Played the 7 PM tournament last night. First time I got to use some of the mental game strategies I've read about. We got there kinda late because our cab never showed up and I had to run down to Fremont to get a cab. Grabbed a slice from Five50 and we were ready to play. Before I sat down at my table I went over my pre-game warmup routine. It's pretty useful to read over your weaknesses before you sit down.
One thing about last night is that I was super drunk. It's Friday, just got off work and I wanted to have some fun. I added a "How Drunk" column on my spreadsheet and started out putting it at 4 out of 10, and at the end of the night I ranked myself at 9 out of 10. Crown + diets and Fireball shots all night. It's a long night too so you can really put back some drinks. Obviously not ideal and I'll work to get that out of my game and play sober more often.
There were 78 entries when all was said and done. A little smaller than the tournaments we have beeen playing lately. There were a couple interesting hands, I don't remember the details of all of them. I'll write down what I remember here.
I played pretty cautious early and I really was trying to pay close attention. I also was trying to limit my variance somewhat. Couple examples : a guy that was playing a lot of hands (but mostly limping) made it 500 at 50/100. I just called on the button with AK. Could reraise for sure but it was a huge raise and also he was mostly limping so I knew he had something. Flop came all rags and he went all in for like 2200 - I didn't know he was that short, but I was happy to fold. Another hand at that level, a bunch of people limp and I call in the small blind with 99. I definitely considered raising but I'm out of position with a hand that plays great multiway so I just call. Big blind raises it huge, to 800. Everyone folds to me and I just fold. Too much to set mine and I'm not going to go crazy with 99. Plus the guy is the typical guy playing tight and wearing headphones, he's not going to dump his stack to me if I hit necessarily.
I like min raising and use that pretty much all the time. People still fold once the blinds get big enough. That's something I picked up from my wife - she used to do it all the time and I told her it was dumb because that was the common poker knowledge of the time, but she was right and years later everyone else started raising really small or min raising all the time.
At the 300/600/50 level I'm getting short - 7675 stack. Folds to me on the button and I min-raise with J6s. Blinds fold and they say "show us the bluff!". Haha. Later that level I min-raise with AT and the button calls. Flop KTx and we both check. Turn is a blank, I check again, he bets 1600 and I call. River blank, we both check, the ten wins. Old lady with headphones and sunglasses next to me says "gutsy call". Haha. I don't know about all that but I was happy to win the pot.
I was trying to avoid spots where I knew I'd have to win the pot and I felt like there was no fold equity. I have 11225 at the 300/600/50 level and a guy raises to 2000. I look down at 77. I thought about it for a while but just folded. I just didn't think this guy was folding, he had a lot of chips and sometimes you can just tell that some guy is going to call you, so I figured I'd save my chips for another spot.
Sickest hand - blind vs blind I raise out of the small blind with A9o. Big blind calls. Flop was K24. I check, I think he bet something small and I call. Turn is a 2. We both check. River is another king, so the board is K242K. I check. Now he goes all in for a lot, and he has me covered.
I thought about it forever - would he do this with a 4? No. Does he have a king? I just didn't feel like he did. The bet seemed super weird and he knew he was putting me all in. Anyway I thought forever and called. If I lose I'm out and I'm calling with ace high. He is just like, damn it and turns up the T7o. YES!!!! I flip up the A9 and rub it all over the table. I'm celebrating like crazy. I even remember picking up some of the chips and rubbing them on my chest. lmao. I was drunk and obviously that's not the coolest reaction, but whatever. It was a huge pot and I doubled through with literally nothing, and if I was wrong I was out. But I was fucking right. It was amazing. I was texting like crazy and writing notes and so happy. He's like "are you posting about that on Facebook" and I said "no, but I should!!!!" It was amazing.
Not much else happened. I hung in there the best I could. With 11 people left I called an all in from the big blind with KJ, the small blind pushed with A9 and I won. I wouldn't have been eliminated but I would have been super short if I lost. Then we were at the final table.
Last hand was pretty standard but I actually thought about whether to play it or not. A guy raised in early position and another guy called. I had 99 and only had about 6 big blinds. I knew if I went all in I was getting called by at least one of them. I honestly thought about folding because I knew I was going to have to win at showdown and that's not a good spot to be in. Much better to have some chance to win without showing down. But I just decided it was ridiculous to fold 99 with 6 big blinds. I was one of the shortest stacks and we still had to eliminate a few people before the money too. So I go all in and they both call. One had AQ, the other had KJs. KJs makes top two pair and I'm out of the tournament.
Overall I was really happy with the tournament. It was fun and I had another really deep run. No money but considering that I didn't have a ton of huge hands, I really hung in there a long time. Until next time! I'm going to win one of those soon.
I'll also include the raw notes from my session below in case anyone's interested. This is what I wrote down into Evernote while I was playing.
25/50 warmed up sat down at 708
AQ 450 from bb win 4 limps maybe 3
AT in co folded to older lady WSOP chip obv tight headphones 175
Folded ats in the sb after tight looking player made it 150 ep
50/100
Ak guy makes it 500 I call on button miss shove for 2200 fold
99 bunch of limps call sb 800 everyone folds I fold he is right looking guy headphones
AQ 400 button 2 calls T8x c J 800 c river blank lose KT
100/200 7800
JJ 500 early win
44 limp K84 heart draw 600 fold 4 way
8700 break
100/200/25
7675 200/400/25
ATs mp 800 bb c JTx c 1000 fold 8850
7275 300/600/50
J6s button min raise win show us the bluff
AT min raise button calls KTx c c turn blank c 1600 c river z check win - old lady says gutsy. All
AQ 1600 early bb call Jxx c c turn J 1600 fold
11225
77 guy makes if 2000 I think he's not dolding look at 77 tank fold
8725 400/800/75
KK guy raises I go all in fold :(
Couple peoplimp shove with 88 won
14k
KJs all in win 15725
23k 600:1200/100
800/1600/200
K2x2K I calm with a high on the river and I win I was out if I lost FUCK UEAR A9o I raised pre b v b he had T7o no pair no draw
36k avg is 30k
AQ win another pot KQ flop bet flop 4k same ore
43700
AQ guy raises I go all in he shows AJ I show AQ
51000
AJ 4k 12500 fold
1000/2000/300
KQ 4k mid guy shoves for like 35k gold
JTo 4k
Guy limps utg I limp T9s I think that's a bad play 4 way AJ8 one of my suit 2 checks 5500 win
1500/3000/400 41800
2000/4000/500
All in button 22000 T7o win
KJ call all in he has A9 win K on turn
47k rack em up on the button FT
99 KJss AQ
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