Quote:
Originally Posted by <"))))><
There's a 440 turbo tomorrow night you could consider. It will be like a pub game!
Thanks for the tip, but it's bit rich for my taste. Also my PhD work is piling up after taking some time off last week for poker. My first paper is due soon and I really should try to get a first draft before Christmas.
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Originally Posted by KoolCaliban
Not making day 2 also let me play the monthly final on Saturday, a $50 game $3k gtd. I did well in that tournament, see next update.
Yesterday we had the $50 monthly final which was a good plan B after not making day 2 of the Series game. This is a relatively new game, I think this is the 5th one. I FT bubbled the first one and finished 5th in another one, in a 55-65 player field.
Reigning in the LAGs
Blinds 100/200, 9-handed, avg stack 25k.
UTG (playing very loose/aggro from the start) limps in. HJ (also very active, friends with UTG) raises to 750. I'm in CO with A
5
. The three players behind me are weaktight, so this seems like a nice spot for a light 3-bet in position with an ace blocker. I make it 2200. UTG folds begrudgingly, HJ tank calls.
Flop K
9
3
, pot 4900. HJ donkbets 1500. Given my hand this is a great flop for me obviously, I also still have an uncapped range including all the monsters. I raise to 5500, leaving 20k behind. I still have a 25k rebuy option, so calling off if he jams is meh but fine. HJ folds.
Since I'm on a friendly footing with HJ I show the 5
for the fun of it. It also doesn't hurt my image, given that I'm a fairly tight player in general. UTG remarks to HJ: "You got schooled son!"
Early double
Blinds 300/600, 8-handed, avg stack ~60k.
UTG (HJ from previous hand, capable aggro player, but he's overlagging it at the moment) opens to 1800. I'm UTG+1 with 5
5
and I call. Four more players call and we see the flop 6-handed.
Flop 8
5
8
, pot 10.9k. UTG checks, I check, BTN bets 5500. UTG calls, I call, rest folds.
Turn J
, pot 27.4k. UTG checks. I think BTN will check behind a lot, so I bet 12k. BTN folds, UTG calls.
River 4
, pot 51.4k. UTG checks, I shove for 28k. UTG calls with T
T
.
This seems to be case of attributing one's own tendencies to another player. It's a very optimistic call I think. It's also possible the previous A5 hand helped me in this case.
I get moved to a very soft table and keep building my stack. I bet three streets from BB in a limped pot on K
9
7
3
5
with K
5
, but snap-fold to a river jam when villain obviously caught his flush (A
4
as it turned out). If the betting pattern hadn't convinced me, his overly fake hollywooding would have.
Insanity
Blinds 7k/14k, 5-handed, avg stack 180k. F3T, 16 left.
I'm UTG with 150k and K
Q
. 5-handed this is a clear shove, no need for anything else. It folds to a young guy in the BB, who is a beginner and has luckboxed his way to the chiplead, ~360k. He won a big pot in the previous hand.
I think I hear him quietly say "Fold".
He then turns over A
K
. I realize I must have misheard him, and dealer asks in an affirmative tone "That's a call?". Turns out I heard him just fine, because he confirms he said fold.
Everyone just sits there in stunned silence, looking at me and the kid. I'm still confused, but a fold is a fold, so I rake in the chips. He then says:
"I just got these chips, I didn't want to loose them again"
Blundering on final table
Blinds 15k/30k, 8 left, avg stack 330k. 6 get paid.
I'm in LJ with A
9
and 220k behind. I'm chatting with the TD who's a friend of mine. When it folds to me with nits in the blinds I shove quickly. I then suddenly notice a 450k stack in the middle already. I hadn't heard UTG going all in! ****! To make matters worse, HJ instajams his 400k stack. I'm so crushed here...
UTG shows A
K
and HJ shows A
K
. Huh, that's not the worst outcome I suppose.
The flop gets dealt and the third card is the 9
. People are aware I thought I was open shoving, since other players commented that they didn't notice the first all in either. The turn and river produce blanks and I triple up to 700k. I've made a major blunder, and get rewarded for it. I'm extremely embarrassed and feel so filthy. I pride myself for my table awareness, and this is just inexcusable.
The next hand HJ from previous hand tiltjams into my min-open, and his 4
3
can't catch up to my K
K
. He smashes his fist into the door when he leaves. I feel sorry for the guy, but now I do have the chiplead 7-handed.
Time to abuse the table.
Angering another one
Blinds 30k/60k, 5-handed, avg stack 500k. I'm UTG with A
Q
with 1M behind and open to 125k. It folds to BB (400k) who calls.
Flops 5
5
2
, pot 280k. BB instajams for around pot. BB is not a bad player and this looks like a standard stop-and-go. I'm beating all unpaired hands, and it's unlikely he has a 2 or 5 here, or pairs >77. So I quickly call. BB shows 6
6
.
Turn A
River J
BB jumps out of his seat on the turn and is clearly aggravated. He berates my snapcall (although we were having friendly chats during the whole final table) and keeps muttering angrily while he leaves the table.
Time to punish
A Colombian player to my left has the second largest stack and has been my main opponent throughout the final table. He is aware of good spots and does not seem to be afraid to make his chips work. It also means he is aware of ICM. I "subtlety" verified this when I jammed on his BB from SB and he sighfolded. I told him "ICM is a bitch", and he agreed.
The other two players left are a Asian lady, who is a reg and a supernit, and a weaktight MAWG. Nitlady has 500k, MAWG has 300k, the Colombian 650k and I have 1.4M.
I proceed to jam from SB on the Colombians BB, and the nitlady keeps giving me walks. MAWG doubles up when Colombian jams on BTN and he tanks for a solid 2 minutes before calling with A
Q
...
Greed is good
The chipstacks of the other three have now evened out with ~400k each, I have 1.6M. This means I won't get to pressure the Colombian as much anymore. It also is a perfect deal spot for me:
"I'm open for a deal guys. I get first place money and you guys split the rest"
MAWG and nitlady show instant relief: "OK, we can work something out." They clearly haven't understood my proposal. When they realize I want first place money ($1100 + $100 ticket) and they get to split the rest ($300, $400+ticket, $600+ticket) the Colombian is clearly too smart to agree to that and the others catch up quickly. Worth a try. But I can tell they all want a deal.
So when they offer me $900+ticket (ICM for me is <$850) and them $500 each, I agree. It's a good deal for me, especially at these blind levels. I don't see the need to battle three players for potentially only 20% more.
The rungood continues:
Online bankroll: US
$1430
Live bankroll: AU
$6714