I ended up playing the $130 w $100 Reentry for the first hour and a half. and possible single or double add-ons at the break. Players started with 5k in chips and re-buys were 3k each if you bust you could double re-buy. blinds started at 25 50 and went up every 30 min and after 16 blind level were every 45 min like yesterday but today there were antes starting at the 8th blind level. Again the structure was not horrendous and gave me enough time to pick spots so I did what I could with what I had to work with. My table was pretty solid to start with no real maniacs but had a few bad players I could capitalize off of. I lost my first Buy in when I raised Pre to 325 at 50 100 with AQ and guy called in the SB called and it was heads up to the flop. I lost a pot previously to this and my stack was about 2650 after the raise. There was 750 in the pot and it fell K 10 5. He checks to me and I decide to shove Thinking its believable and didn't see the point in bleeding away my chips to commit me to the pot anyway. Well this guy tanks for a little bit (this became a trend....annoying trend to say the least) then decides to call with 10 9 off. awesome lol I don't catch up and Double re-buy for 6000.
Later, I get up to about 17,000 when I look down at KK in late position. A solid player that has me covered raises preflop to 1850 with blinds at 300 600 and I think for a bit and make my stand here. I raise to 5850 total everyone folds and the original raiser calls after he asks for a count. Flop is 2 5 2 with two clubs and he checks to me. I announce all in and my voice cracks like a 13 year old just hitting puberty loud enough to echo the room. I laugh and say, "Well I'm pretty sure I'm not getting paid off now thanks to the tell I just obviously gave haha" and everyone at the table laughs about it a bit and he folds and says he has AK. A few hands later I limp with Jd 2d in late position with no callers before me except for this really weak player who I was out playing the whole time. The blinds complete the action and we go to the flop. K J 2 fell and I am pretty pleased with the gift that fell in my lap. But it didn't stop there. One short stack announced All in and the weak opponent Decides to go all-in as well. They were about even with 7.5k each. I go all-in over the top to Isolate the fourth man out which was the SB and after he folds the hands are revealed. First shove has K 10 and Second shove has A Q off. I show my J 2 for two pair and ask for a deuce! Turn was the A giving more outs to both players but the River came a 6 and I knocked two birds with one stone!! This put me at about 34k and avg was around 16-17k. I continue to play solid poker picking my spots well and take my first ever picture of chips and send an update to friends (cause I hate taking pictures of chips...just think its cliche and then i go ahead and do it lol)
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| My chip stack before I went card dead. |
At the second break I am Sitting with just over 42k and the avg is somewhere around 23-24k. I was just trying to focus on my table and the blinds and not really worry about the average stack. I go on a long run of dead cards and lost a few small pots to chip away at my stack. and have about 19k at blinds of 500 1000 with a 100 ante when I finally get a hand I choose to make a stand with but kind of played it bad. It worked out in my favor as I made a little bit more than I would have if I open shove but its whatever. I look at K 9 suited and raise to 3500 and bb (who has been playing alot of hands and called a bluff from me with a pair of 9s on a AA952 board) calls and it is heads up to the flop. The dealer slides out A Q 7 with two hearts and I bet 4500 and he just calls. The turn is the 10c and he checks to me again. I am getting a strong sense of weakness from him and the only chance I have to take this pot is to shove. So I go all in and enter the Twilight zone...I say this for two reasons. 1. because I go into my deep stare like I was looking at Hypnotoad from Futurama and 2. This guy went into the tank for LITERALLY 9 minutes and 30 seconds. He stared at me for 3 minutes, looked at his stack then counted out some chips. then stared at me again then asked me some random question which I forgot because I was in hypnotoad mode. I stayed silent, didn't move didn't say a word (Cause I didn't want my voice to crack again LOL) he finally, FINALLY folded and said he had a huge draw and I went to muck accidentally flipped over the huge bluff and he was just in utter amazement and kind of laughed in disbelief. He said he had a pair of Queens with heart draw and put me on a huge hand but didn't want to miss and be crippled to 3k in chips. I told him I was glad he finally acted cause I felt like I was gonna pass out haha.
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| Hypnotoad of the show Futurama to the right. My allin blank stare face to the left (guy in suit) |
More blinds, more folding, more antes, try to pick a spot and then fold then I win a decent little pot flopping top pair with KQ and open shoving from the BB to again put me at about 23k Then on the button I look at QJ suited and decide to just limp for 1200 at blinds of 600 1200 with 200 ante. SB and BB both had me covered and BB was the chipleader of the table. Flop comes Q 10 6 rainbow and both players check to me. I decide to bet 2400 thinking they were weak. SB folds but BB raises to 6000. I put him on like a pair of 10s and just sizing me up and playing at me cause he has a stack. I decide to go allin and it is another 12300 over the top and he tanks....this is another long thinker but not nearly as long as the 9 minute debacle I had to sit through. He asks me if I have KQ again and I didnt answer...like usual (hypnotoad mode ftw) He finally calls and shows Qs8s I am feeling confident having him crushed right now. Then the turn is the 4s giving him the flush draw. Now getting a little worried, he utters something like "ooh more outs" then the freaking 5s falls on the river to give him runner runner flush. There were 89 people to start the tournament and after all the rebuys and add ons the total prize pool was about 25-26k. Top 9 got paid and they made a deal to give 10th player $200 (Twenty bucks each) Well that shitty beat knocked me out at 18th. I again make a dinner break and play very good poker just to get teased lol. This time I got my money in way ahead so as long as I keep doing that, in the long run I will be profitable. Overall I was happy with my play, just not so much with the outcome.
I guess I can focus more on fantasy football now and get prepared for the baby's arrival and I'm sure I will be playing from time to time at local casinos but all that is left for now is the APP League schedule and Championship Free Roll. Sorry there couldn't have been more success on the trip but I hope you enjoyed the read.
Good Luck at the tables.
Matt Stroud
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