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Joker161:
Day 4 - Wednesday 1st July
Easy morning watching tennis and a quick dip in the pool. Got to the Rio a bit early to have lunch at the Hash-A-Go-Go, which has moved from the Imperial Palace.
Level 11 was a good one for me. Still not really getting hands, but after two rounds I thought I ought to raise one so that they don"t think I"m a total rock, so when it comes to me mid-position I raised I raise it up with K8. Two callers. Looks like I"m letting this one go! Flop is K84, but is all spades. Scary, but I have to bet. They both fold. Then the big hand. There"s a raise (CO+1) and a call (button), and I re-raise from the SB with TT. The raiser calls and the other bloke folds. I do the stare at him while the flop comes out thing, but he"s doing the same thing! After a few seconds of staring I go to bet, and see the ten on the board, although the AJT board is a bit scary. I bet 12k, he goes all-in and I think for a bit and also realise that he only has about 10k more, so I have to call. He has AQ, so he has outs but not many. He was a bit annoyed that I didn"t snap call, but it wasn"t that long. I"m up to 60k, average about 50k.
Level 12 is less good. Still no hands, so again decide I need to raise a hand. I go with 53, as you do. Get a call from the bloke next to me (the loudest American ever - he is essentially shouting when he talks. I wonder what his actual shouting is like?). We check the flop, then an ace comes on the river so I bet to represent and he calls. There goes 8k. He has AT. Then the same bloke min-raises when I"m in the BB. The SB calls so I"m getting a big price and call with K9. Flop is JT9 and we all check. Turn is a queen. Check, I bet my straight, and shouty man raises quite big. He obviously has AK. I have to fold. Towards the end of the level I get AK on the button and re-raise a stealer. He folds. The very next hand I get AT and raise to steal, which gets through, so I"m on about 46k, but the average is now over 60k. I think we are down to about 750 players, so the bubble will probably go before the next break. Fingers crossed I"m still there!
KarmaDope:
Joe, FYI, The Linq (formerly the IP) still has the HHAGG inside.
Joker161:
Must be branching out! Watch out Denny"s!
Joker161:
Levels 13 and 14 were pretty uneventful until the end. I got AJ in the BB, it"s folded round to the SB, he raises, I re-raise and he folds. With the antes, hands like this are getting pretty valuable. I then get JJ in the SB and call a raise. Flop is jack high and I decide to bet out. He folds. Thinking about it, I should have checked, but he was a lively player and I was hoping for a raise. But if I had checked he would probably have bet. Anyway, I get JJ again. There"s a raise, then a call and I really should have re-raised but decided to call. The flop is Q96. We all check. Turn is a three. Bet, call, and I decide to re-raise. A sort of turn squeeze. I knew the first bloke was weak, and the other one was fairly loose. So the first bloke folds and the second goes all-in. I have to fold and he shows 33 for the set on the turn. Really annoying! There were other hands - up a bit, down a bit, but they are difficult to remember after that annoying hand. Played it so badly! The irony is that I was dying for a piss but I didn"t want to miss any hands. After the AJ and the first JJ I thought I"d made a good decision to hold on. I wish I"d gone one hand earlier. After the second JJ hand there were two minutes to the break so I ran out to beat the queue, so I didn"t count the chips, but I was on about 53k before that hand so I must be down to 35k now. Cashing still possible, though. I think we"ve gone under 500 and they pay 468. Still haven"t had aces in two days.
Joker161:
Bubble Time! About half way through Level 15 we get to the point where all the dealers have to stand after a hand - quite a sight with 50 tables! It didn"t last long and then everyone was dropping like flies after that. Then at the end of the level, The Hand. The bloke who raised on the JJ hand raises (to 5.5k, blinds now 400/1200/2400), the bloke who called him in the JJ hand calls, and the button calls for good measure. I have AK, and I"m not flatting this time. I make it 15k. The original raiser thinks for a bit and goes all-in, and he covers me by miles. The other two get out of the way and I call. Perhaps I could have folded, but I only have another 30k behind and this was a great chance to get a serious stack. Anyway, the villain has TT (I thought he might be better than that). So the classic race, obviously you need to win some of these. First card on the flop is a ten. Game Over. I would have been on over 100k and just over the average. A shame, but I did get quite lucky twice yesterday, so no complaints. I"m still thinking about that JJ hand! Off to have dinner now and then home. The Golden Nugget Main Event tomorrow!
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