Todays event had 258 runners, paying $14.5k to first with 27 spots paying. Todays starting table was considerably tougher than the last with several aggro younger kids at the table but I really did think I could play better than them (but this proved to be untrue when I put in all the chips drawing dead vs one of them).
Level 1: 50-100. I opened 74dd to 250 from EP and the SB called. I c-bet 275 on A33 and he check/called. The turn came a 3rd 3 and it went check-check and the river came a 5, he bet 650, and I folded. I made it 250 with Ax8c in Ep and got called by the BB. The flop came 996 2 clubs and we both checked. The turn came the 7c, giving me an openended straight flush draw and I called when he bet out 400. The river came a 10 filling my straight and I called his 1000 bet. He showed T8 for the turned straight and we split the pot. I made it 250 UTG with 63ss and the BB called and folded to my 325 c-bet on JJT. I made it 250 behind a weak old mans limp in the hijack with K9o. The BB (who was also a weak old man) called and so did the limper. The flop came T84 and I bet out 375 when it checked to me but they both called. The turn came a 9 and we checked around and the river came a 3. The BB bet out 700, the limpcaller called, and I decided to fold my 2nd pair. They showed A8 and 55 and I would have won if I would have called. Bummer. Next hand I found QQ in MP behind 2 limps and made it 500. The button and one of the limpers called but they both folded to my 800 bet on JT2. I made it 250 in MP with 98o and the guy behind me 3-bet to 600. I called and we saw a T84 flop. I checked, he bet 875, I made it 2100, and he folded. I thought a flop raise was good here so I could see where I was at in the hand overall, also alot of times when he has overpairs he just calls the reraise giving me a free river later in the hand. I opened to 250 with KQhh UTG+1 and a guy in LP called. The flop came K98 and I checked, he bet 375 and I called. We checked to the river on 49, I bet 525, and he called and mucked. I was at 15,425 and we went up to 75-150
Level 2: 75-150. A loose aggro kid to my right made it 375 UTG and I made it 1025 UTG+2 with A7hh and everyone folded. I made it 350 UTG+1 with QThh and got called by a player in LP and the aggro kid in the BB. We checked to the turn on A739 and I decided to bet 525. The LP player called and the aggro kid raised to 1725 and I folded. I was then able to win a big pot (that I potentially played wrong). There was an EP limp and I made it 400 when I found JJ in the cutoff. The button, SB, and limper called and we saw an AJ6 flop, giving me middle set. It checked to me, I bet out 725, the button called, and the other player folded. The turn came a K and I bet out 2100, the button raised to 5000, and I made it about 13000 (just putting my big stack out) and he decided to fold (he had about 15k to start the hand). I might have made a mistake on the turn here. I could have just called to try to get more value on the river, but a better option would have been to make it 8000-9000 to give him the rope to hang himself with his 15000 behind. There is a possibility that 1)he is more likely to call when I make it this amount and 2)he gets irritated with the raise here and just jams. However, as it is I am glad I won the pot (maybe he has AQ and makes a straight on the river). I was up to 22k or so after this hand. The aggro kid in the cutoff made it 350 and I made it 1025 in the SB with K9dd and he folded. I limped UTG with 22 and called a LP 400 raise with the BB. I folded to a bet on a JT3 flop however. A player in MP made it 400, a player in LP called to me on the button and I called with QJcc (SB also calls). The flop came Q93 2 spades, the original raiser bet 800, the LP caller called, I decided to just call on the button, and the SB folded. The turn came a T giving me an open ended straight draw with my top pair. The raiser bet out 1600, the LP caller made it 4500, and I decided to fold after tanking for a while (they got it all in here with AA for raiser and J8ss for LP). I went to 19,775 and we went ot 100-200.
Level 3: 100-200. The aggro kid in the cutoff made it 500 and I made it 1350 in the SB with KJo and he folded. An EP raiser made it 400 and I called in the cutoff with 87hh but folded when the button made it 1500. I made it 475 UTG with 76ss, a player in MP called, and a player in LP went all in for 2875 so I folded. An EP raiser made it 425 and I made it 1125 from the button with T9o. The flop came 873 and he folded to my 1200 c-bet. After this we went on the 1st break with me having 21,150 in chips.
Level 4: 150-300. This was an uneventful level until the last hand where I made a large mistake. I opened 75hh UTG to 650 and both of hte blinds called. I folded to a bet of 1100 on the turn on a board of QT23. I made it 650 in the hijack with KTo and got called by the cutoff, SB, and BB. The flop came A63 and I folded when one of the blinds bet out 1500. I opened 84hh UTG+1, got called by a MP player, but folded when the button made it 2100. The disaster hand then hit. The aggro kid made it 750 in MP and I made it 1800 in the cutoff with KQo. He called and the flop came KJT, giving me top pair with an open ended straight draw. He checked, I bet 2100, he made it 5600, and I moved him all in for his 14.9k and he called with the nuts (AQ) and I was drawing dead to a chop. The board blanked out and I lost most of my chips because I suck. No, I dont know what sucks is that 90% of the time I just check behind here for pot control but the dynamic of me always 3-betting him made me want to try to get value from his weaker potential calling hands. I let the pot get out of hand with my bet and my bet size (size should be ~1500 if I bet). Also, I should know that he is never c/raising the flop here without a monster. He was aggressive, etc but he never really played back at me (or anyone for that matter) so I should realize he has to have a big hand here. I really was trying to rep a monster here, thinking that he might fold JT/KJ but even if I do get called I normally have outs. However, I should really think that if he has one of those hands its doubtful he will be raising the flop for pot control himself. It was a bad play, the writing was on the wall but I just didnt see it. Next time Ill just have to wake up and think about it before I actually do it. Anyways, I was down to my last 1450 and the blinds went up to 200-400 25.
Level 5: 200-400 25. Shortly after the last hand, I moved all in with 66 for 1425 from MP and the button called. He showed KQ and I somehow hit a miracle on AJT6A. . .waste of a flip IMO. I was up to 3800 after this. I folded for another orbit and found a spot to push into some tight blinds. It folded to me in MP and I jammed about 3000 with K5ss. The BB tanked and called showing AT and the board ran out AJ659, giving me a shorter day than I would like.
I made a blowup play early in the day which sucks because, again, I was able to get my hands on some chips early but not do anything useful with them. Hopefully next time I will be able to play better.
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