After the disaster at the Venetian, I had enough time to recoup and me and Sean decided that we were going to play in the nightly Binions tournament at 6 PM. I had played in this tournament before and it has a good structure and terrible terrible players so with a little luck, I would be able to get far. Also, since Sean was playing, we swapped 20% of each other so that would be good for business. This was a weird structure with the first 3 levels being 20 minutes but every level after that was 30 minute levels.
For the first hour, I raised so many hands it was ridiculous. Of the first 20 hands, I was in the blinds for 4, and I raised 14 of the other 16. The funny thing is, I hardly got anyone to play back at me. I raised UTG with Q4ss and got the 2 blinds to call. The flop came QQ6 and it checked to me and I bet out 150 and the BB called. The turn came another Q and the BB bet out 300 and I raised to 1000 and he folded. I then raised in MP to 125 with 5h9x and the button minraised me to 250. He got called in one spot and I called as well. The flop came 678 all hearts and the first caller bet out 150, I raised to 525, the button called and so did the first caller. The turn came an offsuit K and the caller checked, I bet out 800, the button called, and so did the first caller. The river came the Kh and everyone checked and no one was calling with a heart! LOL. These guys play so bad. The button had AA and the first caller had 78 so I guess they had legit hands but honestly, my table was so bad. I picked up KQss and raised and got 2 callers and the flop came Q32. It checked to me and I bet and got called in one spot. The turn came another 2 and he checked and I bet again and he called. The river came a 5 and he check/folded to my bet.
Another interesting hand, I raised with JTo and got called in 4 spots. The flop came J87 and it checked to me and I bet out 225. The guy behind me raised it to 500 and everyone else folded and I called. The turn came another J and I checked and he bet out 1000 and I decided that I was probably beat here (no one had raised any of my bets all night) so I folded. Another hand I raised with JTss and the flop came Jx8s5x. I checked and one guy bet out 300 and another guy called and I called too. The turn came 9s giving me a str flush draw and I checked, the guy bet 500, the other guy called, and I called. The river came another 9 and I checked, the bettor checked, and the caller bet out 800. I folded and the bettor called and the caller had A high and the bettor had J4 (and I folded the best hand LOL). Anyways I steamrolled through the table for levels 1 (25-50), 2 (50-100), and 3 (100-200) and we went to the first break and I had 14800.
We came back and played 100-200 25 (level 4). I tightened up a little but still stole the blinds up a couple times. Finally, I found myself involved in a big pot. I raised to 525 in EP with 84o, the button called, and so did the BB. The flop came 9c6x4c the BB checked, I c-bet 625, the button folded and the BB called. The turn came an offsuit 8, giving me 2 pair. The BB checked, I bet 1625 and the BB INSTANTLY went all in. I thought for a long time and eventually asked for a count. He had about 4600 more. I was getting pretty decent odds but I was thinking I was worried about a set. I thought that he might also have a fl draw or even a bare 9. The more I thought, the more I thought a set was unlikely because he would have raised me on the flop with a Fl draw on board. I was still a little worried but after looking at him for a couple of minutes, I realized that he wasn’t that strong and I finally decided to call. He flipped over T8cc for a pair, str draw, and fl draw and I needed to avoid a large amount of outs on the river. Unfortunately, the river came a T and I was knocked down to 6700.
Things got much worse extremely fast. Next hand I picked up A9o UTG +1 and I raised it to 550. The button called and so did the BB. The flop came J84 and the BB checked, I c-bet out 725, the button folded, and the BB called. The turn came a K and he checked and I checked behind. The river came a 9 and he checked. I thought that I had the best hand and I thought about a value bet but I just decided to check and the BB showed KT for a WTF flop call and I was down to 5600 (god this hand is so much sicker than the big pot even. . .calling on the flop with K high no draws).
After this hand, the blinds went up to level 5 (200-400 25) and next hand, I found AKo UTG and raised it to 975. I got called in 2 spots and I check/folded a terrible looking T98 flop and I was down to 4600 or so (sick set of 3 hands in a row). I decided to tighten a LOT and just wait for a spot to put my chips in. A couple orbits later, I found a spot. It folded to me in the cutoff and I went all in for 4000 with 73o. It folded to the BB and he called for less (he only had about 3500) with KTcc. To be truthful, I didn’t realize that the BB had so few chips or else I wouldn’t have made this play, but I got in with live cards and the board ran out A2574 and I crushed his KT and was back up to 7600.
After this, my table broke and we went to level 6 (300-600 50). I ended up sitting right next to Sean at the next table and didn’t really do much in level 6. I pushed a couple times to maintain but by the end of the level, I was down to 5500 at the 2nd break. We came back and I was incredibly short stacked at 400-800 100. First hand from break, I was UTG and found K4 and folded because there was a guy with 1500 chips and I didn’t want to get involved. 2nd hand after break, I was in the BB and there was a raise and 3 callers so I folded. 3rd hand after break, I was in the SB and had 4500 after the blind and ante. There were 3 limpers + the BB so there was already 4400 in the pot by the time it got to me (800x4=3200+800(antes)=4000+400(SB)=4400) so it doesn’t really matter what I have because if I push and get called, I am getting 2 to 1 on my money and since I know that no one has an overpair, I will not be a 2 to 1 dog no matter what. I found J3dd and pushed. The first limper called (which I thought he would, I hoped he had a hand like AT and his call would drive out pairs like 44 and 55 behind him) but he showed 88 instead and I didn’t win the race vs his hand and I was eliminated.
Sean had a little better luck in the tournament, finishing 2nd out of 29 players (he was a big chip leader HU but lost 2 massive pots A9 vs Q2 and A2 vs KQ AIPF to lose the tournament) and won $720. I got 20% of his winnings so I got $120 back and technically only lost $5 with the tournament
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