I wasn't feeling like playing much. Got destroyed the last couple cash sessions. And my wife didn't want to play the Aria tournament because it was a little more than we wanted to spend. So we decided to play the Nugget tournament instead. I called over to see what they have. Tournaments throughout the day, $65. So we went up there for the 7 PM tournament.
Sat down and it was more short stacked and less organized than I was used to with my recent visits to Aria. No tournament clocks anywhere (wtf). Only 4k starting chips as opposed to 10k at Aria. Oh and it wasn't just a $65 tournament. It was a $65 tournament with an optional $40 for 4k extra chips (double). I didn't immediately buy in, and thought I'd just wait and see. I had been planning on only spending $65 on this tournament.
I won the very first hand dealt (flopped nothing 3 ways, bet 75 when I turned a flush draw, hit my flush, bet 150 and the guy folded). After that though it was REALLY slow. I had pocket 7s and 8s and missed with both. Idiots at the table were hitting and getting rich like crazy. Two old guys were just RAKING IT IN, omg. Just couldn't miss. Guys had like 20k and 15k when the average was probably 5-6k. Telling racist/sexist jokes, and just being total assholes. I hate guys like that.
I'm blinding down and have 2700 left. The 100-200 (3rd) level is about to finish up and it's my last chance to add on. Pass. Fuck it. Next level is 200-400 and $40 for another 10 BB doesn't seem worth it.
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| Payouts |
Tournament was SO weird by the way. They aggressively colored up chips. 25-50, 50-100, then they colored up the quarters. No antes. No tournament clock or easy way to tell what the next blinds were or when they go up. Blinds went up in RIDICULOUS fashion. From 300-600 to 1000-2000, etc. Just so fast. Even big stacks sometimes had like 10 BB.
After my AA win I'm blinding down and getting nothing. Then the rush hits. I shove about 6 BB with 88 into a mid-position raiser. He had pocket tens. Good game. Flop 7-5-2. OK. Turn 6... some hope!!! River... FOUR!!! SHIP IT!!! I won that hands and the next 3 hands in a row (just blinds, but whatever). I built a decent stack out of that run and had 31k at the 1000-2000 level. 15 BB is short, but not at this tournament.
I could see one of the guy's cards next to me EVERY hand. Most of the time I could just see some of the middle of the card, like I could see that he had some middle diamond, a red picture card, or whatever. I see he has a jack, look down and see pocket jacks. That sucks but I still play it, and end up getting a guy's 7k stack at the 2000-4000 level. He had J-2 in the blind.
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| My 40k |
I flip positions with the old guy and still can see one card, but it's a little harder. I'm in the small blind with Q-4 offsuit. I look at his hand and can see a middle spade, so I shove and he folds. Great info to get. I wouldn't shove that normally but when I can see one low card in his hand, I think Q-4 is way ahead of that range. Actually I just ran PokerCruncher with Q-4 offsuit vs any 7 and Q-4 is a 52.5% favorite. Not as good as I thought but still a favorite, and I'm sure that guy is folding way more than he should anyway.
Getting short, I had to make some tough decisions. Guy went all in (that had been going all in a decent amount) and I had Q-J suited on the button. Folded. Also folded A-3 offsuit in the cutoff with 31k left at 3000-6000.
With 7 left they talk about paying the bubble. Normally I always say no, but I had one of the shortest stacks at that point so I figured why fight it. One guy was lower, and there was another guy tied with me approximately, and everyone else had more. And I had one shove left in my stack. So I figured it was worth it. We took $50 off of 1st, $30 off of 2nd, and $20 off of 3rd for the bubble. Now I'm officially in the money! Sweet!
Shoved A-9 from the small blind into the big with 31k, he folds.
Raised 7-6 suited to 12k (still at 3000-6000) and everyone folds. Up to 49k.
Blinds go up to 5,000-10,000. So ridiculously huge. I have 40k at this point - 4 big blinds. Guy shoves 26k and I look down at A-Q. I shove over the top. He has 5-5. Hit an ace! Boom, 6 people left and I'm the chip leader! (By a small margin.)
Old guy that has been crushing the whole time (not by skill) starts talking about a chop. $500 each if we chop now he says. I say I don't want to chop right now. He starts getting super pissed off and confrontational, basically saying that I'm not better than them, etc. I say I just want to gamble. He says OK, I see how you've been playing, let's gamble, etc. He was super annoyed. Haha. Love it.
Guy shoves 16k, I call the extra 6k out of the big blind dark. Wake up with 7-7, bust another guy who shoved K-6.
Me and that ornery old guy are the biggest stacks at this point. He raises under the gun to 30k. I have about 90-100k at this point. I look down at my cards. Ace. Other card... king. I start moving my chips in and the old guy immediately starts saying "OK let's do it, blah blah blah". So I shove from the small blind, the big folds, and the old guy calls. With A-3 offsuit. Flop K-J-J and the pot is mine!!
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| 3 handed with a monster stack |
I just have to bust these two guys. Keeping it cool but I want this pretty bad. I'm in the big blind and the small blind limps. He had been playing pretty aggressive so I figured he probably didn't have that great of a hand. I look down at 9-6 suited and shove. He calls his other 50k, damn. He has 10-3 of the same suit. We both flop a flush, sick. I guess I was doubling him up either way that hand. Down to 164k.
I just start going all in over and over. The old guy keeps folding everything. I know they want to move up the ladder so I can really take advantage. This is awesome.
Asian guy asks when the next break is. No more breaks. He says he really has to use the bathroom and asks us if we could do a break. I'm fine with it. Dealer says it's not possible. So he's like fine and just runs to the bathroom. 2 hands are played while he's gone and I win his blinds both hands. Before he got back the floor came over and asked, where'd this guy go? When he heard he went to the bathroom, he said yes we could do an impromptu break. I said I was fine with it, but the old guy wouldn't agree. What an asshole. The blinds are so huge and why be a total dick about it? Later he started saying he had to pee too, I was SO hoping he would have to go and I'd be like sorry, no break for you. Get blinded off. Didn't happen though.
They kept surviving. I called an all-in with 5-5 vs 2 overs, lose. With blinds at 10k-20k, old guy shoves 22k total (2k more, lol). Asian guy and I call and we check it down. I have A-9 and river a 9. Old guy slow-rolls pocket 10s.
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| My final victim |
Get all in with K-3 vs Q-9 for the entire tournament. Seeing the cards run out was surreal - like the old days where I would play sit-n-gos online on PokerStars and win. But I have never won a live tournament at a casino in my LIFE. Q-9 holds up. Damn.
Little later he shoves a small stack. I look down at K-10 and insta-call. Flop a 10. Come on baby... turn nothing.... river, king. No straight! I win! OMG I won the whole tournament!!!! YES!!!!!
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| Tournament over - I win!!!! |
Literally the first tournament I've ever won. I'm on the sickest tournament run in my life and loving it. Running good and playing good. I won $1150, tipped 50, and walked with a great profit. And in an add-on tournament, I never even added on! LOL! Awesome.
Just another awesome tournament under my belt and what a great feeling to win it outright. No chop, I just took it to the end and beat everyone. So freaking awesome. More poker stories to come!
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