LSOP Panama
I traveled last week to panama to play the LSOP millions, this was a very interesting format they were guaranteeing 1 MILLION prize pool for an $850 buy in, you could play day 1 in different countries ( i think they were Chile, Costa rica, Dominican republic and couple more) and if you made the top 10% there you were qualified onto day 2 in Panama ( and you got the min cash already at the first event to cover your expenses).
Unfortunately i wasn't able to play the day 1 here in Costa rica so i travel to Panama for the main event and played day 1 there, structure was pretty fast on day one ( 30 min blinds and 10k chip stack) and same as the days 1 everywhere else top 10% of the field made day 2 and the cash, i never really got anything going and busted on the 7th level. You could make a re entry if you wanted but i opted not to because well im not a baller and they were plenty of side events and cash games.
There was an interesting hand on the main event, blinds were 100-200 and i had about 13k, i raise 7s9s (someone please teach me how to put the cards with the pretty little symbols
) under the gun to 450 and i got a caller on middle position plus a caller on the BTN plus both blinds ( yeah raises in latina american tournament at those levels don't get a lot of respect), flop comes 8c10c8s, i decided i cannot represent much here and with 4 caller a semi bluff wasn't going to work so i checked, BTN bets 600 and blinds fold, i called thinking about leading most big turn cards as a bluff vs one player possibly playing a small pair or hitting my straight, to my surprise the guy in middle position also calls,i figure he either has some kind of small pair himself or possibly a flush draw, turn card is a Kh, i follow along with my plan and lead for 1500 ( i can be floating AK here or Kx spades), middle position guy tank and looks uncomfortable and after 2 min calls and BTN folds, at this point im sure he has a flush draw most likely the nut flush draw so im betting every river that is not an A or a spade, river is red 5 and after thinking 10 secs i bet 2500, my opponent tanks forever and end up calling with Ks10s lol, i really though he wasn't as strong, if he calls turn he has to call river, his hand is pretty face up and him having a K plus the FD seems unlikely i have anything that beats him, i felt nit rolled...
After that i busted when i shoved 99 from the SB over a BTN opening and he had AK, lost the race and it was time to hit the showers, or most accurately the pool bar
During the rest of the week i played some cash and made a little money, enough to cover my expenses of the trip and played a $300 turbo where i busted on 18 place when my AK couldn't outrun Bet cris team elite chiclik godinez ( great player).
I feet i played decently but i definitely need more practice on the MTT part of my game, i mostly play cash and im conformable with deep stack situations but some tournament strategy is still a mystery for me, so i probably will look for some coaching from one of my MTT friends.
I was also very glad one of my good friends and student ( i coach a little) made a super deep run on the main event coming in 21st place, he finished day 1 as the CL, day 2 as the CL again, day 3 went down a little, day 4 CL AGAIN and busted on day 5 when he lost couple of big hands, this was his first international tournament and cashed for a little over 7k so maybe he should be teaching me.
All in all it was fun, I got to hang out with a lot of people, my girlfriend had a great time at the hotel and shopping ( still not a baller she bough her own stuff lol) and played some cards ☺
view from my first rooms
there was a little drinking involved on that pic
casco viejo
Fun han, super satellite to main event i shoved 15 BB over 4 limpets got snapped by 69 off vs my AQss, he got 2 pairs i ended up with just a FD lol
Me and my friend that made the deep run
view from my second room ( had some issues at the hotel and got upgraded)
me and my gf at the end of the trip ( a buddy of mine told her i created a blog and she wanted to be part of it
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