Brantford tourny REPORT
Hello all,
Well heres a full report of my day 1 adventure at the brantford tournaments. Take a pee now cause its a long one!
I got there around 530, was one of the last ones to sign in, got my package and table #. So 30 minutes to waste eh, so i wander over to the roulette table, decide to give it a whirl, (no pun intended) and wasted a good 25 minutes there and won $80. SWEET! so that would allow for some rebuys if needed. So I manage to wander over and find Ian (ionstorm) and Pete, chat it up about various topics for a few minutes. Then it was game time, so we headed to the back of the casino, took our places and eyed up the competition.
So now the fun starts, it was definetely a night of ups and downs, ALOT of them. Was a $50 buy in, with unlimited rebuys, and dear lord did some people take that "UNLIMITED" part seriously. rebuys were $20 for 1000 in chips, we started with 2000. An add-on was available at the first break, $50 for 4000 chips....which was alot too high if you ask me. Blinds after the break were only 100-200
My table was pretty strong, alot of tight agressive players, and then there was this one guy, named Paul, extremely nice guy, kinda looked like vijay singh(the golfer), but he was an ass of a poker player. more to come on him. And I make a few friends to my left and to my right. Nice guys, made the table fun. AND THEN, similar to shannon's situ, this totally hot babe sits down 2 to my left, so we start to chat, she ends up going to western, and a whole bunch of other jazz...So at this point im liking my table, good mixture of people...feeling confident!
Blind levels were 20 minutes long with it starting at 25-25, then 25-50, 50-100, 75-150....etc. So i don't play a hand for the first blind level, kinda sit back and watch everyone, try and get a bit of a read off of them...i manage to get a pretty good one of just about everyone.
First notable hand came in the 50-100 blinds, i had raised and taken a few pots, nothing special, so i had a little more then the average chip stack. Im dealt 9-10 in the BB, 4 callers in total. flop comes down A :c: Q :c: 8
:... i decide to check cautiously, next man in raises to 300, other 2 fold rather quickly...so i say to myself, ok, why not, i'll take one card, turn J :h:...I make my straight, i check, kid bets 500...i go into the thinking stage for a minute or so, then decide, im all in...at this point im putting the kid on a flush draw or a weak ace...he folds kinda quickly...so im happy. take down a nice size pot
About 2 hands later, this kid and I clash again...i get 9-10 :c: on the button, 2 guys called in front of him...he raises to 250 total...2 more callers, so i decide hey why not....total 5 players in the hand... flop 2 :h: 8: 10 :c:Â checks around to me, i bet out 400, he calls, others fold...turn 7 :d:....he checks, i bet out something like 5 or 600 to put him all in, im putting the kid on a-k or a-q or something to that range, cause he raised with 4 ppl already having $ in the pot, so i was 99% sure he had no 10 in his hand, ...he immediatly calls, im thinkin shit he's got an overpair...but he turns over his K-10 :d: ouch, needless to say i didn't hit my straight draw or a 9...so he gets back and we're around where we started 3 hands ago...regretting playing the 9-10 in the first place.
Meanwhile, this crazy guy named Paul mentioned above, by the time the first break rolled around, he had rebought 13 times, yes 13...unbelievable...he was calling other ppl's all in's with some interesting hands to say the least, but i will give the guy credit, he had balls, and it payed off sometimes...he was as well getting unbelievable hands at times, he had the most pocket pair i've ever seen...only problem was he couldn't fold them....if he had QQ and the flop came A-K-7 he would call someones all in...so it was his own fault
So at the break my table is stacked! everyones got rather decent stacks because of this guy. The hottie was the chip leader, had about 9,500 at the break, and im sitting at 3,300...the add on provides everyone with 4,000 more...so i had 7,300...So during the break me and the hottie go out and have a chat in the smoke room, then she ventures to get some food, break was aimed to be 15 minutes, but with all the add-ons, it took almost 30. So i meet up with Ian and Pete again, see how they are doing, Pete is the same as me, while Ian is doing quite well, around 12 or 13,000 after the add-on. So we part ways and wish each other good luck for about the 6th time. sit down and no one is short stacked anymore, its either good size stack, or a ridiculously large stack.
Play begins, 2nd hand in, blinds, 100-200, I'm in middle position, look down and see A: Q :, so i raise, everyone but the big blind folds, this guy loves to protect his blinds, he called just about every raise in the blinds i noticed...so this worries me, flop is 10 : 6 :h: 4 :h:, nothing doing, he slowly checks, as do i....turn J :d:...both check again, he looks like he wants to bet though, so im thinking he's sitting on something, river 3 :c:, still no help...he fires out 400, i think my hand was best, but i respect this guy's bets, so i trust him and fold, he politely shows a single 10. Maybe i should have bet after the turn? i realize my fault and kick myself under the table...any help on that one?
Very next hand, A: J :h:, middle position again, crazy Paul raises under the gun to 500 total....i call only because its him, and he's liable to have anything, although i noticed a pattern, he'll raise 3X the BB if he has a premium hand, and only just raise if he has a mediocre hand, everyone else folds, flop comes Q :d: 9 :h: 6 :h:...he bets 500...at this point i know im in the lead, he bet very quickly...screaming bluff...so i call...which seems to make him anxious...turn K :c:....he checks it over to me, i bet 1000 this time...he calls, river is another Q :c:...he checks...and i think about it for a minute, and i know if i try and bluff at having the 3 Q's he's going to call me, no matter what, so i give up, turn over my AJ, he then smiles and shows K-10 offsuit....i then ask him if he would have called anything i bet, and he said he would, and as bad as he was, he was good to his word. He had showed his cards just about anytime ppl asked, so it was nice.
A few hands and a blind level go by, nothin doing, won a few average size pots, won a good size pot with A3 :d:, BB special, flopped a full house, so i made it to around 10,800 at my peek...then my demise began...I think its cause i was talking to hottie too much, i'll use the shannon excuse....hahah
First i had raised with a few hands, got nothing in return, smelly flops...so im down to 8,400, blinds 300-600. My arch nemesis, that kid from the above couple of hands is still around. We clash for the final time, I get K :h: J :h: in SB, 3 callers and us 2 blinds, so 5 ppl total...flop 7 :h: 10 :c: Q :c:...i bet out 1600 trying to rid anyone of wanting to draw on this hand, just like me
...the kid moves all in for another 1600 to me...others fold...i begin to hate this hand, i know the kid wouldn't go all in on a flush draw, so i rule that out, which means he's got Q, with a good kicker, or top 2 pair, which i figure if i pull my draw out i beat anyways, so i decide to call, im pot commited....he flips over JQ :d:, so i say ok, im better then i thought, any 9, K or A and im good, two 6's come on turn and river, im no good....stupid call on my part, but it was hard to get away from, shouldn't have bet in the first place.
That sets me back to around 5,000...A few hands later, blinds went up, 400-800 now, I look down and see AK:, nice, that Paul guy calls UTG, I raise to 2,000, all fold except Paul, who willingly calls and proceeds to wink at me....flop comes 10 :h: 8 : 6 :d:Â Â ....ugly! he moves all in without thinking....jesus christ i say...go into thinking mode for about 2 minutes...i have no balls so i fold....he smiles and turns over 8-6 offsuit....WOW i say, nice hand...meanwhile im pissed! but happy with the laydown
So next hand is the final hand of the night, blinds just went up, 500-1000 now, i have 3,200 in chips...Paul is in the BB now, i like it, i want him to call...I look down and see K-J offsuit, i say what the hell...i was 2 or 3 turns away from posting BB, so i had too, everyone folds, so it was up to old Paully boy, he looks down, he's got a load of chips in front of him, he was destroying people left right and center...earlier his K's sucked out on a guy's A's....so he decides to call...flips over 72 :c:...I am shocked...everyone at the table kinda laughs....i don't...im scared to hell... flop J :c: 5 :c: 3 :d: ......i sit back, realizing this could be it...turn 4:, more outs for him....river 6 :c:...he makes his flush and an insulting straight...everyone at the table gives me the terrible luck, sorry man...as beaten down as i am, i manage to smile...The Paul guy gives his appologies, and congratulates me...i say its ok, its poker! nothing i can do
Finished in 56th place...got my t-shirt...all in all a fun night...as you can tell, most of the interesting hands i had i came out on the losing end of, i just won alot of small pots to slowly build my stacks, stealing here and there, nothing of great interest....oh and the hottie was up around 25,000 in chips when i left, just murdering people...that Paul guy was in 2nd at the table with around 15 or 16,000...I say goodluck, and tell the hottie to take him down! We exchange emails, and i leave a pretty happy guy... Ian was down around 3,000 when i left, catching some really bad luck, Q's ran into A's and such, and pete had some cold cards too i believe, gone out around in the 60's i think...
So i go back saturday for the $200 tourny, and hopefully that goes just a wee bit better, and i play just a wee bit smarter, need to be seriously disciplined this time! top 30 from sat move onto the final on sunday...so it should be interesting...I'll give another full report on that adventure too....
Maybe not as longÂ
Brady
Well heres a full report of my day 1 adventure at the brantford tournaments. Take a pee now cause its a long one!
I got there around 530, was one of the last ones to sign in, got my package and table #. So 30 minutes to waste eh, so i wander over to the roulette table, decide to give it a whirl, (no pun intended) and wasted a good 25 minutes there and won $80. SWEET! so that would allow for some rebuys if needed. So I manage to wander over and find Ian (ionstorm) and Pete, chat it up about various topics for a few minutes. Then it was game time, so we headed to the back of the casino, took our places and eyed up the competition.
So now the fun starts, it was definetely a night of ups and downs, ALOT of them. Was a $50 buy in, with unlimited rebuys, and dear lord did some people take that "UNLIMITED" part seriously. rebuys were $20 for 1000 in chips, we started with 2000. An add-on was available at the first break, $50 for 4000 chips....which was alot too high if you ask me. Blinds after the break were only 100-200
My table was pretty strong, alot of tight agressive players, and then there was this one guy, named Paul, extremely nice guy, kinda looked like vijay singh(the golfer), but he was an ass of a poker player. more to come on him. And I make a few friends to my left and to my right. Nice guys, made the table fun. AND THEN, similar to shannon's situ, this totally hot babe sits down 2 to my left, so we start to chat, she ends up going to western, and a whole bunch of other jazz...So at this point im liking my table, good mixture of people...feeling confident!
Blind levels were 20 minutes long with it starting at 25-25, then 25-50, 50-100, 75-150....etc. So i don't play a hand for the first blind level, kinda sit back and watch everyone, try and get a bit of a read off of them...i manage to get a pretty good one of just about everyone.
First notable hand came in the 50-100 blinds, i had raised and taken a few pots, nothing special, so i had a little more then the average chip stack. Im dealt 9-10 in the BB, 4 callers in total. flop comes down A :c: Q :c: 8
:... i decide to check cautiously, next man in raises to 300, other 2 fold rather quickly...so i say to myself, ok, why not, i'll take one card, turn J :h:...I make my straight, i check, kid bets 500...i go into the thinking stage for a minute or so, then decide, im all in...at this point im putting the kid on a flush draw or a weak ace...he folds kinda quickly...so im happy. take down a nice size potAbout 2 hands later, this kid and I clash again...i get 9-10 :c: on the button, 2 guys called in front of him...he raises to 250 total...2 more callers, so i decide hey why not....total 5 players in the hand... flop 2 :h: 8
: 10 :c:Â checks around to me, i bet out 400, he calls, others fold...turn 7 :d:....he checks, i bet out something like 5 or 600 to put him all in, im putting the kid on a-k or a-q or something to that range, cause he raised with 4 ppl already having $ in the pot, so i was 99% sure he had no 10 in his hand, ...he immediatly calls, im thinkin shit he's got an overpair...but he turns over his K-10 :d: ouch, needless to say i didn't hit my straight draw or a 9...so he gets back and we're around where we started 3 hands ago...regretting playing the 9-10 in the first place.Meanwhile, this crazy guy named Paul mentioned above, by the time the first break rolled around, he had rebought 13 times, yes 13...unbelievable...he was calling other ppl's all in's with some interesting hands to say the least, but i will give the guy credit, he had balls, and it payed off sometimes...he was as well getting unbelievable hands at times, he had the most pocket pair i've ever seen...only problem was he couldn't fold them....if he had QQ and the flop came A-K-7 he would call someones all in...so it was his own fault
So at the break my table is stacked! everyones got rather decent stacks because of this guy. The hottie was the chip leader, had about 9,500 at the break, and im sitting at 3,300...the add on provides everyone with 4,000 more...so i had 7,300...So during the break me and the hottie go out and have a chat in the smoke room, then she ventures to get some food, break was aimed to be 15 minutes, but with all the add-ons, it took almost 30. So i meet up with Ian and Pete again, see how they are doing, Pete is the same as me, while Ian is doing quite well, around 12 or 13,000 after the add-on. So we part ways and wish each other good luck for about the 6th time. sit down and no one is short stacked anymore, its either good size stack, or a ridiculously large stack.
Play begins, 2nd hand in, blinds, 100-200, I'm in middle position, look down and see A
: Q :, so i raise, everyone but the big blind folds, this guy loves to protect his blinds, he called just about every raise in the blinds i noticed...so this worries me, flop is 10 : 6 :h: 4 :h:, nothing doing, he slowly checks, as do i....turn J :d:...both check again, he looks like he wants to bet though, so im thinking he's sitting on something, river 3 :c:, still no help...he fires out 400, i think my hand was best, but i respect this guy's bets, so i trust him and fold, he politely shows a single 10. Maybe i should have bet after the turn? i realize my fault and kick myself under the table...any help on that one?Very next hand, A
: J :h:, middle position again, crazy Paul raises under the gun to 500 total....i call only because its him, and he's liable to have anything, although i noticed a pattern, he'll raise 3X the BB if he has a premium hand, and only just raise if he has a mediocre hand, everyone else folds, flop comes Q :d: 9 :h: 6 :h:...he bets 500...at this point i know im in the lead, he bet very quickly...screaming bluff...so i call...which seems to make him anxious...turn K :c:....he checks it over to me, i bet 1000 this time...he calls, river is another Q :c:...he checks...and i think about it for a minute, and i know if i try and bluff at having the 3 Q's he's going to call me, no matter what, so i give up, turn over my AJ, he then smiles and shows K-10 offsuit....i then ask him if he would have called anything i bet, and he said he would, and as bad as he was, he was good to his word. He had showed his cards just about anytime ppl asked, so it was nice.A few hands and a blind level go by, nothin doing, won a few average size pots, won a good size pot with A3 :d:, BB special, flopped a full house, so i made it to around 10,800 at my peek...then my demise began...I think its cause i was talking to hottie too much, i'll use the shannon excuse....hahah
First i had raised with a few hands, got nothing in return, smelly flops...so im down to 8,400, blinds 300-600. My arch nemesis, that kid from the above couple of hands is still around. We clash for the final time, I get K :h: J :h: in SB, 3 callers and us 2 blinds, so 5 ppl total...flop 7 :h: 10 :c: Q :c:...i bet out 1600 trying to rid anyone of wanting to draw on this hand, just like me
...the kid moves all in for another 1600 to me...others fold...i begin to hate this hand, i know the kid wouldn't go all in on a flush draw, so i rule that out, which means he's got Q, with a good kicker, or top 2 pair, which i figure if i pull my draw out i beat anyways, so i decide to call, im pot commited....he flips over JQ :d:, so i say ok, im better then i thought, any 9, K or A and im good, two 6's come on turn and river, im no good....stupid call on my part, but it was hard to get away from, shouldn't have bet in the first place.That sets me back to around 5,000...A few hands later, blinds went up, 400-800 now, I look down and see AK
:, nice, that Paul guy calls UTG, I raise to 2,000, all fold except Paul, who willingly calls and proceeds to wink at me....flop comes 10 :h: 8 : 6 :d:Â Â ....ugly! he moves all in without thinking....jesus christ i say...go into thinking mode for about 2 minutes...i have no balls so i fold....he smiles and turns over 8-6 offsuit....WOW i say, nice hand...meanwhile im pissed! but happy with the laydownSo next hand is the final hand of the night, blinds just went up, 500-1000 now, i have 3,200 in chips...Paul is in the BB now, i like it, i want him to call...I look down and see K-J offsuit, i say what the hell...i was 2 or 3 turns away from posting BB, so i had too, everyone folds, so it was up to old Paully boy, he looks down, he's got a load of chips in front of him, he was destroying people left right and center...earlier his K's sucked out on a guy's A's....so he decides to call...flips over 72 :c:...I am shocked...everyone at the table kinda laughs....i don't...im scared to hell... flop J :c: 5 :c: 3 :d: ......i sit back, realizing this could be it...turn 4
:, more outs for him....river 6 :c:...he makes his flush and an insulting straight...everyone at the table gives me the terrible luck, sorry man...as beaten down as i am, i manage to smile...The Paul guy gives his appologies, and congratulates me...i say its ok, its poker! nothing i can doFinished in 56th place...got my t-shirt...all in all a fun night...as you can tell, most of the interesting hands i had i came out on the losing end of, i just won alot of small pots to slowly build my stacks, stealing here and there, nothing of great interest....oh and the hottie was up around 25,000 in chips when i left, just murdering people...that Paul guy was in 2nd at the table with around 15 or 16,000...I say goodluck, and tell the hottie to take him down! We exchange emails, and i leave a pretty happy guy... Ian was down around 3,000 when i left, catching some really bad luck, Q's ran into A's and such, and pete had some cold cards too i believe, gone out around in the 60's i think...
So i go back saturday for the $200 tourny, and hopefully that goes just a wee bit better, and i play just a wee bit smarter, need to be seriously disciplined this time! top 30 from sat move onto the final on sunday...so it should be interesting...I'll give another full report on that adventure too....
Maybe not as longÂ
Brady
Comments
Ok, having said that I don't know where to begin...I'm not sure if you're looking for some advice on your tourney game or not, but there are several holes there, don't mean to be rude...I'm sure some forum members will be kind and point them out if you are looking for advice.
Thanks for the report, sounds like a very good structure, I'll have to start playing some of these legal games
And yes I know I played some hands terribly, lol...well aware of that, but i mean i can only kind of give you guys the situations i was in, you have to be there and know the players i was against to kinda gage the sitiuation fully, know what i mean? plus i didn't put many of the hands i won down there, showing the great plays, i'd rather people comment or say whatever about my bad plays and interesting hands...so i can change how i play them next time
And the report is just something people on here do to let others know what happened, not lookin for advice or nothing, just some fun info for people to read...
God knows Zithal loves his reports...lol so i made a long one just for him
Theres still room in the fri and sat tourny GTA if your interested, let me know
B
I havent been watching these threads too closely as I had kind of written-off these casino tourney as low chip all-in fests, but the structure sounds promising. Can you give me the details as to time, buy-ins and if you about the structures for fri and sat???
Thanks alot
Details for the rest of the tourny's
thurs, fri and sat are all one event, 100 people each day, $200 + 15...its a rebuy and add-on
top 30 from each day move on to sunday's final where i believe the top 30 or maybe 40 pay out
starts 2pm sat and sunday, and 6pm fri night....
blinds:
25-25
25-50
50-100
75-150
break (end of rebuys and add-on period)
100-200
200-400
300-600
400-800
500-1000
1000-2000 i think for this level...maybe not
break
then so on and so forth, 20 minute levels...with a 15 minute break after the first hour, and then after 2 hours
phone number 1 888 694 6946
this one shouldn't be as bad as the 50$ tourny for rebuys and all in fests....i hope
hopefully you get in, let me know
B
Thanks for the info
I played last night as well, did not do well, horrible cards all night, re-bought twice, busted out when with the blinds at 300-600 I had about 2400 chips left utg, got dealt 55, raised all-in got called by QQ, just to add insult to injury he caught a 3rd Q on the river. I think I finished 63rd. Oh, well back again tonight for the $100 buy-in tourney. Will be interesting to see if there are as many re-buys as last night (well over 200 re-buys).
stp
B
oh and good look tonight Ionstorm and Wonko....hope you guys have better luck and better cards tonight...
I did not do to well in either, played a short stack for most of the first tourney after my pocket queens ran into pocket aces. The second tourney I was about average stack, when I rant into a kid who called my raise with J/4 offsuit, and hit bottom pair on the flop, I sensed he was weak so I moved in to pickup the pot, was a pot sized bet. Well the kid calls 3/4 of his stack off with his bottom pair. Needless to say about 10 minutes later i see him walking out of the tourney area, after he would have had a nice stack with my chips, I was not surprised at all. The are lots of good players in these tourneys, tons of average players, and a bunch that seem to just be terrible.
We actually had more rebuys in the $100 buy in, with $50 rebuys compared to the $50 buy in with $20 rebuys. 206 rebuys in the $50 buy in and approx 245 in the other.
Overall I liked the format, and the tourneys are fairly well run.
Interesting side note, I got pocket aces six times. That's right, six times. I didn't lose any of those times, but three of them I got no action at all, and the other three I didn't exactly make a fortune. Oh well, count your blessings I suppose. Anyway, I hope to be discussing a great victory on Sunday.
sunday shouldn't be too bad, with the blinds semi-low to start you should have some good time to make a move or two...just hope they are the right ones !
what was the rebuy and add-on situation? were there alot or very few?
thanks and good luck once again
B
As to the re-buy question, there were 165 re-buys, and 87 (i think) add-ons, with 93 people still in at the first break. Good luck on Saturday JD_BB.
or are you talkin about their chip counts goin to sunday?
We started with 1000 instead of 2000 (the blinds were smaller. We even had a stack of red ($5) chips). Unlimited rebuys when you were below 1000. You could get 500 chips for $100. Add-on was 2000 chips for $200. Basically, the same deal as the previous tourneys, except half as many chips. There were less rebuys than in the earlier tourneys, but there was still a decent amount of loose rebuying going on. You should have at least two or three people at your table taking a lot of chances. Luckily, I managed to avoid having to take a rebuy.
Good luck. I hope to see you Sunday.
Sorry I thought that was the payouts but on reflection it must be the chip counts. They had it up on the same board as all the payouts for the other tourneys and I wasn't thinking.
Played one of the qualifying days just the friday and somehow stayed out of harms way, took one re-buy and the add-on and finished the day 21st at 7600. I remember looking around my first table that day seeing 6 faces that I knew very well, thinking why did I waste $500 on this stupid tounament, I won't make it off this table let alone to the end of the day. By the end of the 2nd break the 6 guys and myself were still alive all with healthy stacks. There were appr. 80 players left and our table busted at least 10 of the 20 that were knocked out. It was a hyper-aggressive table and then I got moved ( thank-you, thank-you). next table I quickly identified that this is where I wanted to be. Lot of limping, no stealing, 4-6 weak players , opportunities abound. Unfortunately, I picked up few hands and wasn't able to pick-up any chips off this table. Last table of the night , again a tough one. One particular hand of substance I do remember, right after a 5 min break, blinds are 500,1000. BB and 2 other players are not back from break, cards are dealt, 7 handed, i have 10k and we are at about 38 players( 30 make final). utg folds I look down at k-10,( 5 players left to act, all very tight except for sb, good player) I can steal that 1500 chips!! go for it . I put in what I think is a raise 1500, dealer says it is a string ( I thought it was the last blind schedule, OOPPS) , so now its just a call. Folded to sb ( large stack), he is thinking, I know that he knows I wanted his and dead bb $$, thinks for a while and raises to 4k. I sat there for a good minute knowing that he is capable of this move especially with as large a stacks as he has ( 2nd overall), Raise or fold, All-in or fold, can my King high be good? How did I get 10% of my chips, possibly all them with this hand. I cant risk everything with King high, FOLD. Sb flips over 10-3, shoves it at me. All because I didn't pay close enogh attention to the increase in blind schedule. Serves me right.
So here I am driving home first night, thinking I got to get pretty lucky to have any hope to make the $$ on sunday. Saturday night myself and my brother go out and sit on a patio the whole night drinking and laughing , as they are moving to Nova scotia next week for a job, Im thinking to myself at about 10pm ( after 3 hours) what about the tourney tommorrow. ( Internal dialogue" you've got no shot, your too short stacked avg was 14k, just go and make an apperance at the tourney, this is your brother, hes moving away forever, enjoy yourself, enjoy the moment." Stayed till 1 pm, feeling GOOD!! They still stayed after I left, I wanted to have some sembelence of a brain to play tommorrow, plus I had to get up early before touney and clean my house for a showing, as we are in the process of selling our house. Stupid poker gets in the way of life sometimes doesn't it?
So sunday morn comes, clean the house, clean the cob webs from my head, and off to the casino I go to get my ass handed to me really early and be disappointed. No expectations, money and I will be happy.
I start the day appr. 63 in the field out of 82 ( suppose to be 90 but multiple people qualified 2 or 3 times). Look at my table , chip leader 2 to my left 43k, see the faces ( good, good, VERY good...), next smallest stack is 16k. Just make it short and painless please, maybe i'll put my name on the $10-20 list because this won't take long, yeah lets do that, I didn't drive all this way for nothing, maybe I can make my $500 tourney fee back, names on the list.
Cards in the air, first hand of any signifigance, 1/2hr later, down to 6500 , 2 left of blinds, 200-400. Utg makes it a standard 3x bb 1200 raise ( he was in great shape to start, but he had lost half his stack already has about 13k, and he is getting gun shy) , look down AQ s, I don't want to see a flop, and I believe he can only call an allin raise with one of the top4 hands, and I need chips now, ALL-IN( there are still a boat load of people left to act but I'm takein my chances), folded all the way around to utg, thought for awhile, CALL, oh-oh, Im dead quick and painless, He flips over AJo. Neither of us improve I double through. Hmm. make it to the first break 64 left, i have appr 18k , avg around 30k, still alive.
Call the wife on the break, got an offer as well as another couple of viewings that same day, great. " Yeah I'm still alive, don't know how, if I cant make it through whats left of half the field I can get my $$ back, Love ya bye".
Next rounds are rather uneventful ( plus i don't remember much) and we make it to the next break with around 28k and 35 people left, 5 to the $$.
Make the final 30 ( made the $$ ) and the break pedal is released and people start busting out all over the place. Me , I just play my quiet , drab game, looking for opportunities, and or cards. I have my back to the prize board and clock, player count. I don't want to look at the $$ and how many are left, Do not let that affect how you play. Now someone at the table mentions the huge discrepency between 11th and 10th $$ , $5k vs, $2k, now i have to look, Wow, and there is 16 players left. Nobody wants to bust out before $5k, does this create an opportunity, I think so, time to kick it up.
One key hand. 14 left, 70k in chips, folded all the way around to me in sb. Look down A3o, blinds are 8k,16k, bb has about 80k. If I move all in here , he can't call with anything less than a premium hand, he doesnt want $2k in prize $$. ALL-IN. Thinks , thinks, looks at prize board, thinks, CALL, oh-oh!! AJo, I'm a huge underdog, Bam 3 hits the board, no help for him, good stack for moi. Kept the petal to the medal, and burnt off a few chips until thsi hand comes up.
Still 8k, 16k blinds, still 7 handed, I have around 90k. Sb is big stack 170k, bb 21k, folded around to me in co. AKo, raise again (4 times in a row) 40k , button folds, sb allin, bb allin, yipes.......Call. Sb AQs, BB jj, my ak, flop all bricks, turn K, River J. Im very dissapointed at this result until the TD counts everything up and pushes me the side pot of appr. 140k, didnt realize in the heat of the moment and all the commotion that I actually made alot of chips on the hand.
Last hand on short table, utg goes allin 30k, folded to me on the button 10-10, raise to 60 k, fold, fold, utg has qq. Well Im still in good shape if I loose this, 10 hits the board , we are off to the final table.
Final table I have appr. 200k plus, maybe 3rd overall, 3 really short stacks, let them bust out and then get busy. I bust one short stack and get to show ako, bust,bust. We are down to 7, still havent taken a look at 10th prize $$ and up. All i know is 10th pays $5k and 1st pays $40k.
Now I am 2nd maybe 1st overall in chips and start to push alot of small edges. Fold to me 77 raise.Take a pot. A6o raise, take a pot. Raise in front of me , reraise w AJo average stack. I am probably raising every3-4 pot, and alot of people are not liking it. Especially some of the people I have been playing with most the day. For a guy that has played once an hour to every other pot, people I dont think werent sure how to take it. They want to get involved but they keep looking at moving up the ladder.
Short stack goes allin in the cutoff, im on the button with a huge stack with k-10s spades, I can call this if its rearaised I can get away from it. fold, fold. CO shows k-10hearts, same hand , 2 spades on flop, one on turn, 6 left.
2 more bust out. 4 left, I say to remaining players " you want to chop the $$" , im sitting with big stack, no one answers. Okay, onward we march. Stacy, last girl left, terrific player ( she won the points overall for $11k) is in the big blind , I'm on the button, had said last hand " I don't Like you anymore, I've had playable hands and you keep raising me off them" , 3 times in a row on her BB, I raised her off the hjand before the flop and I know she is frustrated and low stack. Folded to me A8o, raise to 100k, shes had enough of this, no more...allin, about another 100k to me, call. She flips over k-jo, no help for either, 3 left.
I'm big stack , maybe 1 1/2 times 2nd place and 3 times 3rd. Now 2nd place mentions a chop. Now I look at the board $78k for top 3, He offers $25k each and play for the change, Yeah i'll take that, 3rd place guy says NO. 2nd place guy I was worried about 3rd I believed was too tight in such a short field and he says NO, shortest stack. On we march.
I'm in small blind, button 3rd place guy limps for 20k, NO LIMPING, k-jo Raise 100k, BB allin, button folds I fold after some condideration. Next hand my button A-ko , same 100k rasie as I've been pushing with for the past 45min, sb allin again ( same guy as last hand), call, flips over 88, king on the flop, hes out in 3rd, Thank goodness because I knew he was trouble and was now figuring me out.
Heads up lasted 4 hands. I have about a 5 1/2 to 1 count on him. sb button for me, raise 100k fold. BB , ace in my hand , sb calls , raise to 100k, fold. Last hand sb calls the bet, me BB a-3o ( my new favotite hand) raise to 100k, allin he says......think think, I can still be way ahead if I double him through. Call flips 22, board j-j-k ...any a, 3 , k , ace on the turn. No help on river.
What a crazy ride!!! Couple of interesting points of interest. In the 14 1/2 hrs I played I never saw a starting hand higher than 10-10, my share of ak, aq and a few small sets, but no monsters. It Was my first large scale, large buyin ( for me) in a B&M. Played a few small ones down in vegas $50, $75..etc. Lots of experience at 10-20 limit and a few on line tourneys, so needless to say I was pleasantly suprised. I apparently won a seat in to point edwards $1000 buyin end of sept as well, No expectations again, let the chips fall where they may.
I enjoyed that.
Why the heck would you take a deal where you are giving up equity? You've got like 55% of the chips and will settle for 33% of the prize pool? Ouch. Next time someone proposes a chop, feel free to slow down and do the math to make sure you really want it.
That 3rd place shortstack is an idiot, he should taken that deal and laughed all the way to the cage.
Nice read, way to go mac!!!
i don't think i sat at the same table as you once....maybe? d'you remember a young guy in a baby blue hoodie?
i finished 15th. I have a quiz for you guys tho:
-tourny pays top 30, 19-20 remain
-blinds are 4000-8000, increasing soon
-you have 74000, 1 000 000 in play, roughly 3rd or 5th or so in chips
-you're small blind
all fold to midposition who raises to 20k (he's roughly 2nd in chips with 115k)
all fold to you and you call with A-10o, BB folds
flop brings A98 rainbow
after studying the bored for less than half a second he pushes in all 115k
what do you do?
sorry, -you're THE BUTTON not SB (my bad)