The break did me good

[luckystraights]

Looks like the brake from the Sit-N-Go's did me good, despite playing terrible at the casino and suffering a nasty river beating, I have just sat in two Sit-N-Go's, finishing 2nd and then 1st in each.

Here's my favorite hand out of both of them, and it was the turning point that gave me the win in the second match.

If anyone is familiar with the 2005 Heads Up Championship, most of the commentary about Hellmuth's play in most of his matches, shows how he likes to setup a situation to take all the chips and win the title, thats what I always look to do heads-up, I often give away lots of small pots to setup a situation that will give me all of your chips later on, it worked out perfectly here, and its my highlight of the day 

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1839911

[TwoToGo-Grave]

Congrats on the success Lucky.  I also like the act of going for the big pot to win and beat an opponent in HU play.  I really think that most opponents wind up getting themselves in too deep on top pair or other marginal hands (although here, he should have raised more pf and bet more on the flop considering the size of the blinds; he really messed up and may have cost himself this sng with this misplay).  Oh, and well played on that 45 hand, Lucky...

[luckystraights]

Congrats on the success Lucky.  I also like the act of going for the big pot to win and beat an opponent in HU play.  I really think that most opponents wind up getting themselves in too deep on top pair or other marginal hands (although here, he should have raised more pf and bet more on the flop considering the size of the blinds; he really messed up and may have cost himself this sng with this misplay).  Oh, and well played on that 45 hand, Lucky...

Thanks, it took a bit of effort and lots of patience to setup, so I'm just glad the turn gave me the chance to pull it off. I had to fold many hands on the turn that I should have folded on the flop, and play lots of potential winners of small pots very weak to get him to beat like I wanted here.

In this match I give him what he wanted, I let him take lots of small pots and gave him lots of small bets on the flop and turn, so that eventually I got what I wanted his whole stack (virtually). Though naturally I stole and won a small pot here and there to keep me afloat and to avoid any suspicion I was trying to trap.

I was pleased with it, thanks.