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Joker161:
The next three levels to the dinner break go well too. Lots of hands, but the highlights are (i) when I get aces UTG and a short stack pushes into my raise and I snap, obviously. He has JJ and my aces hold; (ii) a hand where I call a raise from a loose player with KJ from the SB. Flop is KT4, check/check. Turn is another king. I bet he calls. River pairs the four. I bet he calls. Nice. To be honest, I"m struggling to remember any others. Lots of stealing with mixed results, but on the whole more seems to get through than not given I am now on about 770k and the average is about 550k. Only 45 left and I have $2k locked up. Getting exciting with over $100k at the top!
Running up to the dinner break there"s lots of talk about when it will finish and whether they will force us to play through. Some reckon a 4am finish in not out of the question, which is harsh given the 12 noon start. We shall see...
Joker161:
Lots more ducking and diving after the break. Again, no big hands. Just losing a bit, winning a bit. I three bet some bloke and he folded but pointed out that I keep doing that from the SB. So I must have been doing it quite a lot. In terms of hands, I think I had AK once but missed the flop. I had AQ a couple of times and only won once.
We get down to 27 and they re-draw the seats. And then the big exit hand. I"m in early position and pick up KK. I have about 950k at this point and the blinds are 5k/15k/30k. I raise to 70k. The raises have been bigger at this level, but I didn"t want to scare anyone away. The bloke next to me, who is on about 500k, goes all-in. Handy! Then the BB, with over two million in chips, goes all-in too! ****! He"s quite a loose player, so obviously I should snap call, but I do have a ponder. Something didn"t feel right. Not very scientific, but there you go. I then shook myself out of my daydream and called. The bloke to my left has AJ (a bit rash, as he admitted afterwards) and the BB has AA, obviously. To rub it in, there"s the fourth ace on the river! I ended up 23rd for $4,428. Can"t complain, although as is always the case in these situations, the most gutting thing is not being part of the action anymore - I do love these tournaments! I did seriously consider folding. Not sensible, but I would have had 900k and would have almost certainly laddered to at least $7k, but then you don"t go folding kings in spots like that if you are trying to win the $118k, as Adam pointed out afterwards.
Might have a day off tomorrow (Does this mean "end up playing cash"?) and then play the $400 event at the Venetian on Sunday.
mylesfdo:
wow unlucky Joe so sick to run Kings into Aces so close to a monster score and u prob right u don"t go folding them when u looking to win the lot.....know I couldn"t!!
Wp and onto the next!!
ian.ski309:
VWP Joe, a very enjoyable read and another nice deep run. It"s very tough to find a fold with KK and 30 bigs there, upwards and onwards ;)
Scousebill:
Another good read and unlucky Joe....
Let"s hope we get many interesting updates from the Venetian....
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