Wednesday, November 28, 2007
My Commitment to Improvement (With Your Help)
I have a bad habit associated with poker, and it gets worse as my level of desire to succeed increases - I tend to bitch/whine when things don't go my way. All my poker friends already know this, and I have no good reason for doing it considering my overall results for over three years are well more than adequate. I don't do it often, but during big series (whether online or live) or if I have set specific short-term goals for myself, it tends to come out. When I want something badly and I don't get it, I get pretty pissed due to my competitiveness. Some people need to scream, some want to hit something, others get depressed and quiet. I bitch. I usually only do it for about 10 to 20 minutes and then I feel better, but I still do it, and there is no reason I shouldn't try to get better about it. With that in mind, if I am bitching to you about my bad luck or whatever, just tell me "Life is Good." That phrase can be your way of shutting me up without having to feel that you are being an ass about it. It is an easy way for me to realize where I'm at in poker and in life, and that I just need to get over this small set back.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
(Pathetic) FTOPS Update
Nothing has changed from last time. No one has earned anymore points meaning unless Mandy cashes in the bounty tournament tomorrow I will win with a measely point total.
Friday, November 16, 2007
The Final Countdown
The last two hands from Indiana's Main Event not only illustrate the lack of skill, but also the complete cluelessness of guys that finished 1st, 3rd and 19th in a 5K main event. These two hands summarize the main event perfectly and hilariously.
In at #2) This occurred at my third table on day 1. The level was 300/600 75 ante I believe. A guy in middle position opened for a standard 3x (incidentally he was wearing a Party Poker hat if that adds anything to the story for you ex-Party players). He had around 14K. It folds around to the big blind who shoves for about 12K. This guy is a good online player who had played the short stack patiently and well. The "Party" guy starts thinking for a little bit before asking for a chip count. Once he sees he has the guy covered by a little bit, he seems to semi-reluctantly call as he flips over AA!!!!! The big blind flips over AJ and is obviously furious at the slow roll. Nothing comes on the board and the AJ got eliminated. I wish this were the end of the story because that in itself is pretty bad. However, our whole table is kind of in an uproar over this hand. A red-headed guy in seat 9 then starts to say how bad of etiquette that was to the guy. Then the guy says "I've already lost 2 times with AA today, and if he had me covered I was going to fold." The sad thing is, I honestly believe he would have. In a fitting turnabout he was the bubble boy in the hand I described in #6 on the countdown.
Drumroll please.....................................................................
In at #1) With only the final three players left, this hand occurred. It may have been the funniest hand I have ever seen (even the ever respectful Tom Fuller lost it right near the table when this happened). My brother had just arrived after speeding for 4 hours trying to get to the event before I was eliminated. He had heard how bad the play was, and when he saw this everything we had been saying made sense. It occured at the 3K/6K 1K ante level. Carlos had a fairly big chip lead at this point with around 850K of the 1.45 million in play. Vito was the short stack with about 90-100K. Carlos completed from the small blind and Vito shoved in. It was a 15 to 16x shove, so this was fairly big. Carlos started saying, "I have nothing, I have nothing. Man Vito I have nothing." This went on for about 30 seconds before he finally added, "but I
call." Carlos flips over 54 offsuit to Vito's JT off. The 54 call was bad enough, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Carlos begins screaming, "Here comes the low cards! I'm going to flop a straight!" The flop comes K84 and Carlos takes the lead. He then keeps saying, "Keep it low!!" The turn is a K to pair the board. The river is an 8 putting two pair on the board to counterfeit Carlos's pair. However, Carlos begins celebrating with his friend there, and Vito just sits there seeming a little disappointed. About 5 seconds later when the announcer said "and Vito wins the pot with two pair and a Jack kicker," all of a sudden Carlos stops abruptly as he does a double take at the board. Instantaneously, Vito yells "ALRIGHT!!! Our group just lost it! These guys placed 1st and 3rd in a major event and still couldn't read a borad well. There you have the Indiana WSOP Circuit Main Event in a nutshell.
In at #2) This occurred at my third table on day 1. The level was 300/600 75 ante I believe. A guy in middle position opened for a standard 3x (incidentally he was wearing a Party Poker hat if that adds anything to the story for you ex-Party players). He had around 14K. It folds around to the big blind who shoves for about 12K. This guy is a good online player who had played the short stack patiently and well. The "Party" guy starts thinking for a little bit before asking for a chip count. Once he sees he has the guy covered by a little bit, he seems to semi-reluctantly call as he flips over AA!!!!! The big blind flips over AJ and is obviously furious at the slow roll. Nothing comes on the board and the AJ got eliminated. I wish this were the end of the story because that in itself is pretty bad. However, our whole table is kind of in an uproar over this hand. A red-headed guy in seat 9 then starts to say how bad of etiquette that was to the guy. Then the guy says "I've already lost 2 times with AA today, and if he had me covered I was going to fold." The sad thing is, I honestly believe he would have. In a fitting turnabout he was the bubble boy in the hand I described in #6 on the countdown.
Drumroll please.....................................................................
In at #1) With only the final three players left, this hand occurred. It may have been the funniest hand I have ever seen (even the ever respectful Tom Fuller lost it right near the table when this happened). My brother had just arrived after speeding for 4 hours trying to get to the event before I was eliminated. He had heard how bad the play was, and when he saw this everything we had been saying made sense. It occured at the 3K/6K 1K ante level. Carlos had a fairly big chip lead at this point with around 850K of the 1.45 million in play. Vito was the short stack with about 90-100K. Carlos completed from the small blind and Vito shoved in. It was a 15 to 16x shove, so this was fairly big. Carlos started saying, "I have nothing, I have nothing. Man Vito I have nothing." This went on for about 30 seconds before he finally added, "but I
call." Carlos flips over 54 offsuit to Vito's JT off. The 54 call was bad enough, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. Carlos begins screaming, "Here comes the low cards! I'm going to flop a straight!" The flop comes K84 and Carlos takes the lead. He then keeps saying, "Keep it low!!" The turn is a K to pair the board. The river is an 8 putting two pair on the board to counterfeit Carlos's pair. However, Carlos begins celebrating with his friend there, and Vito just sits there seeming a little disappointed. About 5 seconds later when the announcer said "and Vito wins the pot with two pair and a Jack kicker," all of a sudden Carlos stops abruptly as he does a double take at the board. Instantaneously, Vito yells "ALRIGHT!!! Our group just lost it! These guys placed 1st and 3rd in a major event and still couldn't read a borad well. There you have the Indiana WSOP Circuit Main Event in a nutshell.
Monday, November 12, 2007
FTOPS Update and Indiana Final Table
The FTOPS has been close but no cigars for our group in recent days. Tom placed 27thof 616 in the PLO 6-handed and 10th of 1600 in the NLH w/ RBs. I finshed 49th of 806 in the Stud H/L, and Seth had a strong finish in yesterdays NLH with a 28th place out of 4475. Mandy also cashed in this event, but just barely.
Ironically, neither of Moon's cashes counted toward the bet because he didn't chose those events. We only can count seven towards the bet. So the standings are as follows:
Chris: 27.48 pts via the $109 Stud H/L (have used 4 of 7 events)
Mandy: 27.16 pts from the $322 NLH (used 4 of 7)
Tom: 0 pts (used 3 of 7)
Jason: 0 pts (used 4 of 7)
Here is the recap of the final table at the Indiana Circuit Event:
Seat 1: Nut job 330K
Seat 2: Carlos Uz 320K
Seat 3: only unknown for me at the final table 70K
Seat 4: Tom Schneider 35K
Seat 5: Me 67K
Seat 6: Vito 130K
Seat 7: old tight guy (or so I thought) 45K
Seat 8: Toph 290K
Seat 9: standard no frills decent player 110K
Blinds start at 2K/4K 500 ante
On the first hand, seat 7 gets busted as described in my previous post. It was countdown hand #5.
I fold the first 9 hands
8 handed
1) Hand #10 BB Q6 - nut job limps (always weak), seat 3 limps on a 70K stack, Tom completes w/ just 26K more. I really thought he was going to jam any two here. When he didn't, I was going to. I jam for 52K more (to pick up 20K). They all fold. When Tom folds he shows 92 and says "I knew you were going to do that. I should have saved my 2,ooo." I imagine so, you had 92 and only 28K! (72K)
2) Hand #14 HJ K9s - I open for 10.5K. BB calls (nut job)
A(AJd) - check I bet 10K, he folds (85K)
7 handed
3) Hand #24 UTG KK - I open for 10.5K, nut job calls again
J84 - check check - I have to give this guy just a little rope
7 - I bet 18K, he raises to 40K, I insta shove 20K more before he can even get his chips out there because it is not much more and if he folds it is fine by me, he tanks and finally calls with AT. I dodge the seven outs and double to 153K.
4) Hand #28 - CO A6d, I open for 10.5K, seat 9 call in the BB
KJ7 - check I bet 12K, he calls
9 (2nd heart) - check check
4h - 12K, I fold (126K)
5) Hand #30 - 2nd A9 - I open for 10.5K, Toph RR to 37K, I consider shoving because I know Toph's range is big. I fold. This is the one hand at the final table I regret. I think he folds in the 66% range (2 out of 3). My EV is big by shoving. (114K)
3K/6K 1K ante
6 handed
6) Hand #34 - But QT, Carlos limps, I limp, Toph checks
KQ3 - checks @
3 - checks @
5 - check, check 10K, all fold (toph said he considered calling with just a J. This is why I checked behind twice. I wasn't really scared of free cards, I thought I definitely had the best hand, and I might get a real loose call on the river b/c of it. (120K)
7) Hand #35 - CO KT, Carlos limps as do I, Toph completes.
JT5 - check, BB (nut job) bets 16K, all fold (semi tight fold - but tough situation against somewhat unpredictable player)
8) Hand #37 - UTG AK, I open for 15K, both blinds call (seats 1 2)
(84d)2 - SB leads for 23K, Carlos calls, I fold. The action continued as such.
5 - SB bets 45K Carlos is calling before he even knows the bet amount, and just asks the dealer how much he has to put out
3 - check check, the SB turns over K8, Carlos turns over 33. Pretty sick and funny. I would have hit the runner runner straight. I was considering a move until Carlos insta called the flop bet. I am not sure if I would have done it or not. (92K)
9) Hand #38 - BB J7, nut job limps But, Carlos completes
AKQ - check, I bet 10K, But raises to 23K, all fold (75K)
10) Hand #39 - SB Q3s, seat 1 limps, Carlos limps, I jam for @70K more, Carlos asks for a count when it folds back to him. I am pretty sure he is calling at this point based on previous hands. I almost say "Your A9 is no good this time," but I opt not too. He calls a bit later and tables A9. I brick out, but I wonder if he folds had I said that. Who knows? In retrospect, I don't dislike my shove because there was 27K in the pot already, and had I folded I would have only had about 70K left. At the same time, Carlos felt like he was floating on air at this point in the tourney, so a loose call by him was very likely. It makes my play pretty neutral in my mind. I definitely could have found a better spot I think, but I was trying to get a stack I could challenge with at this stage of the game. I was easily the shortest stack at the table.
Unfortunately Toph got knocked out a little later in 5th place. He could never get things going. he was missing every flop, and guys weren't folding to pressure. The call stations bled him to his ultimate death.
On to the countdown:
In at #4) This is where the hands start to get really good (bad?). This hand happened with just three players left in the event. The blinds were still at 3K/6K with a 1K ante. Carlos had about 720K, the 2nd place guy (started in the 10 seat) had about 500K, and Vito had about 220K. Vito had the button and open shoved for all 220K (just under 37 BBs). This in itself is bad in so many ways, I can't even begin to start. However, he has done this twice in the past 15 minutes or so for at least 200K each time. Both hands he proudly flipped over TT and QQ. So precedent would indicate he does this with just big hands. In fact anyone who played with him throughout the tourney would know he tends to open huge with big hands and small or limp with weak ones. Yet when he does this the SB tanks. After a minute or two he finally calls as Carlos folds. We all assumed he had JJ or TT or AK, but he flips over A8! Vito turns over 99 predictably. The board comes QTT 8........Q. The A8's horrendous call gets paid off (not that Vito deserved much for his play). This got the tourney down to the final two.
In at #3) This hand also involves one of the worst if not the worst call I have ever seen in a tourney. It took place on my third table on day 1 at the 400/800 100 ante level. The eventual 4th place finisher (who I have repeatedly referred to as nut job mainly because of this hand) opened UTG for 2600. He had 12K left behind. The BB calls leaving himself 10K. The BB had been playing a very good patient short stack. The flop came three low rainbow cards (something like 842 for example). The BB shoves for all 10K (just under 2x the pot and 80% of nut job's remaining stack). The nut job calls ater getting a count. When he called the BB says something like "damn" thinking he is beat and turns over TT. The nutty flips over KQ and the BB is mystified/sick to his stomach. Of course nutty rivers a Q to bust the poor guy. At this point, I say "I thought for sure he (the BB) was bluffing because of his comment." The nut job then says "I thought he was full of it too." Of course my reference was to the BB's post call reaction not anything prior to it. Nutty parlayed this suckout to a very nice payday.
Ironically, neither of Moon's cashes counted toward the bet because he didn't chose those events. We only can count seven towards the bet. So the standings are as follows:
Chris: 27.48 pts via the $109 Stud H/L (have used 4 of 7 events)
Mandy: 27.16 pts from the $322 NLH (used 4 of 7)
Tom: 0 pts (used 3 of 7)
Jason: 0 pts (used 4 of 7)
Here is the recap of the final table at the Indiana Circuit Event:
Seat 1: Nut job 330K
Seat 2: Carlos Uz 320K
Seat 3: only unknown for me at the final table 70K
Seat 4: Tom Schneider 35K
Seat 5: Me 67K
Seat 6: Vito 130K
Seat 7: old tight guy (or so I thought) 45K
Seat 8: Toph 290K
Seat 9: standard no frills decent player 110K
Blinds start at 2K/4K 500 ante
On the first hand, seat 7 gets busted as described in my previous post. It was countdown hand #5.
I fold the first 9 hands
8 handed
1) Hand #10 BB Q6 - nut job limps (always weak), seat 3 limps on a 70K stack, Tom completes w/ just 26K more. I really thought he was going to jam any two here. When he didn't, I was going to. I jam for 52K more (to pick up 20K). They all fold. When Tom folds he shows 92 and says "I knew you were going to do that. I should have saved my 2,ooo." I imagine so, you had 92 and only 28K! (72K)
2) Hand #14 HJ K9s - I open for 10.5K. BB calls (nut job)
A(AJd) - check I bet 10K, he folds (85K)
7 handed
3) Hand #24 UTG KK - I open for 10.5K, nut job calls again
J84 - check check - I have to give this guy just a little rope
7 - I bet 18K, he raises to 40K, I insta shove 20K more before he can even get his chips out there because it is not much more and if he folds it is fine by me, he tanks and finally calls with AT. I dodge the seven outs and double to 153K.
4) Hand #28 - CO A6d, I open for 10.5K, seat 9 call in the BB
KJ7 - check I bet 12K, he calls
9 (2nd heart) - check check
4h - 12K, I fold (126K)
5) Hand #30 - 2nd A9 - I open for 10.5K, Toph RR to 37K, I consider shoving because I know Toph's range is big. I fold. This is the one hand at the final table I regret. I think he folds in the 66% range (2 out of 3). My EV is big by shoving. (114K)
3K/6K 1K ante
6 handed
6) Hand #34 - But QT, Carlos limps, I limp, Toph checks
KQ3 - checks @
3 - checks @
5 - check, check 10K, all fold (toph said he considered calling with just a J. This is why I checked behind twice. I wasn't really scared of free cards, I thought I definitely had the best hand, and I might get a real loose call on the river b/c of it. (120K)
7) Hand #35 - CO KT, Carlos limps as do I, Toph completes.
JT5 - check, BB (nut job) bets 16K, all fold (semi tight fold - but tough situation against somewhat unpredictable player)
8) Hand #37 - UTG AK, I open for 15K, both blinds call (seats 1 2)
(84d)2 - SB leads for 23K, Carlos calls, I fold. The action continued as such.
5 - SB bets 45K Carlos is calling before he even knows the bet amount, and just asks the dealer how much he has to put out
3 - check check, the SB turns over K8, Carlos turns over 33. Pretty sick and funny. I would have hit the runner runner straight. I was considering a move until Carlos insta called the flop bet. I am not sure if I would have done it or not. (92K)
9) Hand #38 - BB J7, nut job limps But, Carlos completes
AKQ - check, I bet 10K, But raises to 23K, all fold (75K)
10) Hand #39 - SB Q3s, seat 1 limps, Carlos limps, I jam for @70K more, Carlos asks for a count when it folds back to him. I am pretty sure he is calling at this point based on previous hands. I almost say "Your A9 is no good this time," but I opt not too. He calls a bit later and tables A9. I brick out, but I wonder if he folds had I said that. Who knows? In retrospect, I don't dislike my shove because there was 27K in the pot already, and had I folded I would have only had about 70K left. At the same time, Carlos felt like he was floating on air at this point in the tourney, so a loose call by him was very likely. It makes my play pretty neutral in my mind. I definitely could have found a better spot I think, but I was trying to get a stack I could challenge with at this stage of the game. I was easily the shortest stack at the table.
Unfortunately Toph got knocked out a little later in 5th place. He could never get things going. he was missing every flop, and guys weren't folding to pressure. The call stations bled him to his ultimate death.
On to the countdown:
In at #4) This is where the hands start to get really good (bad?). This hand happened with just three players left in the event. The blinds were still at 3K/6K with a 1K ante. Carlos had about 720K, the 2nd place guy (started in the 10 seat) had about 500K, and Vito had about 220K. Vito had the button and open shoved for all 220K (just under 37 BBs). This in itself is bad in so many ways, I can't even begin to start. However, he has done this twice in the past 15 minutes or so for at least 200K each time. Both hands he proudly flipped over TT and QQ. So precedent would indicate he does this with just big hands. In fact anyone who played with him throughout the tourney would know he tends to open huge with big hands and small or limp with weak ones. Yet when he does this the SB tanks. After a minute or two he finally calls as Carlos folds. We all assumed he had JJ or TT or AK, but he flips over A8! Vito turns over 99 predictably. The board comes QTT 8........Q. The A8's horrendous call gets paid off (not that Vito deserved much for his play). This got the tourney down to the final two.
In at #3) This hand also involves one of the worst if not the worst call I have ever seen in a tourney. It took place on my third table on day 1 at the 400/800 100 ante level. The eventual 4th place finisher (who I have repeatedly referred to as nut job mainly because of this hand) opened UTG for 2600. He had 12K left behind. The BB calls leaving himself 10K. The BB had been playing a very good patient short stack. The flop came three low rainbow cards (something like 842 for example). The BB shoves for all 10K (just under 2x the pot and 80% of nut job's remaining stack). The nut job calls ater getting a count. When he called the BB says something like "damn" thinking he is beat and turns over TT. The nutty flips over KQ and the BB is mystified/sick to his stomach. Of course nutty rivers a Q to bust the poor guy. At this point, I say "I thought for sure he (the BB) was bluffing because of his comment." The nut job then says "I thought he was full of it too." Of course my reference was to the BB's post call reaction not anything prior to it. Nutty parlayed this suckout to a very nice payday.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Day 2 Indiana Main Event
600/1200 ante 200 56,700
Seat 1 an unknown coming in 87K
Seat 2 old guy moon said took a lot of risky chances and weird plays 27K (then super tight guy)
Seat 3 Me 57K
Seat 4 Terry - on my left entire day one on 3rd table, fairly straight forward rarely RR pre 85K
Seat 5 standard tight old guy who could snap if kept getting picked on 68K
Seat 6 Toph - easily most dangerous guy to me if gets a hold of chips 38K
Seat 7 Hammer - have described in previous posts often (basic bludgeoner) 71K
Seat 8 Stammdogg of online fame - expect him to be fairly willing to move his short stack 26K
Seat 9 fairly standard unimaginative tight player 21K
Things start off with a bang with toph eliminating seat 2 on the first hand when the guy CRs toph w/ an open ender on an A high flop. Toph's AK holds up
1) SB AK (3rd hand of the day), folds to me I raise to 4K, BB goes allin fairly quickly having me covered. I played with him a lot on day 1 and he had RR once the entire time I could remember with JJ to my UTG raise and he raised it big. I think most guys call here fairly quickly, but I folded after a minute or two tank. I folded for a couple reasons: 1 - after playing with him I felt his range was any pair as low as 66 or 77 maybe and AK maybe AQ. This was my actual range for him here. I put 99 TT JJ and AK as the most likely hands. If I put a 10% chance of some other hands, I still think my overall equity isn't much better than 51-54%. This leads to my second reason: 2 - In this field I was not willing to flip for such a large amount at this point only getting 1.2 to 1. The field was so bad I felt I could easily find much better opportunities. It was pointed out that if I doubled I could really use the chips to my advantage. I considered that in my thoughts, but I had to weigh the risk vs reward. I felt it just wasn't worth it. If the guy was telling the truth, he had A9. I obviously estimated his range too conservatively, but based on the info I had of him, i thought it was a fair guess and the right play for me given the guess. (52K)
2) UTG AT, I raise to 3200 (basically a steal of the two tightest blinds), Toph RRs to 11K. all folds. This hand was so wrong. I gave Toph the scouting report of the two guys so he knew how tight they were and that I would likely raise lighter here. Toph had 87. Well played Toph see if I help you again : ) 47K
800/1600 200 ante
1) CO KTd, I raise to 4K (Tophs BB) all fold
2) 2nd 88, I raise to 4K all fold
3) SB 77, CO limps (seat 1), I complete
KK9, check @
8, I bet 2500 all fold 49K
Toph doubles up to 160K on monster pot with KK vs 55 on a 7664 board. I fold for more than a round.
4) CO 42, I raise to 4200 (Tophs BB) all fold
5) 2nd J3, I raise to 4K (hammer and stammdogg blinds) I hadn't raised either of their blinds in over a level because I thought they would be very difficult. However stamm had been surprisingly patient and I thought this was a good time for it on the last hand of the level. All fold.
I end the level with 48K in chips after starting it with 47K. I had no hands, but won all 5 I played. It is very close to the bubble now.
1K/2K 300 ante
I fold the first 3 hands and hand for hand begins with me at 44K.
1) (1st H4H) BUT 75s, I raise to 5200 (tough to steal blinds but I had given them walks twice already) they fold (49K)
2) (next hand) CO 88, I raise to 5200 all fold (54K)
Hand for hand done after 2 hands. We redraw:
Seat 1: Vito, plays bigger hands hard, plays weak hands weak - big stack
Seat 2: Terry - avg stack
Seat 3: Toph - very big stack
Seat 4: Nut job from day 1 3rd table seat 2, I am looking to win a big one off him but he is short
Seat 5: Asian who had chip lead for part of day 1 before losing a bunch of questionable hands
Seat 6: old unknown guy, later find out he wont fold to a raise often pre if he has entered - avg
Seat 7: me
Seat 8: fairly tight raiser but semi loose caller pre - avg stack
Seat 9: Matt Sterling - very good player I have played with a ton live - big stack
3) BUT 99, CO raises to 5K (I see one of his cards and it appears to be a 7 or 8), I RR to 15K he calls, we both have similar stacks (33K me vs 35K him left)
T32, he leads for 6K, given that he presumably has a 7 or 8 this is an easy push for 33K, he asks for a count at which point he calls pretty quickly. I am actually scared he had T8s or T7s. I asked i f he had a T. He said no, so I obviously assumed 77 or 88, but no he turns over A7d. This would would be high on my countdown list, but the countdown list only has hands I am not involved in. The board comes 7 9 and I double. He is crippled with only 2K and is knocked out the next hand. (102K)
4) UTG JTs, I raise to 5200 all fold
5) SB JTs, in 2nd Terry raises to 6900, I make a semi loose call but we are both deep
Q85, check check
3, I bet 9K, he raises to 20K, I fold and he shows TT (I almost made a min RR because I thought he was weak, but I pussed out) (83K)
6) BB AQ, UTG Matt raises to 5100, Terry calls, I just call - debated a decent RR
(53c)2, check Matt bets 9K, Terry goes allin for @50K, I was considering making a move before Terry shoved and I actually thought I was beating Terry here, but there was nothing I could do now, I fold Matt tanks but finally call with 99, Terry shows AT and gets knocked out
7) (next hand) SB T8, UTG Vito limps, nut limps, I complete
(K8s)2, check check Vito bets 4K I call
5 check check
8 I bet 15K (almost pot) knowing Vito wont fold a K and maybe something less putting me on a missed flush, he called saying "I think you have me." I did. (108K)
We are 6 or 7 handed now
8) 2nd 94, I raise to 5200, Matt and Nut call
(T9h)7, checks @
T checks @ (I thought about a bet here feeling very comfortable about my hand, but thought either might make a move which isn't awful for me I guess. However I thought Matt could have a QT or something that he may have peeled one off on the flop.)
6h checks @, I win but have to show my 94 (120K)
9) (next hand) UTG KK, I raise to 5200, Toph calls, nut raises to 15K, I think for a while before shoving allin. I am fairly sure nut will make some weak calls here because of the previous hand and his history of doing so. I have been waiting for this opportunity, and I just hope he hasn't woken up with AA. In fact, I really didn't want to even see an A. Toph folded, and the nut called allin pretty quickly for his last 55K. He shows AJh. The board runs out AQJ57 and he wins the 150K pot leaving me at 49500 going into the next level.
1500/3000 400 ante (6 handed)
1) 1st hand BB 3(3h) - in 2nd Vito min raises to 6K, I call
(T64h), check check (I think he semibluffs a heart here)
9h check check
Kh I bet 10K, he folds saying it looks like a bet for value (57K)
2) UTG QJ, I raise to 8K, the (Asain) BB shoves in for 24K, I call and he flips over 55. I win this important small flip when the board comes J8262 (84K)
3) 2nd A5 - may be my worst hand of tourney, nut limps, I limp, Matt limps, and both blinds
J53 - Vito bets out the min 3K, only I call
3 - Vito bets 6K, I call weakly not knowing where I am but not thinking he is capable of triple barreling
4 - Vito bets 15K I fold (nice siphon)
4) UTG J9d - I raise to 8K, nut calls in BB
J94, check a bet 10K, he instafolds (damn) (78K)
5) CO A7, Toph UTG raises to 8K, I RR to 24K (I don't think he will shove light b/c I look pot commited, he folds after a short tank (89K)
6) UTG QJ, I raise to 8K all fold (96K)
7) SB A8, I shove the tight BB allin for 35K
8) BB 76s, Matt UTG raises to 7500, Toph SB and me call.
(95h)3, check to Toph on button, he makes it 20K, even though I have the sneaky double gutty, the price isn't good given that Toph could be betting a flush draw here and it would be an even thinner draw. A raise is no better b/c I dont have a ton of fold equity. I fold Matt calls. (the turn was an offsuit 8, toph took it down but he did have AJh) (87K)
9) BUT A9d - I raise to 8K, tighty calls in SB
KT8 he shoves for 31K, I fold and he shows KJ - well played
10) 2nd A2, I raise to 8K and all fold
I end the level at 69000, with 11 people left. We have 5 at our table and 6 at the other.
2000/4000 500 ante
UTG A9, I raise to 10.5K, Toph RR to 35K, I begin the longest tank of my life. What happens during my tank: 1) we lose 11th place guy 2) we lose 10th place guy 3) mandys flight takes off and lands 4) Bush's approval rating drops 3 more points 5) the satellite lady at indiana says "who's interested in a $100 satelitte....." 100 times. I really do tank for about 10 minutes or more. During that time Toph and I talk back in forth alot. I finally decide he isn't too proud of his hand, and it seems like he has an A. I wont go into the exact conversation that gets me to this point, but he knows I am holding a "decent" ace. I put his most likely hands in the A7 - A9 range. I accidently just call, but we get it in dark preflop anyways. We both have A9, but I flop a backdoor flush draw to no avail. With the two eliminations at the other table, we are down to the final table and done for the day. I have 67,500, and sit in 7th place. I was very happy with my play during the day. I could easily have been over 200K with the KK hand, but it wasn't meant to be.
On with the countdown:
In at #6) This hand occurred with 19 left (right on the bubble). It wasn't at my table, but I caught some of the action - the vital part. Essentially on a 865 flop, a guy had shoved allin for at least 60K into a 12K - 15K pot with A6 only to be called by a big stack who had 98. The A6 got no help and bubbled after starting the hand just under average. The classic high risk, low reward play seen from bad players nonstop in Indiana
In at #5) First hand at the final table - Vito min raised to 8K, 2nd pos shoves for 35K I think, Carlos Uz calls and Vito calls citing pot odds. T63 flop, check check. A turn, check Carlos bets Vito out of the pot and turns over AK. Vito folded KTc after screwing up slightly by not betting the flop. The shover had 98 getting barely any fold equity to a UTG raise. He didn't get bailed out with the gutter ball and was gone in 9th.
Seat 1 an unknown coming in 87K
Seat 2 old guy moon said took a lot of risky chances and weird plays 27K (then super tight guy)
Seat 3 Me 57K
Seat 4 Terry - on my left entire day one on 3rd table, fairly straight forward rarely RR pre 85K
Seat 5 standard tight old guy who could snap if kept getting picked on 68K
Seat 6 Toph - easily most dangerous guy to me if gets a hold of chips 38K
Seat 7 Hammer - have described in previous posts often (basic bludgeoner) 71K
Seat 8 Stammdogg of online fame - expect him to be fairly willing to move his short stack 26K
Seat 9 fairly standard unimaginative tight player 21K
Things start off with a bang with toph eliminating seat 2 on the first hand when the guy CRs toph w/ an open ender on an A high flop. Toph's AK holds up
1) SB AK (3rd hand of the day), folds to me I raise to 4K, BB goes allin fairly quickly having me covered. I played with him a lot on day 1 and he had RR once the entire time I could remember with JJ to my UTG raise and he raised it big. I think most guys call here fairly quickly, but I folded after a minute or two tank. I folded for a couple reasons: 1 - after playing with him I felt his range was any pair as low as 66 or 77 maybe and AK maybe AQ. This was my actual range for him here. I put 99 TT JJ and AK as the most likely hands. If I put a 10% chance of some other hands, I still think my overall equity isn't much better than 51-54%. This leads to my second reason: 2 - In this field I was not willing to flip for such a large amount at this point only getting 1.2 to 1. The field was so bad I felt I could easily find much better opportunities. It was pointed out that if I doubled I could really use the chips to my advantage. I considered that in my thoughts, but I had to weigh the risk vs reward. I felt it just wasn't worth it. If the guy was telling the truth, he had A9. I obviously estimated his range too conservatively, but based on the info I had of him, i thought it was a fair guess and the right play for me given the guess. (52K)
2) UTG AT, I raise to 3200 (basically a steal of the two tightest blinds), Toph RRs to 11K. all folds. This hand was so wrong. I gave Toph the scouting report of the two guys so he knew how tight they were and that I would likely raise lighter here. Toph had 87. Well played Toph see if I help you again : ) 47K
800/1600 200 ante
1) CO KTd, I raise to 4K (Tophs BB) all fold
2) 2nd 88, I raise to 4K all fold
3) SB 77, CO limps (seat 1), I complete
KK9, check @
8, I bet 2500 all fold 49K
Toph doubles up to 160K on monster pot with KK vs 55 on a 7664 board. I fold for more than a round.
4) CO 42, I raise to 4200 (Tophs BB) all fold
5) 2nd J3, I raise to 4K (hammer and stammdogg blinds) I hadn't raised either of their blinds in over a level because I thought they would be very difficult. However stamm had been surprisingly patient and I thought this was a good time for it on the last hand of the level. All fold.
I end the level with 48K in chips after starting it with 47K. I had no hands, but won all 5 I played. It is very close to the bubble now.
1K/2K 300 ante
I fold the first 3 hands and hand for hand begins with me at 44K.
1) (1st H4H) BUT 75s, I raise to 5200 (tough to steal blinds but I had given them walks twice already) they fold (49K)
2) (next hand) CO 88, I raise to 5200 all fold (54K)
Hand for hand done after 2 hands. We redraw:
Seat 1: Vito, plays bigger hands hard, plays weak hands weak - big stack
Seat 2: Terry - avg stack
Seat 3: Toph - very big stack
Seat 4: Nut job from day 1 3rd table seat 2, I am looking to win a big one off him but he is short
Seat 5: Asian who had chip lead for part of day 1 before losing a bunch of questionable hands
Seat 6: old unknown guy, later find out he wont fold to a raise often pre if he has entered - avg
Seat 7: me
Seat 8: fairly tight raiser but semi loose caller pre - avg stack
Seat 9: Matt Sterling - very good player I have played with a ton live - big stack
3) BUT 99, CO raises to 5K (I see one of his cards and it appears to be a 7 or 8), I RR to 15K he calls, we both have similar stacks (33K me vs 35K him left)
T32, he leads for 6K, given that he presumably has a 7 or 8 this is an easy push for 33K, he asks for a count at which point he calls pretty quickly. I am actually scared he had T8s or T7s. I asked i f he had a T. He said no, so I obviously assumed 77 or 88, but no he turns over A7d. This would would be high on my countdown list, but the countdown list only has hands I am not involved in. The board comes 7 9 and I double. He is crippled with only 2K and is knocked out the next hand. (102K)
4) UTG JTs, I raise to 5200 all fold
5) SB JTs, in 2nd Terry raises to 6900, I make a semi loose call but we are both deep
Q85, check check
3, I bet 9K, he raises to 20K, I fold and he shows TT (I almost made a min RR because I thought he was weak, but I pussed out) (83K)
6) BB AQ, UTG Matt raises to 5100, Terry calls, I just call - debated a decent RR
(53c)2, check Matt bets 9K, Terry goes allin for @50K, I was considering making a move before Terry shoved and I actually thought I was beating Terry here, but there was nothing I could do now, I fold Matt tanks but finally call with 99, Terry shows AT and gets knocked out
7) (next hand) SB T8, UTG Vito limps, nut limps, I complete
(K8s)2, check check Vito bets 4K I call
5 check check
8 I bet 15K (almost pot) knowing Vito wont fold a K and maybe something less putting me on a missed flush, he called saying "I think you have me." I did. (108K)
We are 6 or 7 handed now
8) 2nd 94, I raise to 5200, Matt and Nut call
(T9h)7, checks @
T checks @ (I thought about a bet here feeling very comfortable about my hand, but thought either might make a move which isn't awful for me I guess. However I thought Matt could have a QT or something that he may have peeled one off on the flop.)
6h checks @, I win but have to show my 94 (120K)
9) (next hand) UTG KK, I raise to 5200, Toph calls, nut raises to 15K, I think for a while before shoving allin. I am fairly sure nut will make some weak calls here because of the previous hand and his history of doing so. I have been waiting for this opportunity, and I just hope he hasn't woken up with AA. In fact, I really didn't want to even see an A. Toph folded, and the nut called allin pretty quickly for his last 55K. He shows AJh. The board runs out AQJ57 and he wins the 150K pot leaving me at 49500 going into the next level.
1500/3000 400 ante (6 handed)
1) 1st hand BB 3(3h) - in 2nd Vito min raises to 6K, I call
(T64h), check check (I think he semibluffs a heart here)
9h check check
Kh I bet 10K, he folds saying it looks like a bet for value (57K)
2) UTG QJ, I raise to 8K, the (Asain) BB shoves in for 24K, I call and he flips over 55. I win this important small flip when the board comes J8262 (84K)
3) 2nd A5 - may be my worst hand of tourney, nut limps, I limp, Matt limps, and both blinds
J53 - Vito bets out the min 3K, only I call
3 - Vito bets 6K, I call weakly not knowing where I am but not thinking he is capable of triple barreling
4 - Vito bets 15K I fold (nice siphon)
4) UTG J9d - I raise to 8K, nut calls in BB
J94, check a bet 10K, he instafolds (damn) (78K)
5) CO A7, Toph UTG raises to 8K, I RR to 24K (I don't think he will shove light b/c I look pot commited, he folds after a short tank (89K)
6) UTG QJ, I raise to 8K all fold (96K)
7) SB A8, I shove the tight BB allin for 35K
8) BB 76s, Matt UTG raises to 7500, Toph SB and me call.
(95h)3, check to Toph on button, he makes it 20K, even though I have the sneaky double gutty, the price isn't good given that Toph could be betting a flush draw here and it would be an even thinner draw. A raise is no better b/c I dont have a ton of fold equity. I fold Matt calls. (the turn was an offsuit 8, toph took it down but he did have AJh) (87K)
9) BUT A9d - I raise to 8K, tighty calls in SB
KT8 he shoves for 31K, I fold and he shows KJ - well played
10) 2nd A2, I raise to 8K and all fold
I end the level at 69000, with 11 people left. We have 5 at our table and 6 at the other.
2000/4000 500 ante
UTG A9, I raise to 10.5K, Toph RR to 35K, I begin the longest tank of my life. What happens during my tank: 1) we lose 11th place guy 2) we lose 10th place guy 3) mandys flight takes off and lands 4) Bush's approval rating drops 3 more points 5) the satellite lady at indiana says "who's interested in a $100 satelitte....." 100 times. I really do tank for about 10 minutes or more. During that time Toph and I talk back in forth alot. I finally decide he isn't too proud of his hand, and it seems like he has an A. I wont go into the exact conversation that gets me to this point, but he knows I am holding a "decent" ace. I put his most likely hands in the A7 - A9 range. I accidently just call, but we get it in dark preflop anyways. We both have A9, but I flop a backdoor flush draw to no avail. With the two eliminations at the other table, we are down to the final table and done for the day. I have 67,500, and sit in 7th place. I was very happy with my play during the day. I could easily have been over 200K with the KK hand, but it wasn't meant to be.
On with the countdown:
In at #6) This hand occurred with 19 left (right on the bubble). It wasn't at my table, but I caught some of the action - the vital part. Essentially on a 865 flop, a guy had shoved allin for at least 60K into a 12K - 15K pot with A6 only to be called by a big stack who had 98. The A6 got no help and bubbled after starting the hand just under average. The classic high risk, low reward play seen from bad players nonstop in Indiana
In at #5) First hand at the final table - Vito min raised to 8K, 2nd pos shoves for 35K I think, Carlos Uz calls and Vito calls citing pot odds. T63 flop, check check. A turn, check Carlos bets Vito out of the pot and turns over AK. Vito folded KTc after screwing up slightly by not betting the flop. The shover had 98 getting barely any fold equity to a UTG raise. He didn't get bailed out with the gutter ball and was gone in 9th.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Rest of Day 1 & FTOPS Update
I finished 112th with the top 80 getting paid last night in the $300 Razz. I had things going for a while, but then won only 1 hand out of 52. This got me real short, and I could never get back over the hump. Nick aka BlueFlare of crazy aggressive no limit holdem fame tried his luck at Razz and gave a pretty good showing. He finished 68th(??) for around $700, but it could have been so much better if not for one of the worst beats/played hands. At the 1500/3000 limits he completed the bet on 3rd to 1500 with (A5)4. The bring in called showing a J (it turned out he had A5 or 6 down). On 4th Nick hit 7 and the guy hit a 3. Nick bet guy called. On 5th Nick hit a 3 for a made 7, the guy hit an 8. Nick once again bet and the guy called. At this point the guy needs to hit a 642 and then hit it again to win assuming Nick bricks out (Nick was a 97% favorite). This of course happened, and Nick lost a 40K pot to put him over 50K when the average was less than 30K. In any case, Mr. BlueFlare had a nice run.
Back to Indiana:
I left off just getting moved to my 3rd table of the day. The play here was decent but hardly great.
Seat 1: solid young guy on a short stack (later replaced by Carlos Uz)
Seat 2: very good internet pro playing very tight on short stack (later replaced by complete nut)
Seat 3: very weak short stack (later 3rd place finisher Vito sits down on a monster stack)
Seat 4: fairly normal passive pre flop guy, but easy to bluff post (he always feared the worst)
Seat 5: me
Seat 6: older guy decent stack, pre bets indicated hand strength (big = marginal, small = bigger)
Seat 7: old guy in Party Poker hat nothing special
Seat 8: Hammer - loves the big allin, was playing somewhat tight but still uber agg
Seat 9: fairly active young guy on a short stack (moved allin a fair amount for 10-20 BBs)
Seat 10: very tight kid who snapped after he doubled up to lose all his chips in 2 hands (Denny Crum later sat down with a big stack - yet he was a complete NIT)
300/600 75 ante 22,700 in chips
I fold the first 20 hands or so
1) CO 98, I raise to 1600, hammer shoves for 23K (I think he remembers me from watching Mandy's table - seems like the type who might hold a grudge and try to send home a point)
2) MP KQd, raise to 1600, BUT calls (seat 10),
J84, I bet 2100 he folds (22,500)
3) 2nd QQ, I raise to 1600, Hammer raises to 4K (this raise made me cringe, as it did to Tom when I first told him the action - Hammer had never done this in 2 days of watching him. It was always huge RRs which I would have snap called) in any case, I hesitantly call
A82, check check (another weird play - he almost always continuation bet hard)
5, check, he bets 4K, i think for a while and call (I had no idea if he was milking me or not. I didn't want to raise b/c I only had another 14K or so behind. My only raise option would have been the min raise. I also could have led out, but against hammer that might have been like throwing a fastball right down the middle)
7, check check he shows TT and I take down a decent pot (I honestly have no idea how I should have played this because of how confused I was with his "odd" play, but I was elated to have won it)
4) Next hand UTG QJh, raise to 1600, CO and BB call (seat 1 and 4)
Q(T6d), check, I bet 2800, both fold
5) Next Hand BB A9, folds to SB he completes, I raise to 2600, he folds
The level ends a few hands later with me on 35,100 in chips. I only played five hands this whole level, but I won four of them and increased my stack 60%. This was my biggest stack all tournament long relative to the avg (which was around 28,000 or so). I never had a huge stack obviously.
400/800 100 ante
1) BB A5, BUT raise to 1800, SB call I call (getting 5 to 1)
(86h)4 check @
J, SB bets 3K, all fold
2) UTG KQ, I raise to 2100, 2nd raises to 10K, all fold he shows JJ (this was his only pre RR the entire day that I could remember. It setup a hand that occurred later on in day 2)
3) BB A9, as before it folds to SB who completes, I raise to 3300, he folds
4) MP 99, seat 3 raises to 3K (with only 11600 total left), I RR to 9K, folds @ to him, allin call
he shows KQc and the board runs out T8422 (44K)
5) SB KQ, BUT raises to 2800 (he has 18K behind), I make a loose call (some of the guys thought I should have raised big here because the guy was tight and would fold most hands, it is a valid point.) However the flop comes...............
AJT, I opt to CR allin when he bets 3800 (I didn't think he could fold a decent A, and if he didn't have an A I probably get no more action anyways. There was debate as to how to play this - lead out, check call, check raise allin, check raise small) He folds telling me he folded AQ.
I believe him b/c we had been talking a lot at the table and it seemed sincere. (50K)
6) MP 88, UTG (new seat 2 - complete nut job I will stack if I hit) raises to 2300, I call
(T6c)6, bets 3K, I call
3c, he shoves for 27000, I fold (44K)
7) HJ 75s, one limper, I limp, BB hammer raises 5k more and all fold (42K)
8) Next hand MP A7, I raise to 2100 into the two tightest blinds, all fold (44K)
9) UTG KK, I raise to 2100, 2nd pos and both blinds call,
J84 (2 spades), check check, Ibet 6K all fold (50K)
10) SB A6h, three limpers, I complete
732, check check, bet 6K I fold
I end this level at 49,300. There are only 32 or 33 left and we are playing down to 27.
600/1200 200 ante
1) 1st hand back CO KK, Crum UTG raises to 2800 (and he is TIGHT), I raise to 8K, he calls
(Q52d) I have no diamond (this flop sucks) check check (I check to see his turn action, I know he is the type to auto check to me any flop b/c of my RR pre)
Jd yuck, he checks I fire a measly 7K he folds (60K)
2) HJ J4, I raise to 3100 in an any two spot, all fold
I fold for the next round as an allin fest ensues. Then the day ends with me at 56,700. This is right at the average and puts me in 11th place out of the 27 left. I was very happy with the day given the start. I took advantage of many situations that were given to me, and I made few mistakes. I didn't play perfect but I played my style of pot control and minimizing risk. It is a deep stack style I try to use whenever the fields are soft like this. Certain good players can take advantage of this if I don't adjust. We will see how it serves me the rest of the way.
On to the countdown:
At #8) I think this hand happened at the 200/400 50 ante level at my 2nd table. The 10 seat limped in (he was the very loose younger guy). The button raised it to 1500 or so (he was a very weak limper, but you had to give his raises some credit). The small blind called (fairly tight bad player). All three had decent to big stacks. I will give you their hands ahead of time because I think it is necessary. SB - A3s, Limper - K5s, Button TT. The flop came (T4s)3c. It checks to the button who makes it 3K. They both call. Turn is the 5c. At this point the small blind decides to bet out 2500. Both guys call. River is an offsuit Q, and it checks around?!?! The button fails to raise on the turn and to bet on the river when he is last to act and has a set of tens. I'm not sure what he was looking for, but apparently he didn't find it.
At #7) Another Carlos Uz hand (surprise). This occurred at the final table with seven players left and Carlos starting to think he is invincible. It was the 2000/4000 500 ante. Vito limps UTG, and Carlos limps from the button. The small blind then shoves for about 70 to 80K. He hadn't been very active on his short stack. It folds back to Carlos with only 4K invested and about 400K in his stack. He calls with A9(?). The shortie shows AK (big surprise!). Of course a nine flops and Carlos is flying high as the board bricks out.
Back to Indiana:
I left off just getting moved to my 3rd table of the day. The play here was decent but hardly great.
Seat 1: solid young guy on a short stack (later replaced by Carlos Uz)
Seat 2: very good internet pro playing very tight on short stack (later replaced by complete nut)
Seat 3: very weak short stack (later 3rd place finisher Vito sits down on a monster stack)
Seat 4: fairly normal passive pre flop guy, but easy to bluff post (he always feared the worst)
Seat 5: me
Seat 6: older guy decent stack, pre bets indicated hand strength (big = marginal, small = bigger)
Seat 7: old guy in Party Poker hat nothing special
Seat 8: Hammer - loves the big allin, was playing somewhat tight but still uber agg
Seat 9: fairly active young guy on a short stack (moved allin a fair amount for 10-20 BBs)
Seat 10: very tight kid who snapped after he doubled up to lose all his chips in 2 hands (Denny Crum later sat down with a big stack - yet he was a complete NIT)
300/600 75 ante 22,700 in chips
I fold the first 20 hands or so
1) CO 98, I raise to 1600, hammer shoves for 23K (I think he remembers me from watching Mandy's table - seems like the type who might hold a grudge and try to send home a point)
2) MP KQd, raise to 1600, BUT calls (seat 10),
J84, I bet 2100 he folds (22,500)
3) 2nd QQ, I raise to 1600, Hammer raises to 4K (this raise made me cringe, as it did to Tom when I first told him the action - Hammer had never done this in 2 days of watching him. It was always huge RRs which I would have snap called) in any case, I hesitantly call
A82, check check (another weird play - he almost always continuation bet hard)
5, check, he bets 4K, i think for a while and call (I had no idea if he was milking me or not. I didn't want to raise b/c I only had another 14K or so behind. My only raise option would have been the min raise. I also could have led out, but against hammer that might have been like throwing a fastball right down the middle)
7, check check he shows TT and I take down a decent pot (I honestly have no idea how I should have played this because of how confused I was with his "odd" play, but I was elated to have won it)
4) Next hand UTG QJh, raise to 1600, CO and BB call (seat 1 and 4)
Q(T6d), check, I bet 2800, both fold
5) Next Hand BB A9, folds to SB he completes, I raise to 2600, he folds
The level ends a few hands later with me on 35,100 in chips. I only played five hands this whole level, but I won four of them and increased my stack 60%. This was my biggest stack all tournament long relative to the avg (which was around 28,000 or so). I never had a huge stack obviously.
400/800 100 ante
1) BB A5, BUT raise to 1800, SB call I call (getting 5 to 1)
(86h)4 check @
J, SB bets 3K, all fold
2) UTG KQ, I raise to 2100, 2nd raises to 10K, all fold he shows JJ (this was his only pre RR the entire day that I could remember. It setup a hand that occurred later on in day 2)
3) BB A9, as before it folds to SB who completes, I raise to 3300, he folds
4) MP 99, seat 3 raises to 3K (with only 11600 total left), I RR to 9K, folds @ to him, allin call
he shows KQc and the board runs out T8422 (44K)
5) SB KQ, BUT raises to 2800 (he has 18K behind), I make a loose call (some of the guys thought I should have raised big here because the guy was tight and would fold most hands, it is a valid point.) However the flop comes...............
AJT, I opt to CR allin when he bets 3800 (I didn't think he could fold a decent A, and if he didn't have an A I probably get no more action anyways. There was debate as to how to play this - lead out, check call, check raise allin, check raise small) He folds telling me he folded AQ.
I believe him b/c we had been talking a lot at the table and it seemed sincere. (50K)
6) MP 88, UTG (new seat 2 - complete nut job I will stack if I hit) raises to 2300, I call
(T6c)6, bets 3K, I call
3c, he shoves for 27000, I fold (44K)
7) HJ 75s, one limper, I limp, BB hammer raises 5k more and all fold (42K)
8) Next hand MP A7, I raise to 2100 into the two tightest blinds, all fold (44K)
9) UTG KK, I raise to 2100, 2nd pos and both blinds call,
J84 (2 spades), check check, Ibet 6K all fold (50K)
10) SB A6h, three limpers, I complete
732, check check, bet 6K I fold
I end this level at 49,300. There are only 32 or 33 left and we are playing down to 27.
600/1200 200 ante
1) 1st hand back CO KK, Crum UTG raises to 2800 (and he is TIGHT), I raise to 8K, he calls
(Q52d) I have no diamond (this flop sucks) check check (I check to see his turn action, I know he is the type to auto check to me any flop b/c of my RR pre)
Jd yuck, he checks I fire a measly 7K he folds (60K)
2) HJ J4, I raise to 3100 in an any two spot, all fold
I fold for the next round as an allin fest ensues. Then the day ends with me at 56,700. This is right at the average and puts me in 11th place out of the 27 left. I was very happy with the day given the start. I took advantage of many situations that were given to me, and I made few mistakes. I didn't play perfect but I played my style of pot control and minimizing risk. It is a deep stack style I try to use whenever the fields are soft like this. Certain good players can take advantage of this if I don't adjust. We will see how it serves me the rest of the way.
On to the countdown:
At #8) I think this hand happened at the 200/400 50 ante level at my 2nd table. The 10 seat limped in (he was the very loose younger guy). The button raised it to 1500 or so (he was a very weak limper, but you had to give his raises some credit). The small blind called (fairly tight bad player). All three had decent to big stacks. I will give you their hands ahead of time because I think it is necessary. SB - A3s, Limper - K5s, Button TT. The flop came (T4s)3c. It checks to the button who makes it 3K. They both call. Turn is the 5c. At this point the small blind decides to bet out 2500. Both guys call. River is an offsuit Q, and it checks around?!?! The button fails to raise on the turn and to bet on the river when he is last to act and has a set of tens. I'm not sure what he was looking for, but apparently he didn't find it.
At #7) Another Carlos Uz hand (surprise). This occurred at the final table with seven players left and Carlos starting to think he is invincible. It was the 2000/4000 500 ante. Vito limps UTG, and Carlos limps from the button. The small blind then shoves for about 70 to 80K. He hadn't been very active on his short stack. It folds back to Carlos with only 4K invested and about 400K in his stack. He calls with A9(?). The shortie shows AK (big surprise!). Of course a nine flops and Carlos is flying high as the board bricks out.
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