Tourney: Venetian April 20th $340 2009 Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza II Event #21 recap

Todays deepstack was a severe disappointment. I just couldn’t get anything going right. In level 1, I raised a lot of pots but never really played anything big. I picked up KK and reraised a raiser of 150 to 525 and he folded. I also picked up JJ and raised and won the pot with a c-bet on the flop. Other than that, I didn’t really have any hands or any big pots.

I was up to 12200 when we went to level 2 (50-100). I raised to 250 in MP with 99 and the button was the only caller. The flop came AQ5 and I c-bet out 325 and he called. The turn came a 9 and I bet out 700 and he folded. However, after this, things really started to go wrong. I raised in EP with A4dd and got 2 callers and the flop came 654. I 2-bet out 300 and got called in both spots and check folded after that (one guy had 78). I called a raise to 300 with 33 from the button but folded when I missed my set. I raised with QThh in MP and got called by a but in the BB. The flop came A62 and he checked and I c-bet and he raised and I folded. I was down to 10400 after this hand. I raised in the hijack to 250 with 99 and the cutoff reraised to 700. I called and the flop came 653. I checked and he bet 1000 and I decided to call just to see what he did on the turn. The turn came a Q and I checked, he bet 3000, and that was good enough for me to fold so I did and he showed AA.

I was down to 8600 after this hand and we went to level 3 (100-200). I raised with K5cc in MP to 475 and the SB was the only caller. The flop came AJ7 and he checked and I bet out 550 and he called. The turn came a 3 and he lead out and I folded and I was down to 7600. I raised in the cutoff with AJo to 475 and the cutoff was the only caller was the BB. The flop came TT5 and he checked and it really looked like he hit the flop so I checked behind. The turn came a 6 and he bet out and I folded. I really really really tightened up after this and I didn’t find anything for a while and it was the 1st break and I was down to 6350 in a really uneventful manner (I don’t even know how I got that low).

We came back to level 4 (100-200 25) and 1st hand, I found QJ from the hijack and made it 525. The button was the only caller and the flop came Q98 1 club. I bet out 650 and he called. The turn came 7c and I checked, he bet out 1200 and I came this close to going all in but I just called. The river came 9c and I checked, he bet 2000 and I called and he showed ATcc for runner runner flush and I was down to 2000 in chips or so. I folded for a couple of hands and was in the BB for 200. There were 4 limpers and I found 84dd (I should have just pushed it here but I checked). The flop came Q64 and it checked around. The turn came a 7 and I went all in for like 1600 and one guy called with 65 and I didn’t hit my river and was out. I wish I would have played this hand differently (pushed pre or on the flop) but alas, I was eliminated in an uneventful fashion. Oh well hopefully tomorrow I turn my luck around.