Tourney: Venetian April 13th $340 2009 Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza II Event #13 recap

Another day, another deepstack. Todays deepstack was not as big of a draw (possibly because it was on a Monday) but only 226 players showed up. First prize was still around 20k so it would be a nice scoop. I sat down and it took me about 15 minutes for me to realize that my table was full of donks. The players at my table were just so bad. However, I still wanted to give myself an aggressive image so I came out firing early.

I raised one limper on the button to 125 with 84o and one of the blinds and the limper called. The flop came AJ2 and it checked to me and I c-bet 250 and the binds called. The turn came a 4 and he checked and I checked behind and the river came another 4. He bet out 600 and I raised to 3000 and he folded. I was up to 13.5k or so after this hand. I limped with 66 behind a bunch of other limpers and the flop came T96 with 2 diamonds. One of the limpers bet out 250 and I raised to 800 and a guy behind called and so did the original raiser. The turn came the 8d putting the flush and a 4 card straight on the board and it checked around. The river came an offsuit Q and the raiser checked, I checked, and the cold caller bet out 1100. The first guy folded and I made a pretty bad call and he showed a straight flush (thankfully, the board didn’t pair or give me quads on the river) and I was back down to 11.5k.

The blinds went to level 2 (50-100). I raised 2 limpers in LP with Q7cc and got 3 callers. The flop came AQJ and it checked to me and I bet out 325 and got one caller. The turn came a 5 and he checked and I bet out 600. The river came a 2 and he checked and I checked behind and he showed J8 and I was up to 12.8k. Around this time, I realized that my table really would not fold so I would have to tighten up and just get hands and get paid off. I found AJss in the BB and the flop came A97 and I bet out and everyone folded. I then found QQ in the SB with 5 limpers and raised it to 600 and everyone folded. I found AQo in LP and raised 3 limpers to 450 and the guy on the button reraised to 1700 and I folded. I raised to 250 in EP with AQo and got 6 callers and check/folded the flop when I missed.

I was down to 11.5k or so when we went to level 3 (100-200). After this, I thought people would tighten up a little so I tried to open 1-2 pots an orbit just to get some chips going (right or wrong way. . .hopefully I would be able to build a stack). Unluckily for me, things just didn’t go my way and my stack started to dwindle. I raised in EP to 475 with 69o and got called in 1 spot. The flop came TT5 and I c-bet and got called and I check/folded a turn and was down to 11k. A little later, I made it 525 to go from the cutoff with 1 limper with J4o. The button, blinds, and limper called and the flop came JT6. It checked to me and I bet out 1025 and the button raised all in and I folded and he showed TT. I was down to 9k or so after this hand.

I then raised in MP to 475 with A9o and got called by one guy in LP and the BB. The flop came 877 and it checked to me and I c-bet 725 and the LP guy folded and the BB raised to 2100. I folded and he showed 87. I then raised UTG +1 with 65ss and got 4 callers. The flop came 722 and it checked around. The turn came another 2 and I bet out 1050 and one of the limpers raised to 2100 and I folded and he showed 88. I was down to 6k or so after this and was stuck in the wrong direction. It folded to me on the button and I found TT and made it 525 and the BB called. The flop came KJ3 and he checked and I bet out 750 and he called. The turn came an A and he checked and I checked. The river came an 8 and he bet out 500 and I called and he showed J9 and I was down to 3.5k.

I then raised to 475 in MP with QJo and the BB called. The flop came 763 with 2 clubs and he checked and I c-bet 700. He called and the turn came 2c. He checked and I 2 barreled 1200 and he called. The river came an offsuit Q and he checked and I went all in for 1450 and he instafolded and I was back to 5.5k or so. We took the first break and I had 5675 in chips and I was confident and with this terrible table I would be able to play tight and work it back up.

We came back to 100-100 25 and 1st hand after break, a guy raised it in MP to 600 and I found AA in the SB and reraised to 1650 and he called. The flop came K98 2 spades and I lead out for 2k and he folded and I was up to 7800 again. I folded for a while and lost a little from blinds and antes. I raised to 550 with 53o UTG +1 and the BB called. The flop came AAT and he checked and I c-bet 700 and he called. The turn came another T and he checked and I checked behind. The river came a 4 and he checked and I decided I had to bet a little because I couldn’t even beat 77 or 88 so I bet out 1200 and he called and showed K high and was down to 4.5k or so.

The blinds went to 200-400 25 and my good table broke but, fortunately, I got put at another good table but I was incredibly short stacked. I was looking for a good spot to push. Some lady limped in EP and I pushed J8o in MP and everyone folded and I was up to 6k or so. Next time I was in the SB, that lady limped from the cutoff and the button limped and I found A6o in the SB and pushed all in for 5400 or so and the lady time bank called and showed 44. The board ran out 8654Q and I flopped the best hand but she turned a set and I was eliminated halfway through the 200-400 25 level. Tomorrow is a new tournament and I hope to do better then.