Day 1 - $10,000 Main Event
Ok, here is how my day went...
After calling a few raises with suited connectors and pocket pairs and missing all flops I was down to around 8.5k. Then there was a pot where I called a raise with QJo and the flop came 8,7,6. He bet 225 and I made it 600 in position. He called and the turn came a 3 (board is rainbow) and he checks. I bet 1,200 and he quickly called. River came an ace and he checked again, now I must win this pot as he probably has J,J or T,T so I throw out a "value" bet of 2,500 and he folds. That put me back on track to 11k or so. Then a pot came up where someone raised to 150 in mid position and two callers. I look down at AKo and make it 700 and everyone folds except one of the callers. Flop comes T, 6, 4 rainbow and he checks. I bet 1,000 and he makes it 3,000. I look at his remaining chips to make sure he can still fold, sure enough he has 7k behind and I move all-in and he folds J,J face up. This pot brought me up to around 16k. Shortly after I call a raise in position with T9s and the flop came A,J,8. I immediately knew I would raise him if he bet and check if he checked, knowing he would bet a mediocre hand that would fold to a raise and would check a monster. Well, he checked, and I checked. Turn came a 7 and now he bets 500. Can you be any more obvious that you flopped a set buddy? I make it 1,500 and he quickly makes it 2,000 more. Now here I had a couple different ways to play it - I could go all-in, knowing he'll call an all-in and 80% of my chips will be at risk as a 4:1 favorite or I could just flat call and see if he boats up before committing all those chips. The only problem with the latter is if the board gets scary I might not get his whole stack if he just check/calls or check/folds. I decide to move it and he calls after a long think and turns over the 8,8. The river pairs the board and leaves me out of breath....just kidding, the river bricked and I took down the 22k pot, now up to 27k. A few rounds later I call a raise with QJo and the flop came Ad, Td, 7. The raiser made it 500 and I decided to call, either to take it away on the turn if he doesn't have the ace, hit the gutshot if he does have the ace, or bluff the diamonds if he has the ace. Turn came an offsuit 9, giving me the open ender and now he bets 1,200, leaving himself with 5,500. Easy call to make, because now I'm sure he has the ace, and if an 8, K or diamond come, the pot is mine. River is the 6d and he fires out 1,500. I grab my big stack of yellows (1k chips) to put him all-in, but then think for a second and decide to throw out 4k, for a raise of only 2.5k, which would leave him with 1,500 if he called and he was wrong. He gave out a big sigh and thought for a while, but ultimately couldn't stand the heat and folded A,T face up for top two pair. Then a pot came up where I raised to 700 with AcQc and got two callers from the button and the BB. Flop came Jc, 7c, 6 and the first guy checked. I bet 700 and the button called. BB check-raises to 2,100 and I think for a bit and decide he has a big hand, maybe two pair or a set and don't want to play a monster pot until I'm there, so I flat call. Plus, flat calling here might get the button in there with clubs of his own or a straight draw that might pay me off if his straight and my flush get there. He ends up calling the 2,100 as well. The turn came an offsuit queen and the raiser bets a mere 1,300. Call, right? Well, not exactly... I mean, what does this guy have?! He doesn't want to protect against the flush draw? He had two callers behind him and now he's underbetting the pot? There is over 9k in the pot and both of them have less than 7k in front of them. I'm all-in. Button folds and the BB thinks forever and decides to fold, disgusted with himself. Now I'm up to 46k. A tight player in early position makes it 700 and I look down at K,K right behind him. I decide to flat call, not wanting to play an all-in pot preflop, also trying to induce a squeeze play by some of the internet players at the table. Button calls and the flop came A,7,6. He throws out only 600 and I call and the button folds. Turn is an 8 and he checks, I check. River is a 5, he checks, I check. He shows A,A and I show off my K,K, only losing 1,300 when most players wouuld have played an all-in pot preflop and lost over 8k.
I raise with KJs in early position to 700, one caller. The BB moves all-in for 1,000 more and I call, as does the caller. Flop came Kd, Jd, 7 and I bet 2k, he calls. Turn is a 7 and I go all-in and he instantly calls with A,K and the other dude shows A,Q. I take down the pot for an 8k profit and now I'm up to 54k and CRUISING. Average was probably under 15k at this point. Then a pot came up where a late position raiser looks at his cards for a split second and immediately makes it 600. I don't even bother to look at my cards, knowing I'm going to raise no matter what cards I have. I make it 2k and the BB immediately calls and the raiser folded quickly. Here is where I made a crucial mistake - I should have just given up, knowing that the BB isn't going to call a raise and a re-raise without a huge hand, but I just got so frustrated that I read the situation correctly and had a guy wake up with a hand behind me. I look at my cards and see a K3o and the flop came K,T,9. I should have either check/folded or bet out and given it up if I got called or raised, but instead I check/pulled on him and he instantly called with A,K. The turn came an A and I was drawing dead. I lost 12k this hand and now my table image was shot, right before the rounds were going to 100/200 with 25 in antes (where stealing becomes a must). The table then proceded to 'high five' the guy who won, as they were so happy that someone had finally won a pot off me and the bullying would now slow down. Though it was pretty poor ettiquite on their part, it somehow made me feel like a true world class player when the table is releived to see my chips diminish. This was a huge turning point in momentum, which is the weakest part of my game, as discussed in the previous Pot Limit post, but I had to continue and put this pot past me as best as I could. A round later I raise in middle position with KQs and get called by the cutoff. Flop came J,T,7 and I bet 1,000 and he makes it 3,000. Now, because of the K,3 incident, my bluff equity is shot and I can't re-raise and take down the pot. So I just flat call. The turn came a rag and I check and he bets 3k again and I call. River was another rag and it went check/check. He shows A,J and takes it down. So many damn outs and I know it would have been mine if I hadn't had to show that K,3 earlier. Now I have to really tighten it up until the table breaks. I fold most hands, then get moved to the softest table imaginable. I win a few pots without any showdowns and then get moved shortly after to a new table that has a few good, but unknown players at it. I steal a ton of pots the first few rounds and I'm working my stack back to around 42k. There was a pot where I called a raise in the SB with Q9s and the BB called. I flopped a flush and the raiser bet 2k and I check-raised to 5k and he called. I shoved all-in on the brick turn and he folded K,K no club face up, as if it were a tough laydown for his whole tournament life. At this table it was mostly preflop and flop poker, very few showdowns or bluffs, just continuation bets and check/raises. A pot came up where I raised in middle position and got called by the button and the BB immediately moved all-in for 10k. I was pretty confident he didn't have a huge hand, but had to fold, as I thought the initial caller still to act had a huge hand and was trapping me. I had 9,9 and reluctantly mucked and then he proudly shows off the T3o after the button folds. I ended the day with 38k and now I'm at a table that I think will suit me well. I have Phil Ivey across the table from me, but he has only 16k in chips at the moment. I'm still agonizing about that K,3 blunder, but I have a good support group here that is helping me pull through it. What I'm trying my best to do right now is pretend that I'm starting a new tournament on Tuesday, in which the starting chips are 25k (the average going into day 2 so far) and I'm sitting on 38k. I'll post day 2 later in the week.
After calling a few raises with suited connectors and pocket pairs and missing all flops I was down to around 8.5k. Then there was a pot where I called a raise with QJo and the flop came 8,7,6. He bet 225 and I made it 600 in position. He called and the turn came a 3 (board is rainbow) and he checks. I bet 1,200 and he quickly called. River came an ace and he checked again, now I must win this pot as he probably has J,J or T,T so I throw out a "value" bet of 2,500 and he folds. That put me back on track to 11k or so. Then a pot came up where someone raised to 150 in mid position and two callers. I look down at AKo and make it 700 and everyone folds except one of the callers. Flop comes T, 6, 4 rainbow and he checks. I bet 1,000 and he makes it 3,000. I look at his remaining chips to make sure he can still fold, sure enough he has 7k behind and I move all-in and he folds J,J face up. This pot brought me up to around 16k. Shortly after I call a raise in position with T9s and the flop came A,J,8. I immediately knew I would raise him if he bet and check if he checked, knowing he would bet a mediocre hand that would fold to a raise and would check a monster. Well, he checked, and I checked. Turn came a 7 and now he bets 500. Can you be any more obvious that you flopped a set buddy? I make it 1,500 and he quickly makes it 2,000 more. Now here I had a couple different ways to play it - I could go all-in, knowing he'll call an all-in and 80% of my chips will be at risk as a 4:1 favorite or I could just flat call and see if he boats up before committing all those chips. The only problem with the latter is if the board gets scary I might not get his whole stack if he just check/calls or check/folds. I decide to move it and he calls after a long think and turns over the 8,8. The river pairs the board and leaves me out of breath....just kidding, the river bricked and I took down the 22k pot, now up to 27k. A few rounds later I call a raise with QJo and the flop came Ad, Td, 7. The raiser made it 500 and I decided to call, either to take it away on the turn if he doesn't have the ace, hit the gutshot if he does have the ace, or bluff the diamonds if he has the ace. Turn came an offsuit 9, giving me the open ender and now he bets 1,200, leaving himself with 5,500. Easy call to make, because now I'm sure he has the ace, and if an 8, K or diamond come, the pot is mine. River is the 6d and he fires out 1,500. I grab my big stack of yellows (1k chips) to put him all-in, but then think for a second and decide to throw out 4k, for a raise of only 2.5k, which would leave him with 1,500 if he called and he was wrong. He gave out a big sigh and thought for a while, but ultimately couldn't stand the heat and folded A,T face up for top two pair. Then a pot came up where I raised to 700 with AcQc and got two callers from the button and the BB. Flop came Jc, 7c, 6 and the first guy checked. I bet 700 and the button called. BB check-raises to 2,100 and I think for a bit and decide he has a big hand, maybe two pair or a set and don't want to play a monster pot until I'm there, so I flat call. Plus, flat calling here might get the button in there with clubs of his own or a straight draw that might pay me off if his straight and my flush get there. He ends up calling the 2,100 as well. The turn came an offsuit queen and the raiser bets a mere 1,300. Call, right? Well, not exactly... I mean, what does this guy have?! He doesn't want to protect against the flush draw? He had two callers behind him and now he's underbetting the pot? There is over 9k in the pot and both of them have less than 7k in front of them. I'm all-in. Button folds and the BB thinks forever and decides to fold, disgusted with himself. Now I'm up to 46k. A tight player in early position makes it 700 and I look down at K,K right behind him. I decide to flat call, not wanting to play an all-in pot preflop, also trying to induce a squeeze play by some of the internet players at the table. Button calls and the flop came A,7,6. He throws out only 600 and I call and the button folds. Turn is an 8 and he checks, I check. River is a 5, he checks, I check. He shows A,A and I show off my K,K, only losing 1,300 when most players wouuld have played an all-in pot preflop and lost over 8k.
I raise with KJs in early position to 700, one caller. The BB moves all-in for 1,000 more and I call, as does the caller. Flop came Kd, Jd, 7 and I bet 2k, he calls. Turn is a 7 and I go all-in and he instantly calls with A,K and the other dude shows A,Q. I take down the pot for an 8k profit and now I'm up to 54k and CRUISING. Average was probably under 15k at this point. Then a pot came up where a late position raiser looks at his cards for a split second and immediately makes it 600. I don't even bother to look at my cards, knowing I'm going to raise no matter what cards I have. I make it 2k and the BB immediately calls and the raiser folded quickly. Here is where I made a crucial mistake - I should have just given up, knowing that the BB isn't going to call a raise and a re-raise without a huge hand, but I just got so frustrated that I read the situation correctly and had a guy wake up with a hand behind me. I look at my cards and see a K3o and the flop came K,T,9. I should have either check/folded or bet out and given it up if I got called or raised, but instead I check/pulled on him and he instantly called with A,K. The turn came an A and I was drawing dead. I lost 12k this hand and now my table image was shot, right before the rounds were going to 100/200 with 25 in antes (where stealing becomes a must). The table then proceded to 'high five' the guy who won, as they were so happy that someone had finally won a pot off me and the bullying would now slow down. Though it was pretty poor ettiquite on their part, it somehow made me feel like a true world class player when the table is releived to see my chips diminish. This was a huge turning point in momentum, which is the weakest part of my game, as discussed in the previous Pot Limit post, but I had to continue and put this pot past me as best as I could. A round later I raise in middle position with KQs and get called by the cutoff. Flop came J,T,7 and I bet 1,000 and he makes it 3,000. Now, because of the K,3 incident, my bluff equity is shot and I can't re-raise and take down the pot. So I just flat call. The turn came a rag and I check and he bets 3k again and I call. River was another rag and it went check/check. He shows A,J and takes it down. So many damn outs and I know it would have been mine if I hadn't had to show that K,3 earlier. Now I have to really tighten it up until the table breaks. I fold most hands, then get moved to the softest table imaginable. I win a few pots without any showdowns and then get moved shortly after to a new table that has a few good, but unknown players at it. I steal a ton of pots the first few rounds and I'm working my stack back to around 42k. There was a pot where I called a raise in the SB with Q9s and the BB called. I flopped a flush and the raiser bet 2k and I check-raised to 5k and he called. I shoved all-in on the brick turn and he folded K,K no club face up, as if it were a tough laydown for his whole tournament life. At this table it was mostly preflop and flop poker, very few showdowns or bluffs, just continuation bets and check/raises. A pot came up where I raised in middle position and got called by the button and the BB immediately moved all-in for 10k. I was pretty confident he didn't have a huge hand, but had to fold, as I thought the initial caller still to act had a huge hand and was trapping me. I had 9,9 and reluctantly mucked and then he proudly shows off the T3o after the button folds. I ended the day with 38k and now I'm at a table that I think will suit me well. I have Phil Ivey across the table from me, but he has only 16k in chips at the moment. I'm still agonizing about that K,3 blunder, but I have a good support group here that is helping me pull through it. What I'm trying my best to do right now is pretend that I'm starting a new tournament on Tuesday, in which the starting chips are 25k (the average going into day 2 so far) and I'm sitting on 38k. I'll post day 2 later in the week.
posted by Kwicky at 4:21 PM
1 Comments:
You were in a position to check if he checked or rr if he raised? Man you're way above me. I should just quit while im ahead. :(. I'm actually going backwards lol. I'm playing 200nl but finally am getting my game back into gear. I still have never faced an incident where I should check if he checks or rr if he raised. I play 4 tables though and get get enough info on everyone.
Anyway, you're playing excellent. Don't fret over your K3 hand though. I've done that same shit making a good play at first and then fucking it up afterward. What you should do though is embrace what happened, as you now have a manical/loose but good image. Continuation bets (small pots) and big pots are going to pay you off huge here. You don't need to bluff now if they are going to call you down no matter what :). You're on a completely different level. Spot me when you win this thing.
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