 Vegas April 2011 (WSOPC) |
| Day 2 - Deep Stack |
| Last Updated: 2011-04-18 04:03:44 |
| This was a very up and down day for me. But finally ... FINALLY ... I broke the losing streak.
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| Brunch w/ Leon at the Harrah's buffet, always a decent buffet for the price, managed to NOT pig out.
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| Started out at the deep stack, early on I caught some cards. Flopped a nut flush, got paid, had some other hands where I raised, either got no action preflop or got action and c-bet my way to the pot. But then it was back to normal for a little while and I gave it all back. Until...
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| So I'm 2-3 behind the button and a loose but easy to read player min-raises to 300 two ahead of me. Fold around to me and I look down at pocket queens. I'm willing to play for stacks with this guy because I know I'm way ahead of him. I raise.
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| But then something unexpected happens. Into a raise and a re-raise, guy next to me min-re-raises me! Well, a little more, I had made it 1100 and he made it something like 2300.
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| Probably aces or kings. Original raiser makes a speech about how we're just picking on him and shoves.
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| If I had a brain in my head I would have given up my queens at that point. But I started to think about the situation. If I'm right that the guy on the other side of me has kings, which I was leaning towards because he didn't go way over the top to isolate, he can't call a 4th raise all-in followed by another all-in. And then I'm heads up for stacks against a guy I know I have beat.
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| I don't know what got into me, but I pulled the trigger. I shoved.
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| The guy next to me goes into the tank, says he can't believe he's laying "these" down and folds pocket kings face up.
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| Oh, he was PISSED when he saw the hands. I was up against pocket sevens and queens held up.
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| Talk about having a moment "in the zone".
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| Unfortunately that was my highlight of the tournament. At that point we were about an hour in. I do not remember picking up another pocket pair for the next four hours. I made some borderline shoves and everyone folded to me with some middle aces, once I actually had slick, but basically I limped along with a short stack all that time.
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| Once I was truly desperate, there was a guy who started raising my big blind every hand. I finally decided I couldn't keep letting it happen so I decided I was going to no-look shove the next time he raised my BB.
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| BTW I'm in the one-seat. I hate the one-seat because I can't see the ten-seat, and I never know when action is on me. Well the guy I'm talking about was in the nine-seat, everyone folds to him on my BB, once again he raises, as soon as the dealer looks at me I shove.
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| He folded as expected.
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| Unfortunately I didn't realize the ten-seat had called his raise first, he called my shove, and turned over pocket aces.
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| At least I flopped a straight draw with my 10-2. And caught a 2 on the turn for 5 more outs on the river. But no luck and I was done.
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| As I said, I only remember two pairs in five hours. Surely there was one I'm forgetting, but at this point I'm pretty frustrated. Between the 7:00 from Saturday and this tournament, I probably had no more than 8 pocket pairs in about 9-10 hours of poker. Let's just say that's statistically improbable.
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| So dinner at the cafe Joann and I like at Paris. Couldn't eat there the night before because they stopped being open 24 hrs and had closed before I got there. But they are open at dinner time so in I went.
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Quick recap:- played well but fell just short in PLO after grinding a short stack all day, was very disappointed they couldn't even fill four tables for it after looking forward to the tournament for weeks;
- again close but no cigar, no cards at the 7:00 at caesars;
- can't eat at our traditional late-night cafe because it closed;
- get stuck eating at a new restaurant at Paris that had decent food, but was below a new nightclub so they BLARED the dance music in for us plus I was one of the few people not dressed for clubbing so felt a little out of place
- Make a great play at deep stack, get rewarded, but then go even more card-dead than the night before;
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| So now I'm going to finally at least get a little comfort food, one of my favorite Vegas meals at our favorite little cafe...
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| They changed the goddam recipe. You can't make this up... It wasn't the worst thing I ever ate, but I don't see ordering it again. I have to admit, I was getting a little bummed out at that moment.
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| Hmmm, this is getting a little long.
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| On to the 7:00 at Caesar's and lets just say that all the cards I hadn't gotten in my first 10 hours of hold'em all decided to show up in this tournament. Early on I got pocket kings, flopped a set and took half of someone's stack. It all took off from there.
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| Well, long story short I finished fourth out of 90. Not that everything I did worked out for me, but I don't feel like I made a bad decision all night up until the chop offer came four handed, at which point I said no. Again, don't know what got into me at that moment, but I decided I was tired of the chop discussions and frankly was feeling a little pressured and I spit out a knee-jerk "no" and ended up being the next one out, costing me a few hundred $$. Oh well. I'm even for the trip as of now, the way things have gone for me since June I consider that a success!
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| I do have a few quick notes: Leon and I both made that final table, Leon finished 7th or 8th. But he was part of a "suckout on pete" stretch where I had gone from 2nd in chips at final table down to 6th in chips in the space of about 5 hands. Some of you may remember from past Blogs that Leon had taken me out of 7:00 tournaments on two previous occasions and when I got all in with him my 99 against his A-5 I thought I was finally getting redemption. Flop 5-5-4, ace on the river. Really.
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| I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow. I'm not buying into the $550 deep stack, that much I know.
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| We'll probably play at a noon "daily" somewhere, probably Wynn. But I do have a decision to make and being even for the trip now makes certain things a lot more tempting...
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| If I had no other considerations, I want to play in the 2:00 PLO at Venetian in the worst way. One small problem - if I cash, I miss my flight home playing in day two the next day. I don't think I can play in that in good conscience. But I really want to. In the worst way. I feel really good about my Omaha game after Saturday's deep run.
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| So there's that...
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| Then there's a 4:00pm Limit 8/b at Caesar's for a WSOPC ring. I really like PL 8/b, limit 8/b is not as exciting. But 8/b is 8/b. And day two is timed better for my flight, I would have to be in a spot where I making enough money to live with missing my flight if I have to miss my flight, let's put it that way. That's a pretty good second choice.
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| Or I could just stick to hold'em. I also feel real good about my hold'em game right now.
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| If I had a crystal ball, my best guess is that I'll play in a noon daily hold'em and if it's over or I bust out in time to make limit 8/b, that's probably what I'll do. It is a "ring event" so I expect a good size crowd, even if it is a Monday. |
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