Im tired. 6:30am. Lost. ill cut to the chase
Day 4
Net Winnings Today - (-$185)
Net Winnings Total - $1117
Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
The Venetian Poker Room
This is the only poker room I've played at so far this go around in Vegas. When you get to the main casino floor its only a few feet from the escalators. It's a very spacious room that accomodates 39 tables. Games run 24/7 with a variety of types of poker and limits to choose from. They have 6/12 mixed games, 9/18 limit, 1-3 NL and a few other limits that are a changeup from your regular games.
Even during peak times you dont have to wait very long to get on a table. The longest i waited, was the first time i went when it took about 10 minutes to get on one. Other than that i get there and go right to playing.
The staff there is great. They are very friendly and treat the players well. I haven't had nor seen 1 complaint since i have been there.
The dealers vary like any other poker room. Some get in lots of hands an hour while there are 2-3 of them who take a little bit of time to get the cards in the air.
Skill levels vary depending on what game you're playing. I've only played 1-2 so i cant comment on the higher skill sets. I did run into Jean-Robert Bellande last night, as i was cashing out. I asked what he was playing and he said 10-20 NL. I wished him luck in the Main Event and was on my way.
You're also able to get food orders sent directly to your table. There are waiters who give you a menu and you can order a variety of foods and they bring it to you in a good amount of time. The food is pretty good and its not really that expensive either.
The only real complaint that i would make, which the other players make a fuss about also is the amount of time it takes to get a cocktail waitress in the room. There usually is around 2-3 of them and they take forever to get.
Other than that i give The Venetian Poker Room an 8.5/10.
Even during peak times you dont have to wait very long to get on a table. The longest i waited, was the first time i went when it took about 10 minutes to get on one. Other than that i get there and go right to playing.
The staff there is great. They are very friendly and treat the players well. I haven't had nor seen 1 complaint since i have been there.
The dealers vary like any other poker room. Some get in lots of hands an hour while there are 2-3 of them who take a little bit of time to get the cards in the air.
Skill levels vary depending on what game you're playing. I've only played 1-2 so i cant comment on the higher skill sets. I did run into Jean-Robert Bellande last night, as i was cashing out. I asked what he was playing and he said 10-20 NL. I wished him luck in the Main Event and was on my way.
You're also able to get food orders sent directly to your table. There are waiters who give you a menu and you can order a variety of foods and they bring it to you in a good amount of time. The food is pretty good and its not really that expensive either.
The only real complaint that i would make, which the other players make a fuss about also is the amount of time it takes to get a cocktail waitress in the room. There usually is around 2-3 of them and they take forever to get.
Other than that i give The Venetian Poker Room an 8.5/10.
3rd session
Well tonight i again headed back down to the venetian around 8 oclock or so and got right to a table. I drew a nice table yet again and got great reads on players. I dont know what it is, but online im pretty much solely a tournament player. I can't play cash games at all. But live, i just shoot into some sort of mode. I will save all the specifics for another post but in an hour and a half i was up $602 dollars. Yes, this is 1-2 NL im playing. I am making nice reads on people and just playing very well. Tomorrow im going to put up a review on The Venetian and talk about the WSOP so far. The stuff i have seen is absolutely horrendous. I was just in utter shock at some of the plays that were being made.
Days in Vegas: 3
Net Winnings Today: $602
Net Winnings Total: $1302
Days in Vegas: 3
Net Winnings Today: $602
Net Winnings Total: $1302
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Day 2
I woke up around 1pm vegas time(4 est) and was just lounging around for a little bit. Grabbed a quick shower and went to get some groceries at Albertsons and got some lunch. My cousin had to go to the Rio at 6 for work so i thought i would leave a little bit before him and head on over and admire the debaccle they call the Main Event. Reading the updates in the morning they said they were going to have around 500 alternates each first day. That adds up to about 10k people, if the max of 2000 people was reached each day.
As i reached the Amazon Room i just happened to notice Layne Flack 2 tables from the rail. He had a very low chip stack and was looking very bored. He also didnt look to fond of the railers. A couple tables down, a table directly on the rail i found Minh Ly. He played a couple of hands when i was there and surprisingly got bullied out of all of them. I walked to the ESPN Feature table and Scotty Nguyen was there, but i just kept walking. And after about 30 minutes i was bored and wanted to play, so i headed over to The Venetian.
I sat down at another 1/2 NL table and recognized a kid that i played with last night and got into some chit chat with him. I was playin the same as last night and was gettin a feel for my table. 2 to my left was a laggy asian kid. He liked to 3 bet with nothing a lot, but stayed unpredictable and was quite crafty.
I wasnt winning any pots and had about $165 in my stack when i picked up AK in the sb. There were 5 limpers in the pot and i wanted to take the pot down right there since i was OOP so i made it $17 to go. The laggy asian kid(we'll use lak) was the only caller and we see a flop. It comes Ah 4d 6h. Nice flop for me. I bet out $40 into the $46 dollar pot or so and he flat calls. So im yelling black in my head. Turn comes 4c, which is a great card. I lead out and go all in, or so i thought. I forgot i had a $5 chip capped on my cards so i had 5 bones left over. After about a minute and a half he calls. The Qc comes on the river and i throw my last 5 in the pot and he goes "I think i just caught it". So im thinking he had QQ, well no he flips over AQ for the rivered better 2 pair....wonderful. So me being the person that i am, i threw a small fit about him calling 100 dollars on the turn with AQ. He kept saying sorry every 3 and a half seconds and i told him it was no problem to shut him up after a while.
Of course i reload to $200 to win my money back. Some interesting hands occured that i took note of. You always have to be paying attention. I picked up some great info on a player which later helped me rake a HUGE pot. This guy across from me in a yellow cap was just awful. But he was aggressive and was able to push people out of a lot of pots. There were 2 hands in particular. The one time he was on the button and the cutoff made it 15 to go. He re-pops to 40 and the cutoff pushes in for about $120 total. He calls after thinking for literally 3 seconds. The cutoff shows AA and he shows the J9o. Well i think we know whats coming. Flop 7 8 T. Yep you saw that correctly. He takes it down when the guy fails to catch runner runner. Another hand comes by where there is a 3 way all in and it is obvious the other 2 guys have AA and KK, which they did, but it has them both covered and shows A7s. Flops the 2 spades and gets there on the turn. I was dieing of laughter and could not wait to catch this guy.
Then it came. With 5 limpers i get AK in the sb yet again and make it $15 to go. The LAK folds and it goes to the Psycho who goes all in for $233 total. Everyone folds to me and im like, what is going on here. I tell the dealer im gonna need a few minutes because this was a huge pot. I start talkin to him to get some info and i ask what you have J9 again? He goes you have to pay to find out brotha. $233 is a lot of money for AK pre flop. This isnt a tournament its a cash game. He could have a low pp like 66 or 77. I thought at WORST i was a 60-40 dog. So after about 4 minutes of thinking i put my $233 in the pot(i had him covered by about 45 bucks) and he flips over Ah 7h. Flop comes 6c Qh 3d, Turn 6h, and at that point i say out loud, you have got to be kidding. River...8....spades. I didnt go nuts i said yessssss and said nh and sat back down. After that hand i finally got into a groove and ended the night up $185. From being down $225 and then fighting back and making a profit was great. It's 5:37am and its time for bed.
Days in Vegas: 2
Net Winnings Today: $185
Net Winnings Total: $770
As i reached the Amazon Room i just happened to notice Layne Flack 2 tables from the rail. He had a very low chip stack and was looking very bored. He also didnt look to fond of the railers. A couple tables down, a table directly on the rail i found Minh Ly. He played a couple of hands when i was there and surprisingly got bullied out of all of them. I walked to the ESPN Feature table and Scotty Nguyen was there, but i just kept walking. And after about 30 minutes i was bored and wanted to play, so i headed over to The Venetian.
I sat down at another 1/2 NL table and recognized a kid that i played with last night and got into some chit chat with him. I was playin the same as last night and was gettin a feel for my table. 2 to my left was a laggy asian kid. He liked to 3 bet with nothing a lot, but stayed unpredictable and was quite crafty.
I wasnt winning any pots and had about $165 in my stack when i picked up AK in the sb. There were 5 limpers in the pot and i wanted to take the pot down right there since i was OOP so i made it $17 to go. The laggy asian kid(we'll use lak) was the only caller and we see a flop. It comes Ah 4d 6h. Nice flop for me. I bet out $40 into the $46 dollar pot or so and he flat calls. So im yelling black in my head. Turn comes 4c, which is a great card. I lead out and go all in, or so i thought. I forgot i had a $5 chip capped on my cards so i had 5 bones left over. After about a minute and a half he calls. The Qc comes on the river and i throw my last 5 in the pot and he goes "I think i just caught it". So im thinking he had QQ, well no he flips over AQ for the rivered better 2 pair....wonderful. So me being the person that i am, i threw a small fit about him calling 100 dollars on the turn with AQ. He kept saying sorry every 3 and a half seconds and i told him it was no problem to shut him up after a while.
Of course i reload to $200 to win my money back. Some interesting hands occured that i took note of. You always have to be paying attention. I picked up some great info on a player which later helped me rake a HUGE pot. This guy across from me in a yellow cap was just awful. But he was aggressive and was able to push people out of a lot of pots. There were 2 hands in particular. The one time he was on the button and the cutoff made it 15 to go. He re-pops to 40 and the cutoff pushes in for about $120 total. He calls after thinking for literally 3 seconds. The cutoff shows AA and he shows the J9o. Well i think we know whats coming. Flop 7 8 T. Yep you saw that correctly. He takes it down when the guy fails to catch runner runner. Another hand comes by where there is a 3 way all in and it is obvious the other 2 guys have AA and KK, which they did, but it has them both covered and shows A7s. Flops the 2 spades and gets there on the turn. I was dieing of laughter and could not wait to catch this guy.
Then it came. With 5 limpers i get AK in the sb yet again and make it $15 to go. The LAK folds and it goes to the Psycho who goes all in for $233 total. Everyone folds to me and im like, what is going on here. I tell the dealer im gonna need a few minutes because this was a huge pot. I start talkin to him to get some info and i ask what you have J9 again? He goes you have to pay to find out brotha. $233 is a lot of money for AK pre flop. This isnt a tournament its a cash game. He could have a low pp like 66 or 77. I thought at WORST i was a 60-40 dog. So after about 4 minutes of thinking i put my $233 in the pot(i had him covered by about 45 bucks) and he flips over Ah 7h. Flop comes 6c Qh 3d, Turn 6h, and at that point i say out loud, you have got to be kidding. River...8....spades. I didnt go nuts i said yessssss and said nh and sat back down. After that hand i finally got into a groove and ended the night up $185. From being down $225 and then fighting back and making a profit was great. It's 5:37am and its time for bed.
Days in Vegas: 2
Net Winnings Today: $185
Net Winnings Total: $770
Friday, July 28, 2006
1st Session
Well after i got situated here at the apartment, we wasted no time in getting out to the rio. It's just like anything else in life. You start seeing people on TV and your awe struck. They started the Poker expo today and we saw numerous faces. First off, the amazon room is gigantic..i cant imagine all those tables being played at once. I saw Mickey Appleman, Greg Raymer, Kenna James, Howard Lederer, Phil Gordon, and Chris Ferguson. Tomorrow when the ME starts im sure that room will be electrifying.
I put in my first session over at The Venetian. We played for about 8 hours on 1-2 no limit tables. Right now im just going to give a report on what happened, ill post my review and hands at the end. I left with a Net Win of $585 dollars. My inital buy in was the max for $200 and i ran it up to $785. Not bad for my first 1-2 session. I actually think that is pretty impressive.
Anyway i didn't want to type too much cuz im tired as shit. Till next time.
I put in my first session over at The Venetian. We played for about 8 hours on 1-2 no limit tables. Right now im just going to give a report on what happened, ill post my review and hands at the end. I left with a Net Win of $585 dollars. My inital buy in was the max for $200 and i ran it up to $785. Not bad for my first 1-2 session. I actually think that is pretty impressive.
Anyway i didn't want to type too much cuz im tired as shit. Till next time.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Vegas Baby!
I just got to my cousins apartment in Las Vegas. Everything is all set up and we're about to head over to the rio to watch the FT of the $1500 NL Event. Wow this is going to be a show.
Viva Las Vegas
In about 2 hours im going to get in my car and head off to the airport...5 and a half hours later, ill be in the city that never sleeps..Las Vegas. I absolutely can not wait to get out there. I haven't been there since last year when i went for my 21st Birthday. Even though I wont be playing it, im still going to be at the Main Event living through friends that i know will be playing. I wish everyone safe travels and the BEST of luck going into the biggest tournament, not just of your lives, but the BIGGEST tournament man kind has ever seen. Fuck, now i want to play, anyone want to go half and half?
P.S. Home game tonight took 2nd in the $50 buy in end of the month tourney. Was heads up with a slight chip lead and got it all in with AK vs Q9(blinds were astronomical) and she spiked a Q on the turn. Still $270 bones isnt bad, but $485 would have been better.
P.S. Home game tonight took 2nd in the $50 buy in end of the month tourney. Was heads up with a slight chip lead and got it all in with AK vs Q9(blinds were astronomical) and she spiked a Q on the turn. Still $270 bones isnt bad, but $485 would have been better.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
2 weeks...2 Final Tables
For the second consecutive week i went deep in the CardPlayer weekly forum tournament. Last week i ran through 46 or so people and took 3rd. This week while getting all the money in with the best hand after the flop, i finished 2nd after a guy spiked an ace on the turn.
Nothing much else to talk about...gettin amped for vegas. Here is an updated picture of the way i 8 table with stars' new resizable table feature.
Nothing much else to talk about...gettin amped for vegas. Here is an updated picture of the way i 8 table with stars' new resizable table feature.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Telling a Consistent Story
I'm playing in a $5 MTT Freezeout right now and a hand just came up that i thought i would discuss.
The situation is that its fairly early in the tournament, i dont yet have an image, nor does any other player at the table. I don't recognize any of the people at the table and i dont have any notes on them. I havent been playing too many hands because i had to take out the dog and had to do something else. The blinds are at 25/50 and i have 1300 in chips. I'm in pretty good shape still and dont need to make any drastic plays. So we go to the hand..
Dealt to trixter23 [7c 5s]
dapper4: calls
EL CAP 2006: raises 50 to 100
trixter23: calls 50
dapper4: calls 50
So im in the BB and a guy from the cutoff mini raises $50 to $100. Even though i have a pretty crappy hand in the 7c 5s, its mathematically wrong to fold here. The other limper calls and we see a flop.
*** FLOP *** [2d 7h Jc]
trixter23: checks
dapper4: checks
EL CAP 2006: bets 50
trixter23: calls 50
dapper4: calls 50
I check and the mini raiser, makes yet another mini raise at the pot here to 50. What do you guys put him on here? If he had a set, i doubt he would be betting out on that board. Did he miss and is making a continuation bet? Does he have a Jack? I dont really know yet. But what i do know is he bet 50 into a pot of 300. With 2nd pair and those odds im not going anywhere.
*** TURN *** [2d 7h Jc] [Qc]
trixter23: checks
dapper4: checks
EL CAP 2006: checks
What was so special about this Qc that made him check? Did he finally hit something? Or did he give up at the fact that he still has nothing that he cant bet out.
*** RIVER *** [2d 7h Jc Qc] [4s]
trixter23: checks
dapper4: checks
EL CAP 2006: bets 250
trixter23: calls 250
dapper4: folds
So the 4s rattles off on the river. That couldn't have helped him. So when the Qc comes off he checks and the 4s comes he bets out again. Does he think we are afraid of the board and wont call here? Im not sure. Something about his play didn't make sense. If he bets the turn, i go away. I'll be convinced he has a better hand. I actually put him on a busted back door flush draw of some kind. The 2nd club comes to him on the turn, and he decided he wanted to take a free card on the river to see if he gets there. But most likely he isnt going to get paid off if he makes it.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
EL CAP 2006: shows [Ah Ks] (high card Ace)
trixter23: shows [7c 5s] (a pair of Sevens)
trixter23 collected 975 from pot
Well we werent right, but we werent wrong either. He shows AK for a weakly played hand on his part. We take down 975 chips, which is 475 or so net at the 25/50 level. Little pots like these do a lot for ya. For one, they boost your confidence. They also give you a great read on the player for the future. Not only in the same tournament, but other ones you may see him in. Take notes, or even post the HH from that hand in the note box. The more knowledge you have about a player, and how he plays particular hands will help you out in the long run.
Good luck to you all
The situation is that its fairly early in the tournament, i dont yet have an image, nor does any other player at the table. I don't recognize any of the people at the table and i dont have any notes on them. I havent been playing too many hands because i had to take out the dog and had to do something else. The blinds are at 25/50 and i have 1300 in chips. I'm in pretty good shape still and dont need to make any drastic plays. So we go to the hand..
Dealt to trixter23 [7c 5s]
dapper4: calls
EL CAP 2006: raises 50 to 100
trixter23: calls 50
dapper4: calls 50
So im in the BB and a guy from the cutoff mini raises $50 to $100. Even though i have a pretty crappy hand in the 7c 5s, its mathematically wrong to fold here. The other limper calls and we see a flop.
*** FLOP *** [2d 7h Jc]
trixter23: checks
dapper4: checks
EL CAP 2006: bets 50
trixter23: calls 50
dapper4: calls 50
I check and the mini raiser, makes yet another mini raise at the pot here to 50. What do you guys put him on here? If he had a set, i doubt he would be betting out on that board. Did he miss and is making a continuation bet? Does he have a Jack? I dont really know yet. But what i do know is he bet 50 into a pot of 300. With 2nd pair and those odds im not going anywhere.
*** TURN *** [2d 7h Jc] [Qc]
trixter23: checks
dapper4: checks
EL CAP 2006: checks
What was so special about this Qc that made him check? Did he finally hit something? Or did he give up at the fact that he still has nothing that he cant bet out.
*** RIVER *** [2d 7h Jc Qc] [4s]
trixter23: checks
dapper4: checks
EL CAP 2006: bets 250
trixter23: calls 250
dapper4: folds
So the 4s rattles off on the river. That couldn't have helped him. So when the Qc comes off he checks and the 4s comes he bets out again. Does he think we are afraid of the board and wont call here? Im not sure. Something about his play didn't make sense. If he bets the turn, i go away. I'll be convinced he has a better hand. I actually put him on a busted back door flush draw of some kind. The 2nd club comes to him on the turn, and he decided he wanted to take a free card on the river to see if he gets there. But most likely he isnt going to get paid off if he makes it.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
EL CAP 2006: shows [Ah Ks] (high card Ace)
trixter23: shows [7c 5s] (a pair of Sevens)
trixter23 collected 975 from pot
Well we werent right, but we werent wrong either. He shows AK for a weakly played hand on his part. We take down 975 chips, which is 475 or so net at the 25/50 level. Little pots like these do a lot for ya. For one, they boost your confidence. They also give you a great read on the player for the future. Not only in the same tournament, but other ones you may see him in. Take notes, or even post the HH from that hand in the note box. The more knowledge you have about a player, and how he plays particular hands will help you out in the long run.
Good luck to you all
Sunday, July 16, 2006
2 9 9
That number you see in big bold letters up there is the amount of people that kept me from the Main Event. As i said in the previous post, it is one of my dreams to play in this tournament. When i got my computer loaded up and saw the amount of people that i was going to have to run through, i almost withdrew. Seeing how the odds were going to be better on Full Tilts seat guarantee tournament i was going to play there. Then i decided, you know what, im stayin on stars no matter how many people sign up. I know the structure 10x better, the players 10x more, and im 10x more comfortable. You have to face obstacles on your way to your dreams, and this was mine.
It started with Lee Jones - Poker Room Manager giving us a nice little message.
Before i start this, i want to talk a little bit about my gameplan. I didn't want to play big pots unless i was 99.99999% sure i had the best hand. There is no reason to mix it up early when i dont need to be. A lot of people had a set number of chips they wanted to get. This wasnt the case for me. I just wanted them all. The more chips i can get a hold of the better. The chip count goal is a little off because it depends on when you get a hold of that number. If i get 50k in chips in the first 3 hours and then keep folding, chances are im going to get blinded out. As you'll see i make a couple of lay downs, where if it was a cash tournament i woiuld have pushed over the top or called. Comments are great so leave plenty!
It was great to play in the biggest satellite in history, but it wasn't going to be fun running through the 7300+ people. So without further interuption, i give you the 150 seat guaranteed tournament history of trixter23.
4:38 - Im in the sb and pick up Ac Qc. There are a few limpers ahead of me, so instead of makin a raise i just complete from the sb.
Flop - 9d 4h Qs
Hero - Bets 60
Villain 1 - Calls 60
Villain 2 - Calls 60
Turn - 9d 4h Qs [As ]
Hero - Bets 85
Villain 1 - Calls 85
Villain 2 - Calls 85
River - 9d 4h Qs As [4d]
Hero - Bets 100
Villain 1 - Folds
Villain 2 - Calls 100
trixter23: shows [Ac Qc] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
DarthJ7: mucks hand
Seat 8: DarthJ7 mucked [Jd Qd]
4:42 - Get dealt KK and raise it up and everyone folds.
4:48 - Everyone folds to the sb and he completes, i check and we see a flop.
Hero - 10d 7d
Flop - 3d 7c Kc
Hero - Bets 20
Villain - Folds
Blinds go up to 15/30
4:58 - Folded to me in the cutoff and i hold Ah 8h and make a raise.
Hero raises 60 to 90
Villain calls 75
Flop - Kh 4c 6s
Hero - Bets 120
Villain - Folds
Half way through first level - 6889 of 7377 left.
I have $2925 chips which is good for 1947 of 6889.
5:08 - Get dealt KK again. I'm in the big blind and actually was more worried about the flat caller from the sb, so i re-pop and they both fold.
Button - Raises to 90
SB - Calls 90
Hero - Raises to 230 to 320
Button - Folds
SB - Folds
Blinds go up to 25/50
5:21 - Get dealt AK UTG, make a standard 3x raise to 150, UTG+2 (who is a new player to the table) re-pops me with a 4x raise and after a few seconds i fold and he shows KK. Which boosted my confidence. Never show your cards unless you have to.
Hero - Raises 100 to 150
Villain - Raises 450 to 600
Hero - Folds
Villain shows [Ks Kd] (a pair of Kings)
5:21 - Dealt Jc 8c in the big blind. Everyone folds to the sb and he completes and we see a flop. Again i probably should have made more off him but if he has spades im done, so i was making very small bets so i could get away from the hand later. I was very surprised to see what he mucked.
Flop - 7s 9s 10s
Villain - Checks
Hero - Bets 100
Villain - Calls 100
Turn - 7s 9s 10s [4d]
Villain - Checks
Hero - Bets 100
Villain - Calls 100
River - 7s 9s 10s 4d [Jh]
Villain - Checks
Hero - Bets 100
Villain - Calls 100
Seat 3: Fantini21 (small blind) mucked [Tc Qh]
5:22 - Dealt 77 in the sb, i make it 150 to go and the bb folds.
First break - 1 hour mark
avg stack - 3030 my stack - 3220
5974 of 7377 left.
im 2152 of that 5974.
5740 left to go.
Blinds go up to 50/100
5:40 - Very interesting hand. Villain 1 wins me a nice side pot when he limps and brings the guy next to him into the pot. Plus, looking back, its a good thing Villain 1 didnt have that many chips.
Dealt to Hero: QQ
Villain 1: calls 100
Villain 2: calls 100
Hero: raises 300 to 400
Villain 3: folds
Villain 1: calls 185 and is all-in
Villain 2: calls 300
Flop - 5d 9c 7d
Hero - Bets 750
Villain 2 - Calls 750
Turn - 5d 9c 7d [5h]
Hero - bets 2020 and is all-in
Villain 2 - Folds
River - 5d 9c 7d 5h [Td]
Hero: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
Hero collected 1730 from side pot
Villain 1: shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
Villain 1 collected 955 from main pot
5:46 - Get TT and limp. bb makes it 700 to go and i fold. - he shows JJ. After a 7x raise, unless i flop a set i cant continue the hand. So i fold and it was the correct fold.
5:47 - I get KK and raise it to 350 and everyone folds - stack at T3800.
5:56 - Ausing the guy in the bb yet again. This guy is a goldmine. Everyone folds to the sb yet again who completes. This time if i hit, i take him to the bank.
Dealt to Hero [Ah 3h]
Flop: 2h Ac 4d
Villain 1: checks
Hero: Bets 200
Villain 1: calls 200
Turn: 2h Ac 4d [7s]
Villain 1: checks
Hero: Bets 300
Villain 1: calls 300
River: 2h Ac 4d 7s [9d]
Villain 1: checks
Hero: Bets 500
Villain 1: Folds
Hero collects 1200 from pot
Blinds go up to 75/150
my stack T4200
avg stack T3625
4966 players of 7377
im 1592 of that 4966
6:18 - dealt AK on the button. I see tons of people do this and im not sure why. Maybe if you were in EP and actually had a hand, this would have raised a red flag for me and im not sure if i would have called. This guys image was horrible as i saw him as a gold mine. Lucko always talks about telling a consistent story and this guy didnt do it. When he calls from the cutoff it screams, I want to play my hand, but it's just not quite good enough to raise with it. I think i beat him into the pot when he pushed.
Villain: calls 150
Hero: raises 300 to 450
sb: folds
bb: folds
Villain: raises 1660 to 2110 and is all in
Hero: calls 1660
Flop: 5c 3c 2d
Turn: 3h
River: Tc
Hero collects T4445 from pot and my stack is now at $6010.
6:22 - I get a walk in my bb, awesome
Blinds go up to 100/200
avg stack is 4808, my stack is 6010
3819 of 7377 and i rank 1074
3585 to go
6:31 - I pick up AA in mid to late position. UTG Raises and i repop, he calls and we see a flop.
Villain: raises 400 to 600
Hero: raises 1000 to 1600
Villain: calls 1000
Flop: Js 4s Th
Villain checks
Hero bets 2500
Villain folds
Hero collects 3500 from pot
2nd break.
avg stack is 5558 i have 7010
3199 left and im 747 out of that group.
2965 left to go.
Blinds go up to 100/200 Ante 10
6:53 - dealt AK and raise from EP and everyone folds.
7:00 - dealt AK in the BB, folds to sb who completes, i raise and he folds like a little girl. Stack $7120.
7:03 - dealt AK in cutoff, a raise comes from UTG, i flat call, and fold to a bet on a horrible flop.
UTG raises 400 to 600
Hero calls 600.
Flop: 8s 9h 4h
UTG bets 800
Hero folds - Stack $6480
7:07 - Get a walk in my bb - Stack at $6520
7:09 - Loosening up a little bit, i get dealt 9T in the cutoff and make it 600 to go, and everyone folds. Stack at $6890
blinds go up to 150/300 Ante 15
7:18 - Dealt TT UTG+1 and make it 900 to go and everyone folds. Stack at $6815.
7:19 - get a free pass in the bb. Stack at $7010.
7:22 - Neat little hand. Cutoff makes it 1200 to go and i re pop to 3000.
Hero: Q Q
Villain: raises 900 to 1200
Hero: raises 1800 to 3000
Villain: "whens the last time you raised? lol"
Hero: "about 4 minutes ago"
Villain: folds
Villain: "I had a big hand to.
Stack at $8660
7:23 - Raise with AK and everyone folds. Stack at $9250
Blinds go up to 200/400 Ante 20
7:30 - This was one of many big hands i had throught the night. This guy raises 7x the blind from UTG+1. When i usually see overbets like this, it means this guy doesnt want to see a flop and wants to take the pot down now. He could have a mid pp like 66-JJ, which im a favorite over. He doesn't have AA or KK or he wouldnt be raising that much, because he would want action. After about 30 seconds off my time bank i come over the top and go all in. Looking back again, i realize how big of a decision this is, i forgot he had so many chips. If i lose this hand my tourney is pretty much over.
Seat 4: Hero (8675 in chips)
Seat 1: Villain (7394 in chips)
Villain: raises 2400 to 2800
Hero: raises 5855 to 8655 and is all-in
Villain: calls 4574 and is all-in
Hero: QQ
Villain: AK
Flop: 7h 2c Js
Turn: Jh
River: 6c
Stack is now at $16,809
7:47 - dealt KK and raise it up and everyone folds. Stack at $15,199
Break time - 3rd break.
1556 of 7377 left.
im 421 of 1556.
avg stack is 11852 and im at 14749.
1322 to go.
Blinds go up to 300/600 ante 30
8:00pm - raise from cutoff+1 and get re raised all in and have to fold. I figure ive been showing down good hands, i should take advantage of that and try and start stealing some pots.
Dealt: Ad 3d
Hero: raises 1200 to 1800
Villain: raises 5579 to 7379 and is all-in.
Hero: folds.
Stack at $12,499
8:11 - call an all in with AQ and chop the pot. I called with AQ because he had 7 bb's left and could be pushing with anything. my stack at the time was a meager $10,609. You have to pick up all the dead money you can to be good for later. I almost hit the spades.
Villain raises 4165 to 4765 and is all-in
Hero: calls 4465
Flop: 4h Ks 2d
Turn: Qh
River: Kh
8:15 - get dealt As Ts, raise it up, 1 caller and we go to the flop. I make a continuation bet and take the pot.
Hero raises 1200 to 1800
Villain: calls 1800
Flop: 6s 3s Jc
Hero: bets 2400
Villain: Folds
Stack at $13,804
8:17 - Another nice little hand. Get dealt KK for the 4234th time this tourney. I didn't want to see an ace flop and have to fold so i push all in over the top and he calls.
Villain raises 1800 to 2400
Hero raises 11,374 and is all-in
Villain calls 8107 and is all-in
Flop: Kc Ac 9d
Turn: 7h
River: Ah
Hero shows KK a full house, Kings full of Aces
Villain shows 88 for two pair, Aces and Eights.
Stack is now at $24,850
8:22 - get a walk in my bb and stack is now at $24,531
8:24 - raise from the CO with Kc 4h to steal and i get re popped and have to fold. Stack at $22,011
Blinds have increased to 400/800 Ante 40
8:26 - This is a very cool hand. I love post-flop play with deepstacks and being able to maneuver and go with your reads. This is just the case with this hand. This guy told me he was weak all around.
Dealt to Hero: Ah Kd
Hero: raises 1600 to 2400
Villain 1: calls 2400
BB: calls 1600
Flop: 8s 8c 4c
BB: bets 1600
Hero: calls 1600
Villain: folds
I make a little different play here and flat call his bet. There are a couple reasons why i made this play. 1) By flat calling, hopefully it scared him a little bit. I'm in position and i want to keep the pressure on him and decide how/if to bet. 2) No matter what card comes, he is going to dictate what i do on the turn. If he makes the same 1600 chip bet, i raise. If he goes lower, i raise. If he goes higher, well it depends on how high. 3) He bet 1600 chips into a 7200 chip pot or so which is extremely weak.
Turn: Js
BB: bets 800
Hero: raises 4000 to 4800
BB folds
Hero collects 12,760 from pot
Stack is now at $30k
It's hands like those that make a difference. In satellites everything is almost all pre flop play. I would have loved to play more suited connectors and such in position but it just wasnt the case tonight. If you would raise, no one would flat call, they would come over the top for all their chips. So you were forced to play premium hands.
8:32 - raise on the button with KQ and get re popped all in and i fold.
Hero: raises 1600 to 2400
Villain: raises 10640 to 13040 and is all-in
Hero folds
Stack $26,011
8:35 - Another huge hand. Again im happy these guys didn't have more chips or i would have some decisions to make. I was a little worried after i re raised when Villain 2 went all in also. I made it clear i wanted to be heads up with Villain 1 and i had a hand. I think he could have gotten away from Queens here, but he chose this spot.
Villain 1: raises 4362 to 5162 and is all-in
Hero: raises 4838 to 10000
Villain 2: calls 2213 and is all-in
Villain 1 shows Th Th
Hero shows Ah Kh
Villain 2 shows Qd Qh
Flop: 9s As 8c
Turn: 4s
River: 3s
Hero collects 14097 from pot
Stack is now at $35k.
Blinds increase to 500/1000 Ante 50
8:53 - raise it up with A8s and steal blinds. Stack at $29,406. I didn't play any hands for a while and was getting blinded down.
8:55 - I got moved to a new table and my image is clear again. I wanted to stay at that table because i knew i was going to get respect with my raises and get people to lay down hands. When i moved to this one i had to build a new one. I think i made the right plays here, but who knows. How would you guys have played these next few hands?
Seat 6: Hero (29356 in chips)
Seat 8: Villain (23176 in chips)
Dealt: Tc Ts
Hero(UTG): raises 2000 to 3000
Villain: raises 20,126 to 23126 and is all-in
I think i have to fold here. I mean i dont know how this guy plays at all. It's pretty much for my tourney life and i cant put him on a hand. I believe it was a good move. Stack is now at $26,256
8:53 - i get 77 and raise and everyone folds. Stack at $26506
4th break.
my stack is at $26,456
avg stack is $26,122
706 of 7377 left and im 280th.
472 to go.
Blinds go up to 600/1200 Ante 60
9:13 - I fold to an all in, in the BB. Even though its a short stack, i cant call this. I'm not getting odds to call and im dead to 3 outs if that. He does have 11 bb's and still has room to maneuver. So again i think this is the right play.
Seat 6: Hero (23936 in chips)
Seat 7: Villain (13890 in chips)
Hero folds from the bb
9:19 - This was just bad luck. I am greatful i actually ran into a hand then a bad beat. My table image here is that i keep folding to re raises. I decide to take a stand here. I can't keep folding to re raises. I'm getting about 2.1-1 on my money and am only a big dog to an over pair. I usually dont play anything UTG unless its AA KK or QQ, but i was getting desperate. How would you have played this?
Seat 2: Villain (13504 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ( 21656 in chips)
Hero: raises 2400 to 3600
Villain: raises 8344 to 13444 and is all in
Hero: calls 9844
Hero shows As Qh
Villain shows Qd Qs
Flop: Js Kh 4d
Turn: 3h
River: Kc
Sometime later - I was crippled and passed an orbit waiting for a hand. I pick up 33 utg and go all in.
Hero: raises 6952 to 8152 and is all in
BB: calls 6952
Hero shows 33
BB shows AK
Flops: 6c 6c 8s
Turn: Kd
River: 7h
And just like that, it was over. Before the AQ hand that crippled me i hadn't lost a hand all tournament and being 8 for 8 when i went to a showdown. I think i played pretty well. I should be happy that i ran through almost 7000 people to get where i was. I played to the best of my ability and thats all i can ask for. I wish everyone the best of luck that qualified, and i'll see you in vegas.
It started with Lee Jones - Poker Room Manager giving us a nice little message.
Before i start this, i want to talk a little bit about my gameplan. I didn't want to play big pots unless i was 99.99999% sure i had the best hand. There is no reason to mix it up early when i dont need to be. A lot of people had a set number of chips they wanted to get. This wasnt the case for me. I just wanted them all. The more chips i can get a hold of the better. The chip count goal is a little off because it depends on when you get a hold of that number. If i get 50k in chips in the first 3 hours and then keep folding, chances are im going to get blinded out. As you'll see i make a couple of lay downs, where if it was a cash tournament i woiuld have pushed over the top or called. Comments are great so leave plenty!
It was great to play in the biggest satellite in history, but it wasn't going to be fun running through the 7300+ people. So without further interuption, i give you the 150 seat guaranteed tournament history of trixter23.
4:38 - Im in the sb and pick up Ac Qc. There are a few limpers ahead of me, so instead of makin a raise i just complete from the sb.
Flop - 9d 4h Qs
Hero - Bets 60
Villain 1 - Calls 60
Villain 2 - Calls 60
Turn - 9d 4h Qs [As ]
Hero - Bets 85
Villain 1 - Calls 85
Villain 2 - Calls 85
River - 9d 4h Qs As [4d]
Hero - Bets 100
Villain 1 - Folds
Villain 2 - Calls 100
trixter23: shows [Ac Qc] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
DarthJ7: mucks hand
Seat 8: DarthJ7 mucked [Jd Qd]
4:42 - Get dealt KK and raise it up and everyone folds.
4:48 - Everyone folds to the sb and he completes, i check and we see a flop.
Hero - 10d 7d
Flop - 3d 7c Kc
Hero - Bets 20
Villain - Folds
Blinds go up to 15/30
4:58 - Folded to me in the cutoff and i hold Ah 8h and make a raise.
Hero raises 60 to 90
Villain calls 75
Flop - Kh 4c 6s
Hero - Bets 120
Villain - Folds
Half way through first level - 6889 of 7377 left.
I have $2925 chips which is good for 1947 of 6889.
5:08 - Get dealt KK again. I'm in the big blind and actually was more worried about the flat caller from the sb, so i re-pop and they both fold.
Button - Raises to 90
SB - Calls 90
Hero - Raises to 230 to 320
Button - Folds
SB - Folds
Blinds go up to 25/50
5:21 - Get dealt AK UTG, make a standard 3x raise to 150, UTG+2 (who is a new player to the table) re-pops me with a 4x raise and after a few seconds i fold and he shows KK. Which boosted my confidence. Never show your cards unless you have to.
Hero - Raises 100 to 150
Villain - Raises 450 to 600
Hero - Folds
Villain shows [Ks Kd] (a pair of Kings)
5:21 - Dealt Jc 8c in the big blind. Everyone folds to the sb and he completes and we see a flop. Again i probably should have made more off him but if he has spades im done, so i was making very small bets so i could get away from the hand later. I was very surprised to see what he mucked.
Flop - 7s 9s 10s
Villain - Checks
Hero - Bets 100
Villain - Calls 100
Turn - 7s 9s 10s [4d]
Villain - Checks
Hero - Bets 100
Villain - Calls 100
River - 7s 9s 10s 4d [Jh]
Villain - Checks
Hero - Bets 100
Villain - Calls 100
Seat 3: Fantini21 (small blind) mucked [Tc Qh]
5:22 - Dealt 77 in the sb, i make it 150 to go and the bb folds.
First break - 1 hour mark
avg stack - 3030 my stack - 3220
5974 of 7377 left.
im 2152 of that 5974.
5740 left to go.
Blinds go up to 50/100
5:40 - Very interesting hand. Villain 1 wins me a nice side pot when he limps and brings the guy next to him into the pot. Plus, looking back, its a good thing Villain 1 didnt have that many chips.
Dealt to Hero: QQ
Villain 1: calls 100
Villain 2: calls 100
Hero: raises 300 to 400
Villain 3: folds
Villain 1: calls 185 and is all-in
Villain 2: calls 300
Flop - 5d 9c 7d
Hero - Bets 750
Villain 2 - Calls 750
Turn - 5d 9c 7d [5h]
Hero - bets 2020 and is all-in
Villain 2 - Folds
River - 5d 9c 7d 5h [Td]
Hero: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
Hero collected 1730 from side pot
Villain 1: shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
Villain 1 collected 955 from main pot
5:46 - Get TT and limp. bb makes it 700 to go and i fold. - he shows JJ. After a 7x raise, unless i flop a set i cant continue the hand. So i fold and it was the correct fold.
5:47 - I get KK and raise it to 350 and everyone folds - stack at T3800.
5:56 - Ausing the guy in the bb yet again. This guy is a goldmine. Everyone folds to the sb yet again who completes. This time if i hit, i take him to the bank.
Dealt to Hero [Ah 3h]
Flop: 2h Ac 4d
Villain 1: checks
Hero: Bets 200
Villain 1: calls 200
Turn: 2h Ac 4d [7s]
Villain 1: checks
Hero: Bets 300
Villain 1: calls 300
River: 2h Ac 4d 7s [9d]
Villain 1: checks
Hero: Bets 500
Villain 1: Folds
Hero collects 1200 from pot
Blinds go up to 75/150
my stack T4200
avg stack T3625
4966 players of 7377
im 1592 of that 4966
6:18 - dealt AK on the button. I see tons of people do this and im not sure why. Maybe if you were in EP and actually had a hand, this would have raised a red flag for me and im not sure if i would have called. This guys image was horrible as i saw him as a gold mine. Lucko always talks about telling a consistent story and this guy didnt do it. When he calls from the cutoff it screams, I want to play my hand, but it's just not quite good enough to raise with it. I think i beat him into the pot when he pushed.
Villain: calls 150
Hero: raises 300 to 450
sb: folds
bb: folds
Villain: raises 1660 to 2110 and is all in
Hero: calls 1660
Hero shows As Kh
Villain shows Ac Jh
Flop: 5c 3c 2d
Turn: 3h
River: Tc
Hero collects T4445 from pot and my stack is now at $6010.
6:22 - I get a walk in my bb, awesome
Blinds go up to 100/200
avg stack is 4808, my stack is 6010
3819 of 7377 and i rank 1074
3585 to go
6:31 - I pick up AA in mid to late position. UTG Raises and i repop, he calls and we see a flop.
Villain: raises 400 to 600
Hero: raises 1000 to 1600
Villain: calls 1000
Flop: Js 4s Th
Villain checks
Hero bets 2500
Villain folds
Hero collects 3500 from pot
2nd break.
avg stack is 5558 i have 7010
3199 left and im 747 out of that group.
2965 left to go.
Blinds go up to 100/200 Ante 10
6:53 - dealt AK and raise from EP and everyone folds.
7:00 - dealt AK in the BB, folds to sb who completes, i raise and he folds like a little girl. Stack $7120.
7:03 - dealt AK in cutoff, a raise comes from UTG, i flat call, and fold to a bet on a horrible flop.
UTG raises 400 to 600
Hero calls 600.
Flop: 8s 9h 4h
UTG bets 800
Hero folds - Stack $6480
7:07 - Get a walk in my bb - Stack at $6520
7:09 - Loosening up a little bit, i get dealt 9T in the cutoff and make it 600 to go, and everyone folds. Stack at $6890
blinds go up to 150/300 Ante 15
7:18 - Dealt TT UTG+1 and make it 900 to go and everyone folds. Stack at $6815.
7:19 - get a free pass in the bb. Stack at $7010.
7:22 - Neat little hand. Cutoff makes it 1200 to go and i re pop to 3000.
Hero: Q Q
Villain: raises 900 to 1200
Hero: raises 1800 to 3000
Villain: "whens the last time you raised? lol"
Hero: "about 4 minutes ago"
Villain: folds
Villain: "I had a big hand to.
Stack at $8660
7:23 - Raise with AK and everyone folds. Stack at $9250
Blinds go up to 200/400 Ante 20
7:30 - This was one of many big hands i had throught the night. This guy raises 7x the blind from UTG+1. When i usually see overbets like this, it means this guy doesnt want to see a flop and wants to take the pot down now. He could have a mid pp like 66-JJ, which im a favorite over. He doesn't have AA or KK or he wouldnt be raising that much, because he would want action. After about 30 seconds off my time bank i come over the top and go all in. Looking back again, i realize how big of a decision this is, i forgot he had so many chips. If i lose this hand my tourney is pretty much over.
Seat 4: Hero (8675 in chips)
Seat 1: Villain (7394 in chips)
Villain: raises 2400 to 2800
Hero: raises 5855 to 8655 and is all-in
Villain: calls 4574 and is all-in
Hero: QQ
Villain: AK
Flop: 7h 2c Js
Turn: Jh
River: 6c
Stack is now at $16,809
7:47 - dealt KK and raise it up and everyone folds. Stack at $15,199
Break time - 3rd break.
1556 of 7377 left.
im 421 of 1556.
avg stack is 11852 and im at 14749.
1322 to go.
Blinds go up to 300/600 ante 30
8:00pm - raise from cutoff+1 and get re raised all in and have to fold. I figure ive been showing down good hands, i should take advantage of that and try and start stealing some pots.
Dealt: Ad 3d
Hero: raises 1200 to 1800
Villain: raises 5579 to 7379 and is all-in.
Hero: folds.
Stack at $12,499
8:11 - call an all in with AQ and chop the pot. I called with AQ because he had 7 bb's left and could be pushing with anything. my stack at the time was a meager $10,609. You have to pick up all the dead money you can to be good for later. I almost hit the spades.
Villain raises 4165 to 4765 and is all-in
Hero: calls 4465
Flop: 4h Ks 2d
Turn: Qh
River: Kh
8:15 - get dealt As Ts, raise it up, 1 caller and we go to the flop. I make a continuation bet and take the pot.
Hero raises 1200 to 1800
Villain: calls 1800
Flop: 6s 3s Jc
Hero: bets 2400
Villain: Folds
Stack at $13,804
8:17 - Another nice little hand. Get dealt KK for the 4234th time this tourney. I didn't want to see an ace flop and have to fold so i push all in over the top and he calls.
Villain raises 1800 to 2400
Hero raises 11,374 and is all-in
Villain calls 8107 and is all-in
Flop: Kc Ac 9d
Turn: 7h
River: Ah
Hero shows KK a full house, Kings full of Aces
Villain shows 88 for two pair, Aces and Eights.
Stack is now at $24,850
8:22 - get a walk in my bb and stack is now at $24,531
8:24 - raise from the CO with Kc 4h to steal and i get re popped and have to fold. Stack at $22,011
Blinds have increased to 400/800 Ante 40
8:26 - This is a very cool hand. I love post-flop play with deepstacks and being able to maneuver and go with your reads. This is just the case with this hand. This guy told me he was weak all around.
Dealt to Hero: Ah Kd
Hero: raises 1600 to 2400
Villain 1: calls 2400
BB: calls 1600
Flop: 8s 8c 4c
BB: bets 1600
Hero: calls 1600
Villain: folds
I make a little different play here and flat call his bet. There are a couple reasons why i made this play. 1) By flat calling, hopefully it scared him a little bit. I'm in position and i want to keep the pressure on him and decide how/if to bet. 2) No matter what card comes, he is going to dictate what i do on the turn. If he makes the same 1600 chip bet, i raise. If he goes lower, i raise. If he goes higher, well it depends on how high. 3) He bet 1600 chips into a 7200 chip pot or so which is extremely weak.
Turn: Js
BB: bets 800
Hero: raises 4000 to 4800
BB folds
Hero collects 12,760 from pot
Stack is now at $30k
It's hands like those that make a difference. In satellites everything is almost all pre flop play. I would have loved to play more suited connectors and such in position but it just wasnt the case tonight. If you would raise, no one would flat call, they would come over the top for all their chips. So you were forced to play premium hands.
8:32 - raise on the button with KQ and get re popped all in and i fold.
Hero: raises 1600 to 2400
Villain: raises 10640 to 13040 and is all-in
Hero folds
Stack $26,011
8:35 - Another huge hand. Again im happy these guys didn't have more chips or i would have some decisions to make. I was a little worried after i re raised when Villain 2 went all in also. I made it clear i wanted to be heads up with Villain 1 and i had a hand. I think he could have gotten away from Queens here, but he chose this spot.
Villain 1: raises 4362 to 5162 and is all-in
Hero: raises 4838 to 10000
Villain 2: calls 2213 and is all-in
Villain 1 shows Th Th
Hero shows Ah Kh
Villain 2 shows Qd Qh
Flop: 9s As 8c
Turn: 4s
River: 3s
Hero collects 14097 from pot
Stack is now at $35k.
Blinds increase to 500/1000 Ante 50
8:53 - raise it up with A8s and steal blinds. Stack at $29,406. I didn't play any hands for a while and was getting blinded down.
8:55 - I got moved to a new table and my image is clear again. I wanted to stay at that table because i knew i was going to get respect with my raises and get people to lay down hands. When i moved to this one i had to build a new one. I think i made the right plays here, but who knows. How would you guys have played these next few hands?
Seat 6: Hero (29356 in chips)
Seat 8: Villain (23176 in chips)
Dealt: Tc Ts
Hero(UTG): raises 2000 to 3000
Villain: raises 20,126 to 23126 and is all-in
I think i have to fold here. I mean i dont know how this guy plays at all. It's pretty much for my tourney life and i cant put him on a hand. I believe it was a good move. Stack is now at $26,256
8:53 - i get 77 and raise and everyone folds. Stack at $26506
4th break.
my stack is at $26,456
avg stack is $26,122
706 of 7377 left and im 280th.
472 to go.
Blinds go up to 600/1200 Ante 60
9:13 - I fold to an all in, in the BB. Even though its a short stack, i cant call this. I'm not getting odds to call and im dead to 3 outs if that. He does have 11 bb's and still has room to maneuver. So again i think this is the right play.
Seat 6: Hero (23936 in chips)
Seat 7: Villain (13890 in chips)
Hero has Ah Td
Villain raises 12630 to 13830 and is all inHero folds from the bb
9:19 - This was just bad luck. I am greatful i actually ran into a hand then a bad beat. My table image here is that i keep folding to re raises. I decide to take a stand here. I can't keep folding to re raises. I'm getting about 2.1-1 on my money and am only a big dog to an over pair. I usually dont play anything UTG unless its AA KK or QQ, but i was getting desperate. How would you have played this?
Seat 2: Villain (13504 in chips)
Seat 6: Hero ( 21656 in chips)
Hero: raises 2400 to 3600
Villain: raises 8344 to 13444 and is all in
Hero: calls 9844
Hero shows As Qh
Villain shows Qd Qs
Flop: Js Kh 4d
Turn: 3h
River: Kc
Sometime later - I was crippled and passed an orbit waiting for a hand. I pick up 33 utg and go all in.
Hero: raises 6952 to 8152 and is all in
BB: calls 6952
Hero shows 33
BB shows AK
Flops: 6c 6c 8s
Turn: Kd
River: 7h
And just like that, it was over. Before the AQ hand that crippled me i hadn't lost a hand all tournament and being 8 for 8 when i went to a showdown. I think i played pretty well. I should be happy that i ran through almost 7000 people to get where i was. I played to the best of my ability and thats all i can ask for. I wish everyone the best of luck that qualified, and i'll see you in vegas.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Huge Weekend
This weekend coming up, i very well could say is the biggest tournament of my life to date. There are 150 seats being given away on PokerStars and 100 seats being given away on Full Tilt. Yes, i am talking about seats to the Main Event at the World Series of Poker. I am registered for the 150 seat on PokerStars already. If anyone wants to buy directly in, check out Pocket5's W$ Transfer promo Nat is doing. He is selling W$370 for W$330. I did that and bought directly in.
There are going to be TONS of satellite players in this event and i want to get in the mix early. I don't mean playing huge pots but playing small pots where i can see all 5 cards and really outplay these guys. Building a stack early on is so crucial in satellites. You can sit back and push people around 10x more in sats than a reg tournament. It's a dream of mine to play in the Main Event and if i can even play in the tournament, it would be something i would never forget.
There are going to be TONS of satellite players in this event and i want to get in the mix early. I don't mean playing huge pots but playing small pots where i can see all 5 cards and really outplay these guys. Building a stack early on is so crucial in satellites. You can sit back and push people around 10x more in sats than a reg tournament. It's a dream of mine to play in the Main Event and if i can even play in the tournament, it would be something i would never forget.
Even if i dont make it into the ME, im still going to Vegas baby. My cousin is working for CardPlayer at the WSOP and has an apartment there. Basically that will be the place ill just be crashing at when i need sleep. It is very nice. I'll be out there from July 27th(1 day prior to the start of the ME) through August 9th. I rented a car while im out there because taxi's are ridiculously over priced there and hes a couple miles off the strip for the shuttles. A roundtrip taxi fare where he is, is $50. Im stayin for approx 2 weeks, and that would come to $800 minus tip for the trip. And thats only if i stay at the same place all day! So i rented a car. I lucked out because i got a Jeep Grand Cherokee - Laredo. This is awesome because i have the exact same car, but mine is fully loaded and is the Limited version. I'll be saving atleast $500 by doing it this way. I know lucko21 will be out there playing so i'll watch him play for a little bit and maybe a few others. If you're planning on being out there shoot me an email or a comment and we could possibly get together.
New Home Game
My buddy Greg has wanted me to go to his home game for a couple weeks now. I've always had things to do on Wednesday nights, but i cleared my schedule after my basketball game last night and headed on over. I only knew 2 other people that were there so it would be a fun night. Reason being is because i get to make a first impression. None of these guys have seen how i play, nor have i seen how they play. So who has the advantage? Did you really think i was going to say anyone but myself? Going into a room of new players it's fun because you dont have an image. It's like if you were not popular at a school, then you moved across the country you can start off fresh.
We had a total of 22 people. I must say everything was very organized. I didn't get the name of the program the guy used, but he had a tournament program that would keep tract of avg chip count, levels, etc etc. He had the main computer, and 2 monitors in each corner of the room. He had 3 poker tables set up, 1 that was very nice, an octagon table that was good and another 9 man table that was clean also. I felt like i kind of got the shaft on the first couple of tables. The reason i say that is 4 people didnt show up. So we had to blind off their stacks. This meant that i couldn't take their chips.
I only had to identify how 2 players at my table played. The guy directly to my left played a very LAG type. I would be able to get him later. I didn't get any cards in the early going at all. So i was playing pretty tight. Then 2 more players filled the seats and we could get going. I got half of LAG players chips when i flopped a pair of aces and turned 2 pair, he folded to my river bet. One of the new players on the table was raising and everyone would fold and respect those raises and he would show an ace after the folds. He made a 3x raise UTG and i had AQ on the button so i repopped to 400, he re raised again and i folded and he again showed an ace saying, i wouldnt mess around with you UTG. I then took LAG players last chips when my AQ out raced his 77 when i turned a queen.
i had about 2200 when i picked up KK on the button. The UTG raiser from before was in the bb and he was the only one who called my 3x raise. The flop came Q 5 2. Excellent flop for Kings. I made a continuation bet of 400, he thought for a moment and re popped to 800. I went hollywood for a couple seconds and just went all in. I had him covered by about 400 chips and he folded. So i only had to showdown 1 hand while i was at the table.
With starting stacks of T1000, i managed to triple my stack, then a little more and ended up with T3200 at the FT. Well again as i said we had less players than the other tables, everyone else had about an average of T6000. I didnt do anything crazy and found myself easily short stacked. I pushed in on the button for T1600 with blinds at 200/400 with A6. The big blind had a little bit more chips than me called with 33. He hit his set on the flop and just to taunt me the Ace came, but i was done. I will definitely be playing there again because i can see already it will be very profitable.
We had a total of 22 people. I must say everything was very organized. I didn't get the name of the program the guy used, but he had a tournament program that would keep tract of avg chip count, levels, etc etc. He had the main computer, and 2 monitors in each corner of the room. He had 3 poker tables set up, 1 that was very nice, an octagon table that was good and another 9 man table that was clean also. I felt like i kind of got the shaft on the first couple of tables. The reason i say that is 4 people didnt show up. So we had to blind off their stacks. This meant that i couldn't take their chips.
I only had to identify how 2 players at my table played. The guy directly to my left played a very LAG type. I would be able to get him later. I didn't get any cards in the early going at all. So i was playing pretty tight. Then 2 more players filled the seats and we could get going. I got half of LAG players chips when i flopped a pair of aces and turned 2 pair, he folded to my river bet. One of the new players on the table was raising and everyone would fold and respect those raises and he would show an ace after the folds. He made a 3x raise UTG and i had AQ on the button so i repopped to 400, he re raised again and i folded and he again showed an ace saying, i wouldnt mess around with you UTG. I then took LAG players last chips when my AQ out raced his 77 when i turned a queen.
i had about 2200 when i picked up KK on the button. The UTG raiser from before was in the bb and he was the only one who called my 3x raise. The flop came Q 5 2. Excellent flop for Kings. I made a continuation bet of 400, he thought for a moment and re popped to 800. I went hollywood for a couple seconds and just went all in. I had him covered by about 400 chips and he folded. So i only had to showdown 1 hand while i was at the table.
With starting stacks of T1000, i managed to triple my stack, then a little more and ended up with T3200 at the FT. Well again as i said we had less players than the other tables, everyone else had about an average of T6000. I didnt do anything crazy and found myself easily short stacked. I pushed in on the button for T1600 with blinds at 200/400 with A6. The big blind had a little bit more chips than me called with 33. He hit his set on the flop and just to taunt me the Ace came, but i was done. I will definitely be playing there again because i can see already it will be very profitable.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Limit Omaha 8/B FT Part 2
So looking at the chip stacks, it looks like i have my work cut out for me, but it's limit and the blinds are ginormous so we're ok. My gameplan going in was to catch someone with their pants down like i did in the previous post.
About 20 hands into the FT, we still had 8 players remaining. Stacks looked a little bit like this..
Seat 1: Gabrielucas (21216 in chips)
Seat 2: *AUM* (115455 in chips)
Seat 3: Smarky G (123696 in chips)
Seat 4: connjurer (132006 in chips)
Seat 5: booya25 (105942 in chips)
Seat 6: trixter23 (82392 in chips)
Seat 7: dracula15thc (138275 in chips)
Seat 9: CLUBN (169018 in chips)
booya25: posts small blind 4000
trixter23: posts big blind 8000
So we're in the big blind and get dealt -
4s 8c 3d 5s
Considering im in the bb, if no one opens for a raise ill just check to see a flop. In some cases early on in the tournament, i'll raise with this hand. Reason being people who play A2 w/out a backup(1 or 2 more low cards other than A2) can get caught very easily. If the flop comes A 2 x for instance, their 2 pair maybe good, but ill have the hammer lock on the low if it comes and possibly even the wheel which would then turn into a 6 or 8 high straight. The action goes like this.
dracula15thc: calls 8000
CLUBN: folds
Gabrielucas: folds
*AUM*: folds
Smarky G: calls 8000
connjurer: calls 8000
booya25: folds
trixter23: checks
The flop comes..
Kd 6h 4d
This is a decent flop for my hand. I picked up a wrap draw. Im not going to get fancy here, the right thing to do is check call, because of the sheer fact that we have 3 players left to act behind us.
trixter23: checks
dracula15thc: bets 8000
Smarky G: calls 8000
connjurer: calls 8000
trixter23: calls 8000
Size of Pot = $68000
The Turn:
7c
Jackpot! Right now i have the current nuts. This is a great card for that reason and because it gave someone the low. There is 1 problem though. There are 2 diamonds on the board. After the turn hit i think i immediately starting saying to myself, NO DIAMOND, NO DIAMOND! Knowing someone has the low, i checked so that whoever has it will bet out, then i can re raise. If a diamond comes on the river, what can i do? Id rather maximize the value of my hand and make them pay for their flush rather then just play it soft and let it come. So i check and the awesome guy bets out and i re pop it up to 32k. Everyone calls so i know i can get beat.
trixter23: checks
dracula15thc: bets 16000
Smarky G: calls 16000
connjurer: calls 16000
trixter23: raises 16000 to 32000
dracula15thc: calls 16000
Smarky G: calls 16000
connjurer: calls 16000
Size of Pot = $196,000
The River brings.
10s
This wasnt such a great card for me at all. Someone could very easily have A289 and im on my way out the door. I bet out hoping to get raised, because 1) that will tell me that im able to go to bed because someone hit their straight or 2) I get ALL my chips in the middle with the current nuts going to 1 card on the river. I almost can live losing like that. Nah i cant. Here is the final action.
trixter23: bets 16000
dracula15thc: raises 16000 to 32000
Smarky G: calls 32000
connjurer: calls 32000
trixter23: raises 2392 to 34392 and is all-in
dracula15thc: calls 2392
Smarky G: calls 2392
connjurer: calls 2392
Size of Pot = $333,568
We all know what i have, but lets see what everyone else has.
trixter23: shows [4s 8c 3d 5s] (HI: a straight, Four to Eight; LO: 7,6,5,4,3)
dracula15thc: shows [Jd As 2c Qc] (HI: high card Ace; LO: 7,6,4,2,A)
Smarky G: shows [Ad 8h 2h Qd] (HI: high card Ace; LO: 7,6,4,2,A)
connjurer: shows [Kc 9c 2s Ah] (HI: a pair of Kings; LO: 7,6,4,2,A)
It was an absolute miracle that a diamond didn't come on the river. But needless to say I literally thanked dracula for raising. When you look at the action he raised with his low draw. All 3 of these guys had the A2 and got quartered. I was in bliss when i saw their hands. Their ROI was horrible because.....
trixter23 collected 166784
potdracula15thc collected 55595
Smarky G collected 55595
connjurer collected 55594
And that ladies and gentleman, is how you grab the chip lead.
Like i said though, in limit its easy to lose a lead.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403711 - Almost hit the 200k mark on this hand
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403716 - 230K working the magic. After this hand i didnt play some for a while because people got short stacked and they somehow made recoveries. 2 of the Players were horrible. So i took the scenic route and tried to fold to more money. Which is something you shouldn't really do. Because when hands like this next one come up, you get crippled.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403719 - I was sick this hand. I knew i should have just checked behind on the river but i had to throw money out there. Im not sure what that guy is thinking playing that hand, but he did. I had the intention of just check calling all the way down but why would he just check the river? You put 56k in the pot, why not another 32? And of course he knew his 4 high flush was good. This hand killed me and sent me to 126k in chips.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403734 - I raised 1 hand after that and got re popped and made a flat call. I completely missed the board and had to fold which put me down to 60k. With blinds 8/16k this was not fun. AUM was all in maybe 4 times ahead of me and no one could knock him out. I inevitably had to make a stand.
I played well, but when you get that deep you always want to win. Tonight i have the CP tourney which i have to make a splash in. I've missed the last 2 and i have to start pushing to get points for not only my team but to make the Table of Champions. See ya all there!
About 20 hands into the FT, we still had 8 players remaining. Stacks looked a little bit like this..
Seat 1: Gabrielucas (21216 in chips)
Seat 2: *AUM* (115455 in chips)
Seat 3: Smarky G (123696 in chips)
Seat 4: connjurer (132006 in chips)
Seat 5: booya25 (105942 in chips)
Seat 6: trixter23 (82392 in chips)
Seat 7: dracula15thc (138275 in chips)
Seat 9: CLUBN (169018 in chips)
booya25: posts small blind 4000
trixter23: posts big blind 8000
So we're in the big blind and get dealt -
4s 8c 3d 5s
Considering im in the bb, if no one opens for a raise ill just check to see a flop. In some cases early on in the tournament, i'll raise with this hand. Reason being people who play A2 w/out a backup(1 or 2 more low cards other than A2) can get caught very easily. If the flop comes A 2 x for instance, their 2 pair maybe good, but ill have the hammer lock on the low if it comes and possibly even the wheel which would then turn into a 6 or 8 high straight. The action goes like this.
dracula15thc: calls 8000
CLUBN: folds
Gabrielucas: folds
*AUM*: folds
Smarky G: calls 8000
connjurer: calls 8000
booya25: folds
trixter23: checks
The flop comes..
Kd 6h 4d
This is a decent flop for my hand. I picked up a wrap draw. Im not going to get fancy here, the right thing to do is check call, because of the sheer fact that we have 3 players left to act behind us.
trixter23: checks
dracula15thc: bets 8000
Smarky G: calls 8000
connjurer: calls 8000
trixter23: calls 8000
Size of Pot = $68000
The Turn:
7c
Jackpot! Right now i have the current nuts. This is a great card for that reason and because it gave someone the low. There is 1 problem though. There are 2 diamonds on the board. After the turn hit i think i immediately starting saying to myself, NO DIAMOND, NO DIAMOND! Knowing someone has the low, i checked so that whoever has it will bet out, then i can re raise. If a diamond comes on the river, what can i do? Id rather maximize the value of my hand and make them pay for their flush rather then just play it soft and let it come. So i check and the awesome guy bets out and i re pop it up to 32k. Everyone calls so i know i can get beat.
trixter23: checks
dracula15thc: bets 16000
Smarky G: calls 16000
connjurer: calls 16000
trixter23: raises 16000 to 32000
dracula15thc: calls 16000
Smarky G: calls 16000
connjurer: calls 16000
Size of Pot = $196,000
The River brings.
10s
This wasnt such a great card for me at all. Someone could very easily have A289 and im on my way out the door. I bet out hoping to get raised, because 1) that will tell me that im able to go to bed because someone hit their straight or 2) I get ALL my chips in the middle with the current nuts going to 1 card on the river. I almost can live losing like that. Nah i cant. Here is the final action.
trixter23: bets 16000
dracula15thc: raises 16000 to 32000
Smarky G: calls 32000
connjurer: calls 32000
trixter23: raises 2392 to 34392 and is all-in
dracula15thc: calls 2392
Smarky G: calls 2392
connjurer: calls 2392
Size of Pot = $333,568
We all know what i have, but lets see what everyone else has.
trixter23: shows [4s 8c 3d 5s] (HI: a straight, Four to Eight; LO: 7,6,5,4,3)
dracula15thc: shows [Jd As 2c Qc] (HI: high card Ace; LO: 7,6,4,2,A)
Smarky G: shows [Ad 8h 2h Qd] (HI: high card Ace; LO: 7,6,4,2,A)
connjurer: shows [Kc 9c 2s Ah] (HI: a pair of Kings; LO: 7,6,4,2,A)
It was an absolute miracle that a diamond didn't come on the river. But needless to say I literally thanked dracula for raising. When you look at the action he raised with his low draw. All 3 of these guys had the A2 and got quartered. I was in bliss when i saw their hands. Their ROI was horrible because.....
trixter23 collected 166784
potdracula15thc collected 55595
Smarky G collected 55595
connjurer collected 55594
And that ladies and gentleman, is how you grab the chip lead.
Like i said though, in limit its easy to lose a lead.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403711 - Almost hit the 200k mark on this hand
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403716 - 230K working the magic. After this hand i didnt play some for a while because people got short stacked and they somehow made recoveries. 2 of the Players were horrible. So i took the scenic route and tried to fold to more money. Which is something you shouldn't really do. Because when hands like this next one come up, you get crippled.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403719 - I was sick this hand. I knew i should have just checked behind on the river but i had to throw money out there. Im not sure what that guy is thinking playing that hand, but he did. I had the intention of just check calling all the way down but why would he just check the river? You put 56k in the pot, why not another 32? And of course he knew his 4 high flush was good. This hand killed me and sent me to 126k in chips.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?403734 - I raised 1 hand after that and got re popped and made a flat call. I completely missed the board and had to fold which put me down to 60k. With blinds 8/16k this was not fun. AUM was all in maybe 4 times ahead of me and no one could knock him out. I inevitably had to make a stand.
I played well, but when you get that deep you always want to win. Tonight i have the CP tourney which i have to make a splash in. I've missed the last 2 and i have to start pushing to get points for not only my team but to make the Table of Champions. See ya all there!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Limit Omaha 8/B Final Table
Before i get to the main post, a quick couple of things. I was able to add live updates of the WSOP under the affiliate link. It's a nice little way to get their real quick if need be. I had planned to have another post about the AC trip because there was a hand i wanted to talk about in the tournament and a couple of other things. I made it real deep so ill post about that tomorrow.
I don't know what i was thinking but i decided to get in the Omaha 8/b $5 rebuy tournament at about 1:30 am last night. I guess it was because i was having a ridiculous day filled with some stupid hands that lost me some money. I love playing Omaha, but this late was not very smart. Not to toot my own horn but whenever i usually play this game i cash, and thus being a rebuy would be longer to get in the money, etc etc.
Let me tell you a little something about the rebuy period in a limit game. It's absolutely horrible. People were just playing every hand and capping the betting each street. I managed to get to 6385 after the break which was the 41st best stack of the remaining 170 people or so. With only 18 places being paid, i would have to accumulate. I play less hands in this game rather than NLHE, because you will get paid off on your hands ten fold. In limit sheer aggression is one of my main factors for winning. You can figure out pretty easily what people are drawing to. Take this hand for instance.
Seat 1: Tenace (7723 in chips)
Seat 2: dragonlore (10605 in chips)
Seat 3: Quebeker1 (12774 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (6785 in chips)
Seat 5: FOX 27 (6172 in chips)
Seat 6: Bevo05 (8350 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: griga (7602 in chips)
Seat 8: Rencius (3092 in chips)
Seat 9: philsky2003 (5169 in chips)
Tenace: posts small blind 150
dragonlore: posts big blind 300
Dealt to trixter23 Ah 4h Qc Tc
CALL Quebeker1, 300
RAISE trixter23 , 300 to 600
CALL FOX 27, 600
CALL Rencius, 600
CALL Quebeker1, 300
With Stakes being at 300/600 and me only having T6785 in chips i wasnt worried about having to make some plays yet. But a weak player entered the pot in front of me and i wanted to try and isolate with him and the blinds. You should always know where your chips are going to come from, and when the opportunity presents itself you have to take advantage of it. Also my hand is very susceptible, it's by far a made hand and needs work, a lot like almost every other hand.
Flop: 8s 9s 5c
BET Quebeker1, 300
RAISE trixter23 , 300 to 600
CALL FOX 27, 600
CALL Rencius, 600
CALL Quebeker1, 300
This flop barely hit me. I have 4 to the low but it's not the nut low. A backdoor straight and flush draw. Here im keeping my aggressive style, and im doing this because i don't want to stay predictable! I can't say it enough, if someone catches onto your style of play, especially in omaha, your a dead duck! I was a little worried here that maybe someone flopped a straight, in which case i wasnt in great shape.
Turn: 9c
CHECK Quebeker1:
BET trixter23 , 600
CALL FOX 27, 600
CALL Rencius, 600
CALL Quebeker1, 600
Now right here i begin to think that all 3 of these guys are on low draws. Any card that is Ten or higher i'm pretty much going to bet out on the river. If someone had a 9 they would have re popped there. If someone had a straight they would have done the same thing. They would have seen the 2 flush draws out there and made someone pay to get there.
River: Jh
CHECK Quebeker1:
BET trixter23 , 600
FOLD FOX 27
FOLD Rencius
FOLD Quebeker1
trixter23 collected 7650 from pot
trixter23 : doesn't show hand
To be honest even though i got a straight there, it did'nt even matter what my cards were. They made it so obvious they were on a low draw. I can't stress it enough, you have to stay unpredictable. If i know you only raise with cards for the low then im gonna adjust when i play you. I doubled up here and i didn't even have to showdown my hand, beautiful!
Here are some hands that helped me reach the FT for your viewing pleasure.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401643 - No idea what is going on there.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401645 - This one was even worse.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401648 - That's gg to you sir.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401649 - Thank you for playing.
I pretty much played every hand on the bubble of the FT to get to $100k in chips. A guy made a ridiculous call the final hand of the bubble and i went in with 76k.
A guy went out in the first hand, so i couldn't get a screenshot of the full final table. In my next post ill talk about what place i finished.
I don't know what i was thinking but i decided to get in the Omaha 8/b $5 rebuy tournament at about 1:30 am last night. I guess it was because i was having a ridiculous day filled with some stupid hands that lost me some money. I love playing Omaha, but this late was not very smart. Not to toot my own horn but whenever i usually play this game i cash, and thus being a rebuy would be longer to get in the money, etc etc.
Let me tell you a little something about the rebuy period in a limit game. It's absolutely horrible. People were just playing every hand and capping the betting each street. I managed to get to 6385 after the break which was the 41st best stack of the remaining 170 people or so. With only 18 places being paid, i would have to accumulate. I play less hands in this game rather than NLHE, because you will get paid off on your hands ten fold. In limit sheer aggression is one of my main factors for winning. You can figure out pretty easily what people are drawing to. Take this hand for instance.
Seat 1: Tenace (7723 in chips)
Seat 2: dragonlore (10605 in chips)
Seat 3: Quebeker1 (12774 in chips)
Seat 4: trixter23 (6785 in chips)
Seat 5: FOX 27 (6172 in chips)
Seat 6: Bevo05 (8350 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: griga (7602 in chips)
Seat 8: Rencius (3092 in chips)
Seat 9: philsky2003 (5169 in chips)
Tenace: posts small blind 150
dragonlore: posts big blind 300
Dealt to trixter23 Ah 4h Qc Tc
CALL Quebeker1, 300
RAISE trixter23 , 300 to 600
CALL FOX 27, 600
CALL Rencius, 600
CALL Quebeker1, 300
With Stakes being at 300/600 and me only having T6785 in chips i wasnt worried about having to make some plays yet. But a weak player entered the pot in front of me and i wanted to try and isolate with him and the blinds. You should always know where your chips are going to come from, and when the opportunity presents itself you have to take advantage of it. Also my hand is very susceptible, it's by far a made hand and needs work, a lot like almost every other hand.
Flop: 8s 9s 5c
BET Quebeker1, 300
RAISE trixter23 , 300 to 600
CALL FOX 27, 600
CALL Rencius, 600
CALL Quebeker1, 300
This flop barely hit me. I have 4 to the low but it's not the nut low. A backdoor straight and flush draw. Here im keeping my aggressive style, and im doing this because i don't want to stay predictable! I can't say it enough, if someone catches onto your style of play, especially in omaha, your a dead duck! I was a little worried here that maybe someone flopped a straight, in which case i wasnt in great shape.
Turn: 9c
CHECK Quebeker1:
BET trixter23 , 600
CALL FOX 27, 600
CALL Rencius, 600
CALL Quebeker1, 600
Now right here i begin to think that all 3 of these guys are on low draws. Any card that is Ten or higher i'm pretty much going to bet out on the river. If someone had a 9 they would have re popped there. If someone had a straight they would have done the same thing. They would have seen the 2 flush draws out there and made someone pay to get there.
River: Jh
CHECK Quebeker1:
BET trixter23 , 600
FOLD FOX 27
FOLD Rencius
FOLD Quebeker1
trixter23 collected 7650 from pot
trixter23 : doesn't show hand
To be honest even though i got a straight there, it did'nt even matter what my cards were. They made it so obvious they were on a low draw. I can't stress it enough, you have to stay unpredictable. If i know you only raise with cards for the low then im gonna adjust when i play you. I doubled up here and i didn't even have to showdown my hand, beautiful!
Here are some hands that helped me reach the FT for your viewing pleasure.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401643 - No idea what is going on there.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401645 - This one was even worse.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401648 - That's gg to you sir.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?401649 - Thank you for playing.
I pretty much played every hand on the bubble of the FT to get to $100k in chips. A guy made a ridiculous call the final hand of the bubble and i went in with 76k.
A guy went out in the first hand, so i couldn't get a screenshot of the full final table. In my next post ill talk about what place i finished.
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