On to another Day 2, this time in the 2k limit. This is the event I finished 3rd in last year and Im here to win it. I have a lot of interesting stories from this day, but Im so tired, Im just gonna post a copy of the lead update from World Series of Poker.com. Ill do a complete write up of this tourney later.
Day 1 Concludes; Back at 2pm
Well, that's it. The chips are being bagged and tagged, and it looks as though 107 runners have made it through to Day 2 -- an impressive whittling down of our 446-strong starters. David Baker seems to have snuck into the chip lead in the last few hands with 72,100, but there are a number of players trailing only slightly behind, so it's really anyone's game come tomorrow. Also still in, albeit on more modest stacks, are big names Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Brock Parker and Maria Ho. We'll be back here at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when we'll be doing our damnedest to play down to a final table
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Bitter End
It was not to be for me in the 10k limit. I built my chips up early to about 90k, but everything went down hill from there. I called down in 2 spots, I knew I was no good, I didnt bluff in a spot I knew I should have and I took a couple pretty bad beats. Pretty much anything that could go wrong for the next couple hours did. It was just not meant to be. Wed is a dead day, I wont be in any event, but I will prob go cheer on several of my friends that are in the final 12 at the 10k limit. I play with about 5 or 6 of the final 12 on a regular basis and Im pretty good friends with most of them. One of my best friends in poker Greg "FBT" Mueller is one of the participants. Good Luck Greg. Congrats to JC Tran, an excellent player and also a friend, that won his 2nd bracelet last night.
As for my next event it will probably be Friday 2k limit. This is the event I finished 3rd in last year so I have some unfinished business.
As for my next event it will probably be Friday 2k limit. This is the event I finished 3rd in last year so I have some unfinished business.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Yet Another Day 2
Well I dont have the big score yet this year, but I sure am getting chips and playing deep in these events. I have 49,100 in the 10k limit. We started with 30k. This was a very small field as less than 200 people played. Suprisingly, the field wasnt as good as you would think. There were plenty of bad players. I had a pretty good table, especially at the end of the day, but I was really card dead. I couldnt play many hands, my table was really aggressive. I somehow managed to end with almost 50k, so I am happy. We are down to a little over 100 people and tomorrow hopefully will be a long day. Im pretty tired, so tonights entry is short. Good Night
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Rest....
Im out of the 1500 from Saturday. I didnt play my best I was kinda bored. I still got chips but after 8 hours found a way to go busto. Im not that bummed about it. Im gonna rest Sunday in preparation for the 10k Limit Hold Em Championship on Monday at 5pm.
Gleaming Positives From a Negative
I want to give a rundown of my day. I got up and played both the 1500 Limit and the 2nd day of the NL. Some people thought it was dumb to play both, I didnt. I got up to 7k in the 1st 2 hours of the limit then I went to the NL and lost half my stack. If things didnt turn around I would have been so glad I was in the limit, as the field was super soft. Im not gonna go into the limit event because I want to talk about the no limit a lot. Lets just say on dinner of the NL I went to the limit and played really fast and gambled hoping to amass a lot of chips since I had a ton in the NL and I assumed I would be there a while. I went broke in the limit but by this time I didnt care at all.
On to my day of the NL, I rediscovered some controlled aggression. I was so happy with my play over all. I did some things I hadnt done in a while. I played really tight which I usually do, but had my chips to about 50k. A young kid opened the pot for 5k and I sensed he was weak. Also, I had enough chips to really hurt him, so I reraised him 13k more from the blind with A8o. I had 29k behind leaving myself enough to fold if I was wrong and he woke up with a hand....I was right and he folded. I had raised another internet players blind several times and he folded, but I could tell he was tired of it. I wasnt raising his blind again unless I was prepared to call an all in shove which I thought was coming.....I get AK and raise he shoves like I thought with AJ, we have 120k in the middle and flop comes AJ3...turn 5....river K! He gets super lucky on the flop and I get super lucky on the river. I leave this table with 160k, after I reraise another guy with KQ and he folds. I was very successfull with 3 betting marginal hands and picking up dead money.
I move tables and this table seems to be pretty aggressive. The only player I recognize is this kid Binh, who came in 2nd to Andrew at the LAPC, he has about 100k. I fold for the 1st 15-20 hands at this table, then I finally go after the blinds and antes which are high and raise to 5800 with 65, Binh raises me 10k more leaving himself about 70k. I normally auto fold here, but my instincts were he didnt have a super strong hand and I hadnt played a hand, so I raise him 25k more with only 65. He folds and I pick up big pot. Then we go to dinner. Come back and I raise the cutoff with 34h, Binh calls from the blind. Flop A27 2clubs. He leads for 10k, I would just call if I had an A so I call and plan to win the hand later. Turn is a Q, he chks and I figure if I had an A I would chk behind so I do. River is 6c, he chks, I bet 25k, he folds I win another one with 4 high!
Little while later I raise 2 black 8s, blind calls. Flop is T93 all spades, chk, chk....turn 3....he bets 10k, I call. River is 8 he bets 10k, I raise 30k he calls I win, now I have 250k......Here starts the fun.....My image at this point I believe is tight and always has it. I raise the hijack with A7d to 7500, button calls. Flop 833, I bet 13k, hoping he has AQ or AJ and will fold, he calls and I can tell he doesnt like it....I think he has 55 or 66 or even 99 or TT. Turn is 4, I bet 24k to get him to fold most of his hands. He calls....Im done with it I think.....River is K, now I take one last shot for 38k, he calls leaving himself about 25k. He has red AQ!!!! He called off 83k with A high 75k of it with no draw. This is a horrible play, but he looks like a genius. Im really happy I had the guts to make this bluff. 99 pct of the time I win this pot in this spot, so Im proud that I had the guts to fire the river, if I chk and he chks and shows me AQ Im gonna be so mad at myself cause I would think no way he would call and I should have bet.
So I still have 170k and am fine. Folded to me on the button and the same guy is in the Big Blind. I raise the J7h I just cant fold here. Same guy makes it 23k (I opened 7500). I figure if I hit the flop I can get a lot of value here, so I call. Flop comes TT9 2 hearts. He bets 50k, I raise him an additional 90k, he calls and has AKh. Bad hand for me to be up against, but i win if I catch a J8 or 7. After preflop call all the money is getting in so just unlucky and I miss.
I go from great shape to out in 5 mins, but I am so happy. My reads are so dead on and Im having the guts to go through with it. I got so many chips by outplaying people it was fun. I used to be aggressive and Im glad to get a little of it back in my game. Saturday another 1500 NL Lottery Event. Lets Fire it up.
On to my day of the NL, I rediscovered some controlled aggression. I was so happy with my play over all. I did some things I hadnt done in a while. I played really tight which I usually do, but had my chips to about 50k. A young kid opened the pot for 5k and I sensed he was weak. Also, I had enough chips to really hurt him, so I reraised him 13k more from the blind with A8o. I had 29k behind leaving myself enough to fold if I was wrong and he woke up with a hand....I was right and he folded. I had raised another internet players blind several times and he folded, but I could tell he was tired of it. I wasnt raising his blind again unless I was prepared to call an all in shove which I thought was coming.....I get AK and raise he shoves like I thought with AJ, we have 120k in the middle and flop comes AJ3...turn 5....river K! He gets super lucky on the flop and I get super lucky on the river. I leave this table with 160k, after I reraise another guy with KQ and he folds. I was very successfull with 3 betting marginal hands and picking up dead money.
I move tables and this table seems to be pretty aggressive. The only player I recognize is this kid Binh, who came in 2nd to Andrew at the LAPC, he has about 100k. I fold for the 1st 15-20 hands at this table, then I finally go after the blinds and antes which are high and raise to 5800 with 65, Binh raises me 10k more leaving himself about 70k. I normally auto fold here, but my instincts were he didnt have a super strong hand and I hadnt played a hand, so I raise him 25k more with only 65. He folds and I pick up big pot. Then we go to dinner. Come back and I raise the cutoff with 34h, Binh calls from the blind. Flop A27 2clubs. He leads for 10k, I would just call if I had an A so I call and plan to win the hand later. Turn is a Q, he chks and I figure if I had an A I would chk behind so I do. River is 6c, he chks, I bet 25k, he folds I win another one with 4 high!
Little while later I raise 2 black 8s, blind calls. Flop is T93 all spades, chk, chk....turn 3....he bets 10k, I call. River is 8 he bets 10k, I raise 30k he calls I win, now I have 250k......Here starts the fun.....My image at this point I believe is tight and always has it. I raise the hijack with A7d to 7500, button calls. Flop 833, I bet 13k, hoping he has AQ or AJ and will fold, he calls and I can tell he doesnt like it....I think he has 55 or 66 or even 99 or TT. Turn is 4, I bet 24k to get him to fold most of his hands. He calls....Im done with it I think.....River is K, now I take one last shot for 38k, he calls leaving himself about 25k. He has red AQ!!!! He called off 83k with A high 75k of it with no draw. This is a horrible play, but he looks like a genius. Im really happy I had the guts to make this bluff. 99 pct of the time I win this pot in this spot, so Im proud that I had the guts to fire the river, if I chk and he chks and shows me AQ Im gonna be so mad at myself cause I would think no way he would call and I should have bet.
So I still have 170k and am fine. Folded to me on the button and the same guy is in the Big Blind. I raise the J7h I just cant fold here. Same guy makes it 23k (I opened 7500). I figure if I hit the flop I can get a lot of value here, so I call. Flop comes TT9 2 hearts. He bets 50k, I raise him an additional 90k, he calls and has AKh. Bad hand for me to be up against, but i win if I catch a J8 or 7. After preflop call all the money is getting in so just unlucky and I miss.
I go from great shape to out in 5 mins, but I am so happy. My reads are so dead on and Im having the guts to go through with it. I got so many chips by outplaying people it was fun. I used to be aggressive and Im glad to get a little of it back in my game. Saturday another 1500 NL Lottery Event. Lets Fire it up.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Im Sick....and I Love It
Im gonna try to make this short, I am exhausted! Gonna need a day off or two soon. Here is the long and short of my day. We start HORSE at 1 pm, Im 12th in chips. I lose 2 pots and am basically out. I dont do anything wrong in either one and neither do my opponents, I just never hit a card and my opponents did. I fought back from 6k when a friend of mine seated at the table made a bet with another player.....the other guy had to lay him 2k for 200 that I would build my 6k back into at least 100k.....I gave it a good run, I got up over 50k, but I couldnt do anything else, I was out a few hands later in a disappointing 17th place. I played as well as I could in games Im not great at and I think it was a real good showing, I pick up between 8-9k, not sure, I never looked nor have I cashed out yet.
I was going to cash out but I noticed it was 1:57 and you have until 2 to register for the noon event which was a lottery 2500 person 1500 NL event. So since I was prepared to play poker all day, I said what the hell and registered. We start with 4500 and I dominated early. I played so good and was killing them. At dinner I had about 34k and my table was pretty easy. After dinner my table turned into the table from hell. I could never enter a pot without getting reraised. This kid raised to 1600 I reraised to 6500 with AK and he moved all in. This is a really tough spot.....I had 34k behind. If he has AK himself he makes this play and prob QQ maybe JJ. I really felt like he had either QQ or KK. With the table still not as hard as it later got, I decided I could get chips easier than this spot so I folded. At the end of the night he said he had QQ and with all the money in there, I would have called had I known he had QQ. Whatever.....I end the night with 41,400 which is avg and there are 270 left, we just made the money. We start back up at 2.
Now playing a no limit event after 3 days and a disappointing 17th place finish in horse is a little sick, but tomorrows plan is really sick. At noon they have a 1500 Limit Holdem event. This is my best event. I dont feel like anyone in the world has an better edge in this tourney than me. I registered for this tourney. I am gonna play it from noon til 2 then go play the no limit and let my chips sit there. I will lose a few chips while I am gone but hopefully I will build up early and on breaks from the NL event. Here is my logic. 1 of 2 things are gonna happen in the NL event. Either I stay in and do great and move up the money ladder and I sacrifice the limit event and 1500 and that would be great or I lose my chips which can easily happen in one cooler or bad beat and Im in my best event. I figure its worth it and Im red hot and my confidence is high, so lets ride it out......
Ok, going to bed hoping for a deep run in one of the events (hopefully the NL).
Thanks
DB
I was going to cash out but I noticed it was 1:57 and you have until 2 to register for the noon event which was a lottery 2500 person 1500 NL event. So since I was prepared to play poker all day, I said what the hell and registered. We start with 4500 and I dominated early. I played so good and was killing them. At dinner I had about 34k and my table was pretty easy. After dinner my table turned into the table from hell. I could never enter a pot without getting reraised. This kid raised to 1600 I reraised to 6500 with AK and he moved all in. This is a really tough spot.....I had 34k behind. If he has AK himself he makes this play and prob QQ maybe JJ. I really felt like he had either QQ or KK. With the table still not as hard as it later got, I decided I could get chips easier than this spot so I folded. At the end of the night he said he had QQ and with all the money in there, I would have called had I known he had QQ. Whatever.....I end the night with 41,400 which is avg and there are 270 left, we just made the money. We start back up at 2.
Now playing a no limit event after 3 days and a disappointing 17th place finish in horse is a little sick, but tomorrows plan is really sick. At noon they have a 1500 Limit Holdem event. This is my best event. I dont feel like anyone in the world has an better edge in this tourney than me. I registered for this tourney. I am gonna play it from noon til 2 then go play the no limit and let my chips sit there. I will lose a few chips while I am gone but hopefully I will build up early and on breaks from the NL event. Here is my logic. 1 of 2 things are gonna happen in the NL event. Either I stay in and do great and move up the money ladder and I sacrifice the limit event and 1500 and that would be great or I lose my chips which can easily happen in one cooler or bad beat and Im in my best event. I figure its worth it and Im red hot and my confidence is high, so lets ride it out......
Ok, going to bed hoping for a deep run in one of the events (hopefully the NL).
Thanks
DB
Thursday, June 11, 2009
21 Left in HORSE
I have so much to write about today, but its late and Im exhausted and have to get up early. Anyway, a quick recap of the day, and I will detail the sickest hand I have ever been involved in. I start at the sickest table for a HORSE event. I have Doyle Brunson, Jennifer Harmon, David Singer, Keith Sexton, Zac Fellows (online star), and couple other decent players. Doyle, Jennifer and Keith get eliminated and we get prob better players in to replace them in Matt Glantz, Chau Gaing, and Greg Macio.....anyway Zac is on my immediate left and he is torturing me. He beats me and the rest of the table in every pot. My chips are fairly consistant, I had some swings but nothing huge. I feel I played pretty well. I definately made a few mistakes in the games Im not as good at, but I think I made up for it with good limit tourney strategy. I was aggressive at the right times and picked up a lot of dead money which kinda covered up any small mistakes I made.
I have a lot I could talk about, but I want to detail this hand and go to sleep. First, the floor announces to stop dealing and we are redrawing for tables, but our dealer already started shuffling so we had to play it. The game we are playing is called Stud 8. This game is a split pot game. Half the pot goes to the player making the best hi hand and half the pot goes to the player making the best low hand, but the player winning the low must have 5 cards below an 8 in their hand. It sounds complex, but its not. Anyway in this game you really want low cards that can make a straight or flush so you can win both. Ok so Dan Shak is getting low he raises to 6k, I have a 3 up and an A and 4 in the hole. This is a very good hand I reraise it to 12k, Zac then makes it 18k with a K up and Dan makes it 24k with his Ten up and I call and Zac makes it 30k and Dan is all in and I call. So we all have 30k in the pot each and Zac has a K up (looks like he has KK in the hole to me) I have A43, and Dan has a T up. I catch a 5 and Zac a J Dan is all in he gets a 2. Zac bets I call. My hand now has A435 and I need a 2 to prob win it all or a 678 in one of the next 3 cards to get half. My last 3 cards are 99J. So I miss everything and fold (Zac bets every street). Zac turns up the QT in the hole! He went 5 bets with KQT in Stud 8.....Most people wouldnt put in 1 bet. That hand is horrible.......Anyway, here is the catch.....He thought we were playing Stud Hi Only! So, its like a million to 1 for him to not know what game we are playing.....him to go bonkers with KQT in any stud game.....for him to make a straight.....for me to miss 3 consecutive shots at half the pot......This pot ends up costing me 60k and the pot size was about 170k! This pot was a joke and Im down to 60k after it.
Well at my new table I win a couple of small pots and end the day at 132k. There are 21 left and we resume at 1pm tomorrow. We will play down to a winner and hopefully it will be yours truly.....anyway, I need a little sleep, Im real excited about this opportunity, hope I catch the deck tomorrow!
Thanks
DB
I have a lot I could talk about, but I want to detail this hand and go to sleep. First, the floor announces to stop dealing and we are redrawing for tables, but our dealer already started shuffling so we had to play it. The game we are playing is called Stud 8. This game is a split pot game. Half the pot goes to the player making the best hi hand and half the pot goes to the player making the best low hand, but the player winning the low must have 5 cards below an 8 in their hand. It sounds complex, but its not. Anyway in this game you really want low cards that can make a straight or flush so you can win both. Ok so Dan Shak is getting low he raises to 6k, I have a 3 up and an A and 4 in the hole. This is a very good hand I reraise it to 12k, Zac then makes it 18k with a K up and Dan makes it 24k with his Ten up and I call and Zac makes it 30k and Dan is all in and I call. So we all have 30k in the pot each and Zac has a K up (looks like he has KK in the hole to me) I have A43, and Dan has a T up. I catch a 5 and Zac a J Dan is all in he gets a 2. Zac bets I call. My hand now has A435 and I need a 2 to prob win it all or a 678 in one of the next 3 cards to get half. My last 3 cards are 99J. So I miss everything and fold (Zac bets every street). Zac turns up the QT in the hole! He went 5 bets with KQT in Stud 8.....Most people wouldnt put in 1 bet. That hand is horrible.......Anyway, here is the catch.....He thought we were playing Stud Hi Only! So, its like a million to 1 for him to not know what game we are playing.....him to go bonkers with KQT in any stud game.....for him to make a straight.....for me to miss 3 consecutive shots at half the pot......This pot ends up costing me 60k and the pot size was about 170k! This pot was a joke and Im down to 60k after it.
Well at my new table I win a couple of small pots and end the day at 132k. There are 21 left and we resume at 1pm tomorrow. We will play down to a winner and hopefully it will be yours truly.....anyway, I need a little sleep, Im real excited about this opportunity, hope I catch the deck tomorrow!
Thanks
DB
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