Good Table Draw for Day 4

I had hoped that I would make it farther into this year's Main Event before my ass was really on the line. Unfortunately half way through Day 3 I was in that spot. For the first time during two and a half days I put all my money in the middle and a guy who had me covered called.

On the other hand I did have him drawing incredibly thin as his lonely pair didn't have much to say against my set of Fives. That pot took my stack back up to around 200k and it wasn't until the very end of the day that I would have to risk my tournament life once again.

On the



board, my opponent and I got at all-in and he flipped over



The river was the



and along with my two hole cards:



his Jacks and Nines were no match for my Full House.

I was hoping to have towers of chips, but in light of the hands I was dealt yesterday (no Kings, no Aces) I am very pleased with my 355,000. Most importantly, I have to play a lot better than last year on Day 4 where I was frustrated from bad decisions and cold decks.

My table looks great I have been lucky to avoid any of the big stacks as besides Kirill who is a good guy, I don't know anybody at my table:

B30-1: Kirill Gerasimov - 146,500
B30-2: Karen Manfrede - 222,500
B30-3: Bernard Brady - 288,500
B30-4: Denys Drobyna - 34600
B30-5: Gus Hansen - 355,000
B30-6: Tom Hanlon - 140,500
B30-7: Danny Mitnick - 265,500
B30-8: Chris Overgard - 276,500
B30-9: Larry Wright - 452,000

Anyway, I have to get going. Good luck to my Danish buddy Mads Andersen.

More later

Gus

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