It's still Friday, July 26. I just busted out of the aria tournament, and I'm buying back in.
I felt pretty good. I thought I played relatively well in the first attempt. I still had plenty of time. Not a huge stack, but well over 20 big blinds.
Right away, I flopped a set of eights after raising in early position. I don't remember the exact action but I believe I bet the flop, checked the turn when the flush card hit, and bet the river and got no collars.
Next I pick up two red jacks. I raise to 900 in early position, and get one collar. the flop is King King eight with two clubs. I check the flop, and call 1400. Not sure why I decided to check, but I did think I probably had the best hand. Turn was the seven of clubs and we both checked. River was the four of clubs. I decided I was going to turn my hand into a bluff. I bet out pretty small, 2600. He folded and I picked up a good pot.
Next hand I'm in the blind with ace king of clubs. This is at the 300 600 blind level. Two people limp in, and the button makes it 2100. I decided to just call. I could every raised, but the razor had a ton of chips and it would have committed me to the pot. I also figured that the two limpers would just call also. They did.
The flop was 10 94 with 2 hearts and one club. I check, and feel pretty good that I didn't reraise this one pre-flop. To my surprise, it checks around. The turn is the two of clubs, giving me a flush draw. I decided that this was a great spot to bluff since nobody had bet the flop. I bet something like 3600 and took it down. That was a really big pot and really helps me out a lot.
This next one was pretty bad. In older guy limped in and called my raise. I raised in late position with pocket nines. The flop came King high with two lower cards. The old guy bet out small something like a third or less of the pot. I called. The turn came and he bet again. Again it was a very small bet. For whatever reason, I got caught up thinking that he could be betting a flush draw, or a smaller bet. It honestly makes no sense whatsoever now. And even if he was, good for him. Ship him the pot and let me fold and keep my chips. So I called something like 2500 on the turn, and 3000 on the river, and he turns up a king. At the break I have 10,600 chips. Just over starting stack.
After the break I pick up pocket eights under the gun. Raise and get two collars. The flop is fantastic, 10 86 with two hearts. I bet 2000. The big stack to my left calls. Now the third guy goes Allin. He has almost exactly a min raise - only a little bit over 2000 more for a total of 4000 or so. I could have gotten cute and just called, but the pot was already pretty big and I simply went all in. The other guy folded. My opponent had pocket kings, and I won a huge pot.
Somewhat interesting blind verse blind battle. The small blind limps. He has been raising me a decent amount out of the small blind. Although, he probably has only had the chance to or three times Max. I look down at 72o and check.
Flop comes 10 98. I bet the minimum, 800, and he called. I missed the turn and it went check check. Bricked the river as well, he checked, and I decided to give up. He was slow playing ace 10. Suited.
I continued to get short. Finally I was under 10 big blinds and looking for a spot to shove. I had my eye on the people in the blinds as likely people that would fold. It folded to me. I look down at King two off suit. Not the best cards, but being first in the pot is a huge advantage. I go all in. The blind looks down, and snap calls with pocket queens. Two Kings show up on the board, and I double my 15 K up to around 32 K.
I will finish up the tournament report in the next blog. Thanks again for reading!
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