 Vegas June 2011 (WSOP) |
| Day 7 - Mega Stack part deux |
| Last Updated: 2011-06-25 02:18:31 |
| Short one today...
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| After the high of the WSOP, not much could have happened today to compare. But it would have been nice to have a fighting chance.
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| I played in the $350 mega stack at Caesars, and what a great format. 25,000 chips and 30 minute rounds. Early on I got a pair of 7s and raised out, one caller, flop two overs, had to give it up.
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| In the next four plus hours I did not see another pocket pair. Not kidding, not exaggerating. Four hours, no pairs, AK once, AQ once, AJ twice. Won one pot of any size when I caught top two w/ A-10 suited and got paid. Highliight of the tournament for me.
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| Finally short stacked and in BB with two limpers I shoved w/ a borderline hand and got away with it. Got 5s next hand, second pocket pair in all that time, shoved from small blind and BB woke up w/ kings. You can't make it up...
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| Had dinner at a Mexican place in Palms that we heard good things about. It was pretty good, the soup I had was way hotter (spice not temp) than I expected and the meal I thought would burn holes in my stomach wasn't hot at all. But it was good, I'm sure we'll go back in the future.
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| Then back to caesars for the 7pm and same deal. Pocket 8s early, got reraised by a tight player, called, flopped 6-9-10 thought about trying to buy it but she couldn't wait to get more chips in so I gave it up.
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| I believe it was about three hours before I got my next pocket pair. Every pot I won in between was a steal with borderline hands at best. When I did finally get a pair of sixes on a short stack I shoved and ran into...go ahead, guess...kings again.
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| Flop 7-4-x, I said "5", dealer turned over a 5...then a 3. Oops.
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| Not long after that I actually caught kings and got paid some. And we were starting to get close to money. By my count I was up to four pairs in over 7 hours. Ugh.
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| Down to 21 paying 9 and here comes the irony. Im in BB, a short stack shoves, a bad player who had gotten very lucky shoves and I look down at...what else...kings. I shove.
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| Short stack has a small ace, other guy has JJ. Ace on the turn, I end up only losing a little in the deal.
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| So still short stacked we get down to 15 players and I am very short and get a raise and a call into me and look at AJ. I have to push and pray. Big stack reshoves so caller goes away and I'm up against kings again.
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| Flop three clubs and I have the Ac so my hand actually improves but the Kc is among them so I lose the aces. Ace on the turn just to twist the knife a little and offsuit jack on river to twist it a little more.
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| Can't even survive w/ two pair. I'm out just short of money.
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| But you know what? I cashed in the WSOP yesterday. I'll live.
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| So tomorrow one more tournament that I'm really looking forward to. PLO at 4:00 at Caesars. Already bought in, in fact I was the first person to enter.
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| Hopefully with four cards instead of two I'll get a chance to actually play some poker... |
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