Well its been a while since I have played live poker so therefore, its been a while since I have posted a hand or anything on this blog. However, over the next month I will be in the full swing of things so I will be posting much more often. I played in the event #2 of the binions poker classic. We started with 5000 in chips and the blinds at 25-50. There was significantly less play in this tournament but this is not necessarily a bad thing for me as I am probably 5x better at push/fold poker than most players. Todays tournament had 188 people. 20 places paid out and first prize was just shy of 10000.
I went in playing super laggy as I had been in previous tournaments. I raised a ton of pots the first few levels and didn’t write down most pots. I dropped to about 4500 or so dinking around by the end of the first level.
We went to level 2 (50-100). I won a small pot when I called a raise to 250 with position with 88. The small blind called as well. The flop came J77 and the raiser c-bet 325 and I called and the blind folded. The turn came a K and he checked and I bet out 550 and he folded. I then lost a pretty big pot. I raised from the hijack with 55 to 250 and the guy in the cutoff minraised to 500. I called and the flop came J93. I checked and he checked behind. The turn came a Q and I bet out 625 and he thought a really long time before he called. The river came a 3 and I checked and he bet 800. I thought for a while and looked at him and I think that I am almost 100% positive that he has AK here. He looked so nervous and scared of being called. I ended up calling and he says “nice call” and taps the table and shows. . .10-10. I thought he was bluffing because he thought he was bluffing but he really had the best hand. WTF here. Oh well I guess I didn’t play the hand well. Anyways, I dropped to 2200 or so before I was able to get lucky on a double. The guy UTG limped and I raised to 250 in MP with 53hh. He was the only caller. The flop came J92 with 2 hearts. He checked and I bet out 325 and he raised it to 1125. This is such a bad spot because if I fold I only leave myself with 1600 and I only have the flush outs if I end up going with this hand. I eventually decided to just gamble and throw it all in here. He called with AJ and I hit my heart on the turn and doubled to 5000 or so.
The blinds went to level 3 (100-200). I raised with 73o and got one caller. I c-bet an A high flop and got raised and folded. I raised with A3o and got only one caller and the flop came Q high and he lead out and I folded. A guy in MP limped and I raised to 475 with A8o. Another guy flatted behind me and the raiser called. The flop came K83 and The limper checked, I c-bet 550, the caller behind called, and the limper folded. The turn came a J and I checked and folded to his bet of 1000. I was back down to 3000 or so after this series of hands. I raised from the cutoff to 475 with ATo and the guy in the BB pushed all in for about 2500 total. I decided to call and he showed AJss and I was able to hit my 10 on the flop and win that significant pot (getting lucky 2 times in one tournament. . .sick). Shortly after this, we went on the first break and I had 5450. . .a little more than a starting stack.
We came back and played level 4 (150-300 25). I raised a limper to 700 with 94o and he was the only caller. My c-bet on AT8 was good and I won the pot. I raised and stole a few of pots with little resistance after this and was able to chip up to 7500 or so. I raised with K3o in MP and both blinds called. The flop came 876 and they both checked and I figured this was a great spot for a c-bet so I bet out 825 but one of the callers raised me to 3000 and I folded. I was finally dealt my first real hand when I found QQ UTG. I thought for sure Id get action for as much as id been raising but everyone folded. Bummer. I decided to fold for a while and wait for a hand, figuring my image was loose enough for now.
The blinds went up to level 5 (200-400 50) and I was around 6500. First hand of the level, I found a beautiful QQ in EP again and made it 950. It folded to the BB and he was the only caller. The flop came a fun looking AK2 and he checked and I checked behind. The turn came an 8 and he lead out and I folded. I dropped to 5000 or and the bust out hand came. I had been playing tightly (or tighter at least) so I figured I needed to try to steal some blinds at least. I was in MP and everyone had folded and I raised it to 950 with Q7o. The BB was the only caller and we saw a flop of 532. He checked and I c-bet out 1100 and he called. I didn’t really have a good range on his hand but figured he could have a weak A that hit that flop or a smaller over pair like 66-99 and was seeing if an A or K was coming on the turn. The turn came a Q, giving me high pair on board. He checked again and I bet 1500 (leaving myself with only 1900 behind). He instaput me all in and I know im probably beat badly here but because the Q is such a sneaky card for me to have here, he could be doing it with a hand that has a pair that is beat so I have to call. I did call and he showed me 33 for a set and I was drawing dead. Oh well that was a weird way to go out but I think I didn’t really misplay the hand that poorly. Maybe I should just shove pre there or something but whatever. There are plenty of tournaments left so hopefully I am able to do better next time.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
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