BTW at my first table (about the first 5 or so levels) there was this guy that just had a MASSIVE stack, it was insane. Probably 40k+ in the first level. I have no idea how he got it, but he was playing absolutely crazy. Just an older guy from out of town. He would essentially call any amount with any draw, bet 4x pot, it was so insane.
25/50
Had J-J in early position, raised to 150. Blind called. Flop K-7-2. He checked dark, I bet 150, he folds.
50/100
Call 250 more with AJs from the small blind. See the flop 5 ways. Board runs out Q-9-8-7-7, nobody bets until the river. Super stack old guy bets the river, preflop raiser calls. Old guy had A-10, raiser had J-J.
100/200
That old guy is going crazy. He doubled up a guy in a ridiculous pot. Got raised preflop, he limp-called. Flop was king high with 2 clubs, and about 1k in the pot on the flop. Old guy leads for about 2k, other guy shoves, old guy insta-calls with 9-7 suited, just a flush draw. Gets 10k in on the flop. Starting stacks in this tournament are 10k btw. Other guy had flopped top set and it holds up. :P
I raise to 525 in late position with K-Q. 3 callers. I miss, check fold.
K-Qs very next hand, 525 again. 4 way. Flop is K-10-6. Checks to me and I check. Probably should have bet, I'm not really sure why I checked. I figured it was 4 way, I probably had the best hand, but I could sort of pot control and just see what the others did on the turn. Turn is a 7. It checks to me, I bet 800, 2 people call. River is a king. Checks to me again, I bet 1200, one guy calls me and I'm good. Stack at 13,400.
Last hand of the round I pick up K-K in early position. Raise to 700, the blind calls. Flop Q-J-x. He checks, but he looked kinda like he wanted to bet. I checked also. Probably should have bet, really no good reason to check it. Lots of hands the guy could call me with. Turn is a queen, he goes all-in for about 6000, I fold.
100/200/25 ante
A-K suited under the gun, raise to 525. Crazy older guy calls and another caller. Flop is J-9-x with 2 of my suit. Pretty good flop. I lead out for 700. Old guy makes it 4000. I thought about it for a decent amount of time, but I just decided to fold. I figured he could have one of these things - a smaller flush draw, a straight draw or straight/flush combo draw, a pair, or something bigger. And I guarantee I had ZERO fold equity because that's how he had been playing it all night. Against that range I'm flipping at best and didn't want to risk my whole tournament at this point. But I did think about it. Overall I thought it was a good decision.
A-J, I raise to 700 on the button, limper calls. He leads 1500 on a 10 high flop and I fold.
200/400/25 - stack is 9675
Big stack loose old guy limps. I have AA in the big blind and put in a big raise to 2000 because I figure he won't fold to much. He calls. Flop is 456 all diamonds and I have the ace of diamonds. I bet 2000, he folds.
Only other hand I played was calling 450 more in the big blind with QJs, missing, and folding.
300/600/50 - stack is 9300
Didn't play a single hand at this level.
400/800/75 - stack is 7900
My first hand was right behind the button - gotta love that when you only have 10 big blinds.
Got QJ and folded it - didn't want to shove that for almost 10 big blinds. Looking for a better spot.
In early position, I look down at A-10 suited. I shove. The loose old guy SNAP calls me, not a good sign. Everyone else folds. I flip up my cards and he flips up A-8 suited. That's about as good as I can do here. The flop is 9-6-6, turn is a 3... come on baby... river 7. Double through. I have 16850 now and am back out of the danger zone.
I call a min raise with 74s in the big blind, see the flop 3 handed, and miss. Probably could just fold but I don't think it's terrible.
K-10 in the small blind. I limp, he raises to 2500, I fold. I probably should have just raised or folded. Hand was good enough to raise, but I just didn't want to commit the chips at that point. But if that's the case, I probably should just fold.
Stay tuned, my Aria tournament run continues on the next blog!
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