figured out that his min-bets postflop were always weak, I got a bit of a chip lead then busted him when he couldn't fold TT on a QQ88 board vs my QJ.

My final four match lasted 8 hands, we went back and forth stealing the blinds at first and then my opponent 4-bet shoved 88 into my KK, and I was lucky enough to hold.

At the final table, I won the first biggish pot when I rivered two pair and he paid me off with 2nd pair. Then I ground him down to about half the starting stack, mostly being lucky enough not to run into hands with my constant shoves over his button opens. Finally he got sick of me re-shoving and open shoved 14 BBs with K3o into my TT, and the tens held for the win.

It feels great to win and I'm very happy with how I played; I felt I adjusted quickly to a wide array of opponents and avoided the crazy/hopeless bluffs that are often my undoing in heads up poker.

I also managed to make another final table, but it didn't finish up well:





So overall a very good night, hopefully I can keep it going.

Thanks for reading,

George