Brantford $230 Deep Stack TR
It didn't start out well. Well it sort of did, I was getting great starting cards but they weren't hitting. I'd raise 4x and get 4 callers and miss the flop, happened at least 10 times before the 4th level and I find myself down to $10k from the $15k starting stack. But blinds are 100 / 200 with a 25 ante at this point.
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Then I raise UTG with AKos, get three callers and flop A-K-6 and I get an Ace to call all three streets for a nice pot. Then, on my BB, I have 4-4 and call a preflop raise and go 5 ways to a flop pf Q-5-4. It checks to the original raiser who bets out 1/2 pot, I flat, UTG flats, everyone else folds. Turn is a 7, I check, UTG checks and raiser bets pot with $6000 behind and the pot it now $12k and I raise all in, UTG folds and raiser tanks, calls and shows A-Q and is drawing dead. Now I'm over starting stack before the break.
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After break I go on a nice run and chip up to $40k by the time the blinds are $500 / $1000. I'm UTG+1 and raise my Q-Q to $2500, get 4 callers. Flop is J-8-4 rainbow. I lead out for $5k, folds to button who shoves for $25k, I go all in to get the rest of the table to fold and the guy flips over K-Jos, turn is a brick, river is a King and I get cut down to $12,500.
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I'm UTG+1 and see Qc-Jc, with only 11BBs, I shove, it folds to Button who shoves and shows A-A. Flop comes A-K-T, holy crap, I just flopped Broadway. Thankfully the board doesn't pair and I more than double up to $25k. Then I call a shove from the BB a few hands later and my A-Jos holds against the shorter stacks A-8.
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I stay around the $50/$60k mark for the next hour as the blinds go up and up. Now they are at $3k / $6k with a $500 ante. And there are only 12 of us left, at which point I get moved to the other table. As soon as I move, someone busts from the other table and we are down to 11 now.
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Average stack size is 110k and I'm at 55k when I get moved. I shove my SB once to win the blinds and antes during the next two orbits. Then I'm UTG+2 and see Ac-Ks, UTG raises to 12k, I shove and the button goes all in, UTG folds and button shows Qc-Qd.
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Button has me covered by about $50k. Flop is Tc-6c-3d - turn 5c, so I now have two overs and a flush draw to win the hand and the river comes a Ts and I'm out on the final table bubble.
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I like playing Brantford tournaments but the blind structure makes it all in or fold with about 20 players left. Well, at least it should be, but I am amazed at how many players min raise with 8bbs and fold to a re-raise.
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Then I raise UTG with AKos, get three callers and flop A-K-6 and I get an Ace to call all three streets for a nice pot. Then, on my BB, I have 4-4 and call a preflop raise and go 5 ways to a flop pf Q-5-4. It checks to the original raiser who bets out 1/2 pot, I flat, UTG flats, everyone else folds. Turn is a 7, I check, UTG checks and raiser bets pot with $6000 behind and the pot it now $12k and I raise all in, UTG folds and raiser tanks, calls and shows A-Q and is drawing dead. Now I'm over starting stack before the break.
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After break I go on a nice run and chip up to $40k by the time the blinds are $500 / $1000. I'm UTG+1 and raise my Q-Q to $2500, get 4 callers. Flop is J-8-4 rainbow. I lead out for $5k, folds to button who shoves for $25k, I go all in to get the rest of the table to fold and the guy flips over K-Jos, turn is a brick, river is a King and I get cut down to $12,500.
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I'm UTG+1 and see Qc-Jc, with only 11BBs, I shove, it folds to Button who shoves and shows A-A. Flop comes A-K-T, holy crap, I just flopped Broadway. Thankfully the board doesn't pair and I more than double up to $25k. Then I call a shove from the BB a few hands later and my A-Jos holds against the shorter stacks A-8.
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I stay around the $50/$60k mark for the next hour as the blinds go up and up. Now they are at $3k / $6k with a $500 ante. And there are only 12 of us left, at which point I get moved to the other table. As soon as I move, someone busts from the other table and we are down to 11 now.
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Average stack size is 110k and I'm at 55k when I get moved. I shove my SB once to win the blinds and antes during the next two orbits. Then I'm UTG+2 and see Ac-Ks, UTG raises to 12k, I shove and the button goes all in, UTG folds and button shows Qc-Qd.
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Button has me covered by about $50k. Flop is Tc-6c-3d - turn 5c, so I now have two overs and a flush draw to win the hand and the river comes a Ts and I'm out on the final table bubble.
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I like playing Brantford tournaments but the blind structure makes it all in or fold with about 20 players left. Well, at least it should be, but I am amazed at how many players min raise with 8bbs and fold to a re-raise.
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