I had a pretty fun day too, but didn't have the cards to win too many huge pots. Only had one pair above 66 the entire day, AK a few times, so I had to do a tonne of bluffing / thin value to get my chips (okay, not that I mind that too much heh)
First table was full of young/hoodie type players which obviously isn't great.. I'd been getting into a couple mini-wars with one of them until this hand came up @ 100/200. Was like three limpers to him OTB, he raises to 800. He'd been iso'ing in position a heap, had shown down some 10-3os type hands in these spots, so range is wide open. I have JQhh in the sb and flat it, hoping for a big multi-way pot. Surprisingly, everyone else folds. We have about 20k each behind
Flop: Ah Qd 7h
Decent flop :> I check, he leads 1900 into 2600ish
I tank a while, then raise to 5900. He thinks for maybe 5-10 secs then calls.
Turn: 7d. I went into the turn thinking pretty much no matter what comes, I have obvious double-barrel spot, but this turn scared me for some reason :> Not cause I think he has a 7, but I'm now drawing dead against sets, and I'm going to be in a pretty FML spot if I get raised.. I dunno, something weirded me out so I decided to slow down. I check, without skipping a beat he snap leads like 3100, tiny bet. I was convinced he had me beat, but wasn't quite sure how. I can't raise cause it looks too fishy, call seems standard but I was concerned about how easy it was going to be to bluff me on most rivers, and could be dead alraedy... so just sigh-folded. I showed the hand (because people always show bluffs in these spots, I'd rather know) - he shows QJos aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh. So owned :>
That was the only mis-step really, pulled off heaps of sweet bluffs from then on
First one against same guy, he raises to 800 to iso one limper, I call with A6dd in bb, 3 way flop.
Flop Kh 9h 2s. I check/call 1500. HU to the turn
Turn: 5s. I check, he bets 2000, I c/r to 5800, he looks pained for a while then mucks it heh
I've started doing that a lot more, check/raising on unconnected turns, it works really well. No one-pair hand is going to feel great about calling that raise, and one-pair is obv like 90% of his range here.
Little while later, I limp UTG with 64hh (my only open limp the entire day heh). This chick in UTG+2 snap raises to 1200 with like 18k behind. Three people call, I snap shove 22k when it comes back around to me. None of the three callers looked particularly excited, so was only really worried about the chick. Played with her a few times in tourneys before, she's extremely ego-driven so I'm not expecting her to lay down JJ+ or anything ever but she iso's me wider than that.
Anyway she throws her arms up immediately and begins a long tank. Counts down my stack several times, looks at hers forlornly, finally mucks it, everyone else folds. w00p. I show the 4h and she *slams* the table, mutters under her breath a whole lot. Eventually implies in convo to others at the table that she had a mid-pair and "anyone else at the table and I insta-muck" hahaha good news
Little while later on at 300/600, 2 limpers ahead of me, I have 67o in MP-LP and come along. Good, high-level thinking reg flats behind me. Flop K 9 7hh. Checks to me, I lead 1200 into 2600ish, reg raises to 2650 with like 20k behind, I cover by heaps. Other limpers fold, I think and 3b to 6k, he flats reasonably quickly. He has about 17k left at this point...
Turn: 2c
I basically 3b flop intending to give up if he calls, couldn't quite work out where I was... so check. I was expecting him to just ship it here most of the time, and occasionally check back. But he bets 7350 with 10k back. It just instantly struck me as weird. Didn't seem like he'd bet his kings like that.. possibly sets he would, but he'd surely just 4b ship the flop with those.. So I ship it in. He tanks for a good 2-3 mins and kicks it in hah. More of a merge than an out-right bluff I guess, but no idea what he had.
Few hands later, this old dude who's been battling me a bit m/r to 1200, I call in bb with Q7dd. Flop J J 8 rainbow (no diamonds). I check, he leads full pot 2500 with like 14k behind, I flat. Turn 8 - I do a quick reasonable job of acting like that card meant something and check, he checks behind. Before the river gets dealt, I announce all in dramatically :> River's a 7, he counts his chips several times looking pissed, hands on the head exhaling routine, then folds 10-10 eventually
So yeah that's the kind of shit I had to do all day to try and get chips, but was picking my spots really well.
So now we're at 500/1000/100, I have about 64k, and holy crap an actual good pair! I have KK UTG, first real pair of the tourney, raise to 2.4k.. Folds around to pub-poker pro type guy wearing like some poker-related jacket looking like a tool, he 3b to 6.5k, with 40k more behind.
I could tell he wants a piece of me but thought UTG raise/4bet would look too strong here (I'd been reasonably passive pre-flop all day, had 4b maybe in one pot the whole day before that) - so decided to flat.
Flop: 9 4 2 hh.
I thought for a little bit and decided to try something different and just ship it in. I didn't think he was 3b me *too* light, so he has a heap of pairs in his range, thought there's a decent chance he'd just call it off with most of them and put me on AK or the fl draw. I'm losing value from all his overcards obv, but could work... He tanks for quite a while, then finally sticks them in and flips A9o. Turn: 9, fml :> Guess I was losing it all anyway, I wasn't gunna be afraid of a 9 on turns if I bet normally...
So down to 18k (18 blinds) now, few hands later folds to sb who raises, I have AJss in bb and ship it in, he has AK and game over :s
Frustrating end but yeah really good tourney/structure. Sooooo much easier to own people with deep-stacks and no rebuys. Lookin' forward to next one
glgl today Insanity!
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