Here's a quick TR for the Deerfoot WSS Main Event:
First off, the day (Saturday) got off to a bad start when I got up and there was a foot of snow on the car, and I had yet to do the drive from Edmonton to Calgary.....Left Edmonton when it was -16c......arrive in Calgary 3 hours later, +8c (only in Alberta).
Checkin to the hotel, and then late reg (about 1/2 hr) for the $1500 Day 1b Main Event. Had my toughest table in awhile, with a WSOP bracelet winner to my left x2, and 2 prominant Alberta players at the top of the points race at my left x1 and left x3. Biggest pot in the first couple hours was calling down Bonkowski to river with A high and being good.
Managed to win a good pot in the 3rd or so level. 5 limpers @ 150-300....button pumps to 1.4K.......I think it's a good spot to set mine with 33 in the SB as I was assuming my call would prompt a few other calls.....I was right....we were 5 handed to the flop.
K34rb.........it's checked around to the button, who makes it 3.9k.....I raise to 8.5k (20k back).....bb (covers me) ships behind me.....button tank folds what he said after was AK........I snap.....BB shows K4 and bricks out. Moved me to 74k at the time, which put me as the big stack at my table. Fortunately this tough table broke shortly after, and tables were much easier after that, hitting dinner break with 85k (2x avg) stack.
Was pretty smooth sailing for me into the last couple levels of the day, peaking at about 180k chips. Lost a big pot at that time to a super lag who just showed up at my table with a little more chips than I had. raise KK utg, he 3-bets.....I 4-bet to 20k....he flats.......flop AT9...check, check.....turn 7.....I check, he bets 20k, I call......river T....I check, he barrels 45k.....I tank fold. (had I played with him for 10 more minutes, I would have played this hand much differently, and likely snapped his river bet).....that had me down to 140k.
Then, call a raise in BB with KT.....and get it in on turn board of K29T......and double up 22...dropping me to 100k (which will be about average for day 2).
5 minutes left on Day 1, I get dealt AA on the button. MP raises to 4k, cutoff flats.....I make it 14k on the button......folds around to cutoff, who flats. Flop J34.....checked to me, I bet 30k (about 65K back).....he's asking me if I hit the J.....I respond with 'Do I need to?'.......he ships it in (just has me covered).....I snap, he shows JT.......T 8 runout and I'm busto.
Pretty crushing end to the day.
Pokernews Canada caught a couple of my hands, and actually has the photo when I flip my AA to my opponents TJ....you can see the disgust in his face (photo 8/16 on Day 1b updates)
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3 guys that were on my last table played, made the final table, with 2 of them in on a 5-way chop for 43K each (including the TJ).