Hey guys,
I got some
updates from the last two days. Yesterday I played the $2500 No-Limit
Hold'em Event. There I did a little bit better, than in the other
events I played, but I couldn't survive day one, which makes me sad. I
think I played really well, but once again I had some Setups. I don't
remember most of the hands, just to give a short update:
After
the dinner break the blinds were 200/400/50 and I had a 20bb repush
stack. After 4 limpers I shoved my stack in on the button with KK, but
was called from the big blind, who had AA. Lucky for me, that he only
had 10bb and I didn't lose my whole stack. After this hand I pushed all
in with KQ and was called from another shortstack, who had AQs. I
couldn't suck out and had only 3bb left. So I pushed all in from under
the gun with T8o and was called from two players. Unfortunately one of
them had AA, but this time I could hit a straight and tripple up to
10bb. After this hand I was in the big blind with A8o and pushed all
in, after the button opened, and again I was forced to risk all my
chips against AA, this time I couldn't suck out and my tournament was
over. I think the card decks in Vegas are rigged, too many Aces in
there :).
After busting in the $2.5k event, I directly registred
for the $5k NLHE event, which I played today. I think I played really
well and had some interesting hands, so lets talk about the most
interesting ones:
The tournament didn't start really well, I had
many playable hands, but I couldn't win many pots, therefor my stack
was decreased from 15k starting stack to a 9k stack. We are in the
third blindlevel and the blinds are 75/150. I was pretty active at the
table and had a loose aggressive image. It is folded to me in the small
blind and I have KQs. I raised to 475. The big blind thought for a
while and 3-bet then to ~1500. I was already waiting for someone to
3-bet me, because of my loose image. I thought, that it is a good spot
for the big blind to 3-bet me light. Because of that, and because I
have a decent hand and the stack size was really good to shove, I
shoved all in. Now the big blind went into the tank for like 5 minutes
and after all he called with JJ. The flop was Qxx, turn and river
blanked and I could double up.
Shortly after this hand, I raised
AcTc from middle position and got called twice, from the button and
from the big blind. The button was an older player, who liked to
slowplay his hands a lot, and who tended to make strange moves. Once he
check/raised his straight with K9 on a QQJ T 4 board on the river and
lost a big pot against QJ. Ok, back to the hand. The pot was 1750. Flop
came QT4 with two spades. Everyone checked. Turn Ah. Big blind checked
again, I now bet 1375 I think, button called, and big blind folded.
River As. Pot is 4500. Now I was hoping, that he had a hand like an
weaker Ace, the flush or maybe the straight, so I bet really big like
4k. He instantly shoved all in for 10k total and I called. I showed AT,
he showed KJ, for another excellent river push an I won another nice
pot and was now up to ~30k chips.
The next hand was dealed a few
orbits later and was really sick. Blinds are 100/200. A young loose
aggressive player raises to 600 from middle position and I decide to
call on the button with AJo, blinds fold. The flop came 964 rainbow.
Pot is 1500 and he bets 850. I think that my AJ high often is good here
and I call his bet. I still have outs, if I am behind. Turn is the Qs,
which brings a flush draw. Pot is ~3200 and he bets half the pot. Now
its getting tough. I saw the other guy already two barrel a few times
and the board is really draw heavy. He could easily have hands like,
75, 78, JT, KJ, KT, flushdraws and combo draws, which I have all beat.
So I decide, that my AJ high is good against a big part of his range
and call again. Pot is now around 6.5k and the river is a ten, that
doesn't complete the flush draw. He bets 3600 and now its really tough.
If he had hands like JT, KT, which now have showdown value,it would not
make sense to bet, so I don't think he has this hands in his range. I
still beat 75, flush draws, combo draws and other strange bluffing
hands. Possible hands, that have me beat are, QQ, 99, 44, 66, TT, AQ,
QT, KJ, AA, KK and 78. Sets are a really small part of his rang,
compared to draws. I have AJ, which decreases the chance, that he has
AQ, KJ or Aces a little bit. All in all, I only need to be good here in
35% and with all those busted draws, I think I have to call the river.
So I called, and after the other guy flipped over 8s5s for 8 high, I
flipped my AJ over and won a decent pot. I had now around 45k in chips.
After
losing a couple of small pots, I had A9o in the big blind. The cutoff
raised to 800 at the 150/300/25 level. The small blind called and so
did I. The flop is 9h8h9c. Small blind checked, and I donked 1600 into
the 2600 pot. The initial raiser tought for a little bit and then
pushed all in for his 10k stack. Small blind folded, I called and the
guy flipped over QJo for a gutshot with overcards. Turn Q, river Q and
I won a nice pot... Oh wait, he made the better full house and I was
down to 30k.
Then I didn't play many hands for a while, because a
really aggressive guy with tons of chips was moved behind me, and I had
to tighten up. The next hand I played was against this guy, when I
completed my small blind in the 200/400/50 level with ATs and he
checked in the big blind. Flop came 666, we both check. Turn was an 8,
check, check again. River T, bingo. I bet 2/3 pot and he raises me big.
I think we are splitting, but I was hoping he had an 8 or maybe a bluff
and called, but unfortunately he showed Q6s for quads.
My good
run continued, when I raised QQ from the cut off at the 300/600/75
level and the big blind pushed all in for 20bb. I obviously called and
was ahead against his A9o. But the WSOP is rigged, and he hit the Ace
.
Now
I was really short, I think I had about 7k left. I pushed a couple of
times, until I had 11k again, then I doubled up with QQ vs AQ and had
24k. After that hand, my table broke up and I went to my new table, The
first thing I mentionedat this table, was Fabian "fabstinho" Quoss, who
is sharing the suite in the Palms Place with me and the other guys. So
I sat down at the table, and the first hand I got dealt was 99 in early
position. I raised it up to 2k at the 400/800/100 level. Then the
player right behind me shoved all in for 14k total. Thats 17.5bb and
after a while of thinking I finally called the push. He flipped over KK
and I lost another big pot and was really short now with about 6k left.
The
next 4 hands I had no chance to push my stack in and was forced to fold
myself down. Then in the final hand, I had like 6 big blinds left, when
someone raise to 2100, fabstinho called, and the woman between us
called, I pushed all in with ATo. The initial raiser made an isolation
4-bet and fabstinho shoved over the top. The woman folded, the initial
raiser folded and my ATo had to stand fabstinho's AKo. I couldn't hit
and busted out of the tournament in level 9.
At least I am
surviving longer and longer in the tournaments. While I busted out in
level 3 and 4 in the first two events, I managed to reach the levels 7
and 9 in the other two events. Hopefully this trend will continue and
then my win in the main event is for sure
.
On Monday I am going to play the $2.5k 6-max No-Limit Hold'em Event, maybe I will reach day 2 there.
To be continued...
Allanon