Well first leg so to speak of my January mtts has come go an end unfortunately 0-3. Good news is I am playing very solid with calculations+perception on point and had forgotten just how easy it is to get $ in insanely good in these things. In this limited sample I would say the live mtts are as soft or softer than several years ago. I haven’t even had to take flips, can easily find 4:1-9:1 dominating spots, unfortunately the :1 are rolling off like clockwork but I remain optimistic.
Flight one Venetian $250 200k gtd, was chipping up nicely then took a little hit in standard KK < AA all in pre, fortunately dude was shortish stack. Later I pick up AQ in mp at maybe 300-600 and open to 1500, button and bb flat, flop AQ8 rainbow bb check I bet 2500 button goes 7500 bb fold I jam with minor concerns of 88 but this same guy overvalued top paid heavily earlier against a set I had and went running flush. So ya I jam and he instant snap shows AK unfortunately he goes running Ks.
Next up Wynn Survivor $300, format is top 10% chop $ evenly so essentially a satellite approach strategically speaking. I took some bumps early and admittedly made an overcall oop vs an aggro opponent when I couldn’t figure out what he could have (he rivered set after barrel flop and turn). KO when I open 8Tcc from mp get 2 flats, flop the gutter w/fd cbet, turn flush with sfd lead again and get jammed on...unfortunately not deep enough to get off at this point so in this one we go behind vs a A6cc and don’t river the miracle sf.
Then back to the V for another flight of the $250...had solid shot at running up an early stack in this one as we were above avg and gii on turn vs another above average stack w/set of 88s but river str RIP. Within 5ish min of that opened w/7T and jammed a 7-T-5 flop got snapped by 99 and nine came in on river
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I feel really optimistic about how I’m playing and am having a great time back in tournaments though would like to have had some more play time. Obviously you need to hold on your 80%+ers and win some flips. Thank god I don’t run like death in cash games, will be back at those over weekend then at the Wynn for some really good mtts next week!
Hope everyone is encouraged live mtts are very much alive and well it’s the theoretical statistics that have been on the dead side for me.
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