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Visionary
Silver Level
Yesterday I played in the $300 ($290 after dealer add-on) CPC (Colorado Poker Championship) event at my local casino and min-cashed after 11 hours of play in 26 of 201; ITM was at 27. I also had to buy-in twice, which is not something I like to do, but felt it to be ok in this situation. Though probably not profitable, I can’t picture it being much worse than break even, and that’s pretty much what happened, so, in a field of good and very bad players, I’m ok with two buy-ins; but it is close.
First Buy in
I’m in seat 7 at table 6. I am surrounded by terrible players at this table, lots of limp calling, call downs with middle pair, chasing any and every possible draw, station-ish play regardless of position; basically just terrible players with only maybe 1 or 2 exceptions. This is good to a degree, but the problem I have here is that I need to be hitting or getting cards – because they’re not thinking about anything else – and that’s fine, I’m not trying to get my stack in here without the nuts anyway –it’s just that there won’t be much poker happening here.
I’m only going to describe two-hands for this buy-in, I played several other hands, (though, not many) but they were very standard hands and deserve no mention.
We started with $30K and blinds at $50/$100.
Hand #1 ($100/$200)
In the third level ($100/$200) I had about $36K and folded from MP. The woman to my left (very bad calling station) open raised and made a set on the flop with 88. The only problem was that her opponent flopped an up and down SF draw. All the chips went in and he caught a flush with no board pair to take over half of her chips. She was pissed and told him exactly how she felt – whatever, I don’t care, not that this case would have mattered, but she could have played her hand better too – I’ll spare you the details.
The next hand, from UTG +2 I found
and open raised to $600 (3x with >125BB). The woman to my left donk/tilt ships ~$17K, the action was folded to me and I snap called. No problem with that right?
We both flopped an ace, then she rivered a queen – ouch! Another 3-outer, that’s been happening frequently lately. Whatever, I just paid her, as she was saying “finally it works out for me”. “Please, keep playing!” is what I was thinking.
Hand #2 ($75/$300/$600)
So that sucked, but I still had chips with blinds being relatively low. I lasted another four levels and busted after the following hand in Level 8 ($75/$300/$600).
From UTG, there was an open raise from a NIT to $1500 and from UTG +2 I found (BTW – UTG +2 was not a polite position for me at this table). I had about $14K left at this point and was one of the lower stacks at the table. My opponents were so bad that I didn’t feel I wanted to 3-bet < all-in without knowing their ranges, as I’m going to get my chips in regardless, plus I believed a shove would compensate for their random and undefined ranges while simultaneously looking weak. I moved all-in.
It folded to the BB who flat called with about $30K back and the original UTG raiser folded. The BB shows as I’m just rolling my eyes. You’re calling me with 56…but…but, it was suited! This is awesome!
Pot: $29,800
Flop -
Turn -
River -
Well, that was fun and also not so awesome now!
So, I chewed on it for a couple of minutes and decided to re-enter as described above.
Second Buy-in
I landed in seat 6 at table 8. There were a few good players at this table; in fact, most of the players were pretty decent. The guy in the 10 seat was the exception and was one of the worst players I have seen. He was an older man, about 65-70 years old, and was just terrible, I mean terrible. Within the first few hands that I was sitting there for he busted by calling all his chips off with an under-pair to the entire 5-card board. He re-entered and drew the same chair.
I had just re-entered as well and had the $30K starting stack. We were still in Level 8 when I arrived but quickly changed to Level 9 ($100/$400/$800).
Hand #1 ($100/$400/$800)
I had about $26K when I was dealt from UTG and open raised to $1800 (2.25x with <40BB). The old man in seat 10 (which was MP) flat called and we went to the flop heads-up.
Pot - $5,800
Flop -
I made a pot sized c-bet of $5,500; he called after staring me down in disbelief.
Pot - $16,800
Turn-
I decided to check here in the interest of pot control. It’s likely that he only has a pair, and unless it’s clubs or some kind of 9, this is a pretty dry board for his range. I could have shipped it here I suppose, but I was pretty sure he had a weak made hand and I could extract more value than a shove would allow.
Pot - $16,800
River -
I didn’t mind that card, though J8 was in his range I thought I was good there and bet $8K hoping to get paid off. He flat called (I still thought I was good) and showed
Me - “What?” “Really?” “You know, if you raise the river, you get my whole stack!”
Him – “Naaw – it was too likely you had a straight”
Holy hell, I can’t believe I’m in a game with this guy. There are not many nines in my range here and 73 is certainly not either – basically, he’s not even thinking about my hand but wants me to think he is. In the end, I got wasted by another 2-outer and was left with about $13K.
The level went up to Level 10 ($100/$500/$1000) leaving me with exactly 13BB’s.
Hand #2 ($100/$500/$1000)
The action folded around to the CO in seat 3 (a tight but very active player) who min-raised to $2K with about $15K behind. The SB flat called, he had the exact same stack I had, $13K. In the BB, I’m left with a choice. My cards were
I was kind of in shove or fold mode – though lately I have been pushing the 12BB line, even dipping as low as 8BB’s before shoving. It’s tight, but I could call here, I am getting 7:1, (or 1/8) on my call; I chose to call the extra $1K and went to the flop.
Pot – $8,000
Flop -
My opponent in the SB open shoved his remaining $11K.
I kind of like this situation, though not for my stack, but I figure he’s got a weak made hand or club draw. If it’s clubs, I have one of his outs. I figure I have 8 straight outs and some live outs for pairs as well, as long as they’re not clubs; I just guesstimated and decided I had 8 outs, or 32%. The pot is now $19K, giving me $11K/$30K. Eeeek – it’s tight, especially for my stack, but I called all-in and the CO folded. The SB showed
Pot - $30K
Turn -
River -
So, this worked out, but is pretty thin. I got myself in this spot by flat calling pre-flop OOP. An 8 out straight draw is a good flop for my hand, if I’m not going to play that than I shouldn’t have called pre. After getting home and analyzing this with Equilab, and assigning my opponent weak made hands and club draws, I have about 43% equity; against A2s, I have 39% equity. I only needed about 36% on this pot, so this was probably break-even or slightly +EV; then again, tournament poker dictates taking some of these types of situations – any thoughts? I don’t think I can fold there.
So that brought me back up to about $28K.
Hand #3
I then had a hand where I had an A7 in SB, called a MP min-raise and 5 people went the flop. The flop, turn, and river were total bricks for my hand, and right in all of my opponent’s ranges; or so I thought. I just kept checking, checked 3 times and still won when my 7 played. I think we’ll label this one a donk hand, but whatever you call it, it was really nice and took my stack up to about $40K.
Hand #4 ($200/$600/$1200)
Then I ran into the old man in seat 10 again. This hand occurred in Level 11 $200/$600/$1200.
From the Hijack, I was dealt and open raised to 2800 (2.25x with <40BB, rounded up for ante). Everyone folded around to the old man in the BB who called; naturally.
Pot - $8,200
Flop -
Great flop for my hand, so I bet $8K after the BB checked it to me; naturally he called.
Pot - $24,200
Turn -
He checked it to me again. I could have checked behind for pot control, but his range is so wide, that I figured top/top could get some more value from this guy. I bet $12K, he called without hesitation.
Pot - $54,200
River –
Now, all of a sudden, my BB opponent bets $2K. I called just to see the 10, and he showed me to win.
This guy was amazing, and sooooo terrible – but he kept owning me; I guess I should read his book! I was left with about $16K. I can’t help but think of “Caro’s Law of Loose Wiring” with this guy; talk about spot on; well-done Mr. Caro.
Hand #5 ($200/$800/$1600)
I managed to get my stack back up to about $38K when I flat called a LP raise from the button with AJs and Shoved the Jack high flop to win the pot containing a rather large C-bet. However, the blinds were starting to be a major factor and before long I was back down to $26K in Level 12 ($200/$800/$1600).
Hand #6 ($200/$800/$1600)
The dinner break was after level 12 and I got involved in a questionable hand – let’s see what you think.
The last hand before break and I was in the BB with
There was a LP raise to $5K and a call from the SB.
The LP raise came from the same player in the AJ hand described above; he was doing well but was running even better and was being very aggressive; lots of very big bets and not checking very often…ever. While I was certain he had a hand, I thought any ace was ahead of his range and that I could get him to fold –he had over $150K and no need to take a risk.
The SB, on the other hand, I didn’t know what he had. He only had $1K more chips than I did, and flat called OOP. He could easily have me beat, but, again, I could also likely earn his fold.
Additionally, this is right on the dinner break and I had no intention of returning 30 minutes later to a 12BB stack; in a way, I was trying to commit poker-cide, but still thought I was ahead of their ranges with enough FE to pull off a profitable squeeze.
I moved all-in for $26K
The original raiser folded and the SB went into the tank for 90 seconds or so before finally calling. He showed
Pot - $59K
Flop –
I don’t remember what the turn and river cards were, but he was basically drawing dead and was forced to return after the dinner break to a $1K stack. Any thoughts on this one?
From here on I just grinded it out. Our table got broken and I was moved to seat 7 at another table. Then, very quickly, I was moved again to seat 10 with two local regulars in seats 1 and 2 (Reza and Sammy). My stack stayed around $35K to $40K and that started to become an issue.
Hand #7 ($500/$1500/$3000)
In Level 15 ($500/$1500/$3000) I open shoved AJo from the Cutoff with $33K and was called by Sammy’s AKo in the SB. I flopped a Jack (yes, a 3-outer) and doubled up to about $73K. I’m not proud of that hand, but what are you going to do, sometimes it goes your way.
Hand #8 ($500/$2K/$4K)
In Level 16 ($500/$2K/$4K) there was an EP limp for $3K from seat 8 (I was in seat 10). In MP I found and raised to $12K (4x with <60BB and a limper). Everyone folded around to the limper who flat called.
Pot - $35K
Flop -
My opponent checked it to me and I made a $15K C-Bet. He insta-called verbally, then threw the chips in. I immediately assigned him a drawing range – this is a pretty standard tell.
Pot - $65K
Turn -
He checked it to me and I elected to check it back. I think doing so gives him the opportunity to bluff and allows me to control the pot and evaluate the river.
Pot - $65K
River -
My opponent moved all-in (BTW - He had over $200K when I sat down). I pretty much insta-called, though I did take a few seconds to be sure (it was for my stack) and even said out loud “your line doesn’t make any sense” and moved my stack in.
He showed
Hell yeah – you can’t bluff me son! I’m just kidding, usually you can.
So that moved my stack up to $167K – which was nice!
Then, I was able to start playing poker and was holding my own and taking advantage of some situations; before the next break I had about $180K.
During the break, they broke my table and assigned me to a new seat. However, no one told me, until I returned from break only to find my table empty, and I was on time. So I quickly found my new seat, but missed at least 1 hand – that was B.S. and I was tempted to tell the floor exactly what I thought of that. They should have made an announcement and/or paused the clock until all applicable players found their new homes – or better yet, don’t break a table during a break! WTF?
I got seated in seat #8 on table 15. It was just a shove fest for over an hour and I was unable to find any spots, I was getting dealt nothing as well – that always helps. Before long my $180K was down to $120K, then $90K. Obviously I was going in the wrong direction. We were one off the bubble and they started hand-for-hand play; of course, all of the recreational players have to get up and look at the other tables each and every hand, “oh my God, oh my God, oh my God” they continually say as they’re just really excited. It’s really annoying and you can easily spot those who don’t cash very often. Since I don’t cash very often either, maybe I should try it.
Hand #9 ($1K/$4K/$8K)
ITM was at 27 and there were 28 players remaining. I was in the BB in Level 19 ($1K/$4K/$8K) and a player shoved a $45K stack into my BB. I told myself I would call with any ace before even looking at my cards. I saw the first and then the and snap-called as planned; he showed
What? Awww f*&^!
This Jackwagon player, just a few hands prior, open raised to $25K with only $70 in his stack, only to have chip monger (the player in between him and I with about $500K) raise enough to put him all-in. He folded and showed JJ face up. I couldn’t believe he folded that hand there. It’s likely he was facing two-overs, but it’s was also not likely. Chip monger was no slouch and knew exactly what he was doing – you’ve got to go with JJ there. But instead he folded, because of the bubble; I’m certain that’s the only reason. So then, that Jackwagon picks up a lucky hand and cripples me when I felt like I was ahead with an Ace, basically setting me up to min-cash when he’s the one that deserves to min-cash – so frustrating and so unfair.
Anyway, the floor comes over and tells the dealer to hold up dealing the flop as there was a prior all-in at another table. That all-in resulted in the bubble bursting; our all-in had nothing to do with the bubble.
I was left with about $35K, or 4BB, after not hitting my 3-outer and still couldn’t find a spot to get it in for quite a while. The first hand after the bubble, we had 4 all-ins at my table; the joys of low-limit poker tournaments. From MP it’s finally folded to me, and knowing I basically have to shove ATC, I moved all-in with the and was called by from the BB.
Flop -
Basically, one of the best flops I could hope for, but I didn’t get there and my night was over in 26th place for a whopping $550 – sigh!
Oh well, there’s always the next tournament. In the end, I was extremely displeased with how I played anyway. It just didn’t feel right for most of the day – and my short stack, for almost the entire 11 hours I played, really limited what I could do – I got damn lucky just to cash. I didn’t run a single bluff and I only 3-bet a couple of times, and each time it was an all-in 3-bet (except for one near the end). I guess the end result was better than losing, but not by much, and not because of anything special I did.
First Buy in
I’m in seat 7 at table 6. I am surrounded by terrible players at this table, lots of limp calling, call downs with middle pair, chasing any and every possible draw, station-ish play regardless of position; basically just terrible players with only maybe 1 or 2 exceptions. This is good to a degree, but the problem I have here is that I need to be hitting or getting cards – because they’re not thinking about anything else – and that’s fine, I’m not trying to get my stack in here without the nuts anyway –it’s just that there won’t be much poker happening here.
I’m only going to describe two-hands for this buy-in, I played several other hands, (though, not many) but they were very standard hands and deserve no mention.
We started with $30K and blinds at $50/$100.
Hand #1 ($100/$200)
In the third level ($100/$200) I had about $36K and folded from MP. The woman to my left (very bad calling station) open raised and made a set on the flop with 88. The only problem was that her opponent flopped an up and down SF draw. All the chips went in and he caught a flush with no board pair to take over half of her chips. She was pissed and told him exactly how she felt – whatever, I don’t care, not that this case would have mattered, but she could have played her hand better too – I’ll spare you the details.
The next hand, from UTG +2 I found
and open raised to $600 (3x with >125BB). The woman to my left donk/tilt ships ~$17K, the action was folded to me and I snap called. No problem with that right?We both flopped an ace, then she rivered a queen – ouch! Another 3-outer, that’s been happening frequently lately. Whatever, I just paid her, as she was saying “finally it works out for me”. “Please, keep playing!” is what I was thinking.
Hand #2 ($75/$300/$600)
So that sucked, but I still had chips with blinds being relatively low. I lasted another four levels and busted after the following hand in Level 8 ($75/$300/$600).
From UTG, there was an open raise from a NIT to $1500 and from UTG +2 I found
(BTW – UTG +2 was not a polite position for me at this table). I had about $14K left at this point and was one of the lower stacks at the table. My opponents were so bad that I didn’t feel I wanted to 3-bet < all-in without knowing their ranges, as I’m going to get my chips in regardless, plus I believed a shove would compensate for their random and undefined ranges while simultaneously looking weak. I moved all-in.It folded to the BB who flat called with about $30K back and the original UTG raiser folded. The BB shows
as I’m just rolling my eyes. You’re calling me with 56…but…but, it was suited! This is awesome!Pot: $29,800
Flop -
Turn -
River -
Well, that was fun and also not so awesome now!
So, I chewed on it for a couple of minutes and decided to re-enter as described above.
Second Buy-in
I landed in seat 6 at table 8. There were a few good players at this table; in fact, most of the players were pretty decent. The guy in the 10 seat was the exception and was one of the worst players I have seen. He was an older man, about 65-70 years old, and was just terrible, I mean terrible. Within the first few hands that I was sitting there for he busted by calling all his chips off with an under-pair to the entire 5-card board. He re-entered and drew the same chair.
I had just re-entered as well and had the $30K starting stack. We were still in Level 8 when I arrived but quickly changed to Level 9 ($100/$400/$800).
Hand #1 ($100/$400/$800)
I had about $26K when I was dealt
from UTG and open raised to $1800 (2.25x with <40BB). The old man in seat 10 (which was MP) flat called and we went to the flop heads-up.Pot - $5,800
Flop -
I made a pot sized c-bet of $5,500; he called after staring me down in disbelief.
Pot - $16,800
Turn-
I decided to check here in the interest of pot control. It’s likely that he only has a pair, and unless it’s clubs or some kind of 9, this is a pretty dry board for his range. I could have shipped it here I suppose, but I was pretty sure he had a weak made hand and I could extract more value than a shove would allow.
Pot - $16,800
River -
I didn’t mind that card, though J8 was in his range I thought I was good there and bet $8K hoping to get paid off. He flat called (I still thought I was good) and showed
Me - “What?” “Really?” “You know, if you raise the river, you get my whole stack!”
Him – “Naaw – it was too likely you had a straight”
Holy hell, I can’t believe I’m in a game with this guy. There are not many nines in my range here and 73 is certainly not either – basically, he’s not even thinking about my hand but wants me to think he is. In the end, I got wasted by another 2-outer and was left with about $13K.
The level went up to Level 10 ($100/$500/$1000) leaving me with exactly 13BB’s.
Hand #2 ($100/$500/$1000)
The action folded around to the CO in seat 3 (a tight but very active player) who min-raised to $2K with about $15K behind. The SB flat called, he had the exact same stack I had, $13K. In the BB, I’m left with a choice. My cards were
I was kind of in shove or fold mode – though lately I have been pushing the 12BB line, even dipping as low as 8BB’s before shoving. It’s tight, but I could call here, I am getting 7:1, (or 1/8) on my call; I chose to call the extra $1K and went to the flop.
Pot – $8,000
Flop -
My opponent in the SB open shoved his remaining $11K.
I kind of like this situation, though not for my stack, but I figure he’s got a weak made hand or club draw. If it’s clubs, I have one of his outs. I figure I have 8 straight outs and some live outs for pairs as well, as long as they’re not clubs; I just guesstimated and decided I had 8 outs, or 32%. The pot is now $19K, giving me $11K/$30K. Eeeek – it’s tight, especially for my stack, but I called all-in and the CO folded. The SB showed
Pot - $30K
Turn -
River -
So, this worked out, but is pretty thin. I got myself in this spot by flat calling pre-flop OOP. An 8 out straight draw is a good flop for my hand, if I’m not going to play that than I shouldn’t have called pre. After getting home and analyzing this with Equilab, and assigning my opponent weak made hands and club draws, I have about 43% equity; against A2s, I have 39% equity. I only needed about 36% on this pot, so this was probably break-even or slightly +EV; then again, tournament poker dictates taking some of these types of situations – any thoughts? I don’t think I can fold there.
So that brought me back up to about $28K.
Hand #3
I then had a hand where I had an A7 in SB, called a MP min-raise and 5 people went the flop. The flop, turn, and river were total bricks for my hand, and right in all of my opponent’s ranges; or so I thought. I just kept checking, checked 3 times and still won when my 7 played. I think we’ll label this one a donk hand, but whatever you call it, it was really nice and took my stack up to about $40K.
Hand #4 ($200/$600/$1200)
Then I ran into the old man in seat 10 again. This hand occurred in Level 11 $200/$600/$1200.
From the Hijack, I was dealt
and open raised to 2800 (2.25x with <40BB, rounded up for ante). Everyone folded around to the old man in the BB who called; naturally.Pot - $8,200
Flop -
Great flop for my hand, so I bet $8K after the BB checked it to me; naturally he called.
Pot - $24,200
Turn -
He checked it to me again. I could have checked behind for pot control, but his range is so wide, that I figured top/top could get some more value from this guy. I bet $12K, he called without hesitation.
Pot - $54,200
River –
Now, all of a sudden, my BB opponent bets $2K. I called just to see the 10, and he showed me
to win.This guy was amazing, and sooooo terrible – but he kept owning me; I guess I should read his book! I was left with about $16K. I can’t help but think of “Caro’s Law of Loose Wiring” with this guy; talk about spot on; well-done Mr. Caro.
Hand #5 ($200/$800/$1600)
I managed to get my stack back up to about $38K when I flat called a LP raise from the button with AJs and Shoved the Jack high flop to win the pot containing a rather large C-bet. However, the blinds were starting to be a major factor and before long I was back down to $26K in Level 12 ($200/$800/$1600).
Hand #6 ($200/$800/$1600)
The dinner break was after level 12 and I got involved in a questionable hand – let’s see what you think.
The last hand before break and I was in the BB with
There was a LP raise to $5K and a call from the SB.
The LP raise came from the same player in the AJ hand described above; he was doing well but was running even better and was being very aggressive; lots of very big bets and not checking very often…ever. While I was certain he had a hand, I thought any ace was ahead of his range and that I could get him to fold –he had over $150K and no need to take a risk.
The SB, on the other hand, I didn’t know what he had. He only had $1K more chips than I did, and flat called OOP. He could easily have me beat, but, again, I could also likely earn his fold.
Additionally, this is right on the dinner break and I had no intention of returning 30 minutes later to a 12BB stack; in a way, I was trying to commit poker-cide, but still thought I was ahead of their ranges with enough FE to pull off a profitable squeeze.
I moved all-in for $26K
The original raiser folded and the SB went into the tank for 90 seconds or so before finally calling. He showed
Pot - $59K
Flop –
I don’t remember what the turn and river cards were, but he was basically drawing dead and was forced to return after the dinner break to a $1K stack. Any thoughts on this one?
From here on I just grinded it out. Our table got broken and I was moved to seat 7 at another table. Then, very quickly, I was moved again to seat 10 with two local regulars in seats 1 and 2 (Reza and Sammy). My stack stayed around $35K to $40K and that started to become an issue.
Hand #7 ($500/$1500/$3000)
In Level 15 ($500/$1500/$3000) I open shoved AJo from the Cutoff with $33K and was called by Sammy’s AKo in the SB. I flopped a Jack (yes, a 3-outer) and doubled up to about $73K. I’m not proud of that hand, but what are you going to do, sometimes it goes your way.
Hand #8 ($500/$2K/$4K)
In Level 16 ($500/$2K/$4K) there was an EP limp for $3K from seat 8 (I was in seat 10). In MP I found
and raised to $12K (4x with <60BB and a limper). Everyone folded around to the limper who flat called.Pot - $35K
Flop -
My opponent checked it to me and I made a $15K C-Bet. He insta-called verbally, then threw the chips in. I immediately assigned him a drawing range – this is a pretty standard tell.
Pot - $65K
Turn -
He checked it to me and I elected to check it back. I think doing so gives him the opportunity to bluff and allows me to control the pot and evaluate the river.
Pot - $65K
River -
My opponent moved all-in (BTW - He had over $200K when I sat down). I pretty much insta-called, though I did take a few seconds to be sure (it was for my stack) and even said out loud “your line doesn’t make any sense” and moved my stack in.
He showed
Hell yeah – you can’t bluff me son! I’m just kidding, usually you can.
So that moved my stack up to $167K – which was nice!
Then, I was able to start playing poker and was holding my own and taking advantage of some situations; before the next break I had about $180K.
During the break, they broke my table and assigned me to a new seat. However, no one told me, until I returned from break only to find my table empty, and I was on time. So I quickly found my new seat, but missed at least 1 hand – that was B.S. and I was tempted to tell the floor exactly what I thought of that. They should have made an announcement and/or paused the clock until all applicable players found their new homes – or better yet, don’t break a table during a break! WTF?
I got seated in seat #8 on table 15. It was just a shove fest for over an hour and I was unable to find any spots, I was getting dealt nothing as well – that always helps. Before long my $180K was down to $120K, then $90K. Obviously I was going in the wrong direction. We were one off the bubble and they started hand-for-hand play; of course, all of the recreational players have to get up and look at the other tables each and every hand, “oh my God, oh my God, oh my God” they continually say as they’re just really excited. It’s really annoying and you can easily spot those who don’t cash very often. Since I don’t cash very often either, maybe I should try it.
Hand #9 ($1K/$4K/$8K)
ITM was at 27 and there were 28 players remaining. I was in the BB in Level 19 ($1K/$4K/$8K) and a player shoved a $45K stack into my BB. I told myself I would call with any ace before even looking at my cards. I saw the
first and then the and snap-called as planned; he showed What? Awww f*&^!
This Jackwagon player, just a few hands prior, open raised to $25K with only $70 in his stack, only to have chip monger (the player in between him and I with about $500K) raise enough to put him all-in. He folded and showed JJ face up. I couldn’t believe he folded that hand there. It’s likely he was facing two-overs, but it’s was also not likely. Chip monger was no slouch and knew exactly what he was doing – you’ve got to go with JJ there. But instead he folded, because of the bubble; I’m certain that’s the only reason. So then, that Jackwagon picks up a lucky hand and cripples me when I felt like I was ahead with an Ace, basically setting me up to min-cash when he’s the one that deserves to min-cash – so frustrating and so unfair.
Anyway, the floor comes over and tells the dealer to hold up dealing the flop as there was a prior all-in at another table. That all-in resulted in the bubble bursting; our all-in had nothing to do with the bubble.
I was left with about $35K, or 4BB, after not hitting my 3-outer and still couldn’t find a spot to get it in for quite a while. The first hand after the bubble, we had 4 all-ins at my table; the joys of low-limit poker tournaments. From MP it’s finally folded to me, and knowing I basically have to shove ATC, I moved all-in with the
and was called by from the BB.Flop -
Basically, one of the best flops I could hope for, but I didn’t get there and my night was over in 26th place for a whopping $550 – sigh!
Oh well, there’s always the next tournament. In the end, I was extremely displeased with how I played anyway. It just didn’t feel right for most of the day – and my short stack, for almost the entire 11 hours I played, really limited what I could do – I got damn lucky just to cash. I didn’t run a single bluff and I only 3-bet a couple of times, and each time it was an all-in 3-bet (except for one near the end). I guess the end result was better than losing, but not by much, and not because of anything special I did.
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