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Joker161:
Seven levels until the break! Not too much to report. Won a couple, lost a couple. Generally card dead. I got KK on a king high flop against the weakest player. He had called everything all day, so I bet the flop and he folded! He"s already out, by the way. One big hand. Blinds 200/400/50 and I"m in the BB with JJ. UTG calls, +1 raises to 3,200 (a bit large). I have about 12k left and decide to go all-in. A bit of a gamble, but raising anything less is more than half my stack. He calls with a grimace and has AK. I survive. Then nothing until the break. I"m on about 24k now. I think we are playing about 18 levels today. I"ll have to get some more hands, or get very lucky, to survive that long.

Joker161:
Thanks Des. By the way, the player in seat one smelt REALLY bad. I was in seat six so didn"t really smell anything, but when he got knocked out the man in seat two told the table how he nearly called the floor it was so bad. Then there was a big discussion about what a TD would do about it. To be fair, his hair was very greasy.

Joker161:
Turbos are really hard when you"re card dead. My chips dwindled away to about 13k, blinds now 800/1600/200. One regret - I almost pushed in the SB with K6o after an early call. Not a fan of hands like that, so I waited for a better spot. Flop AKK. Annoying. I finally get ATs (that"s looking massive at the moment). A big stack calls and he has A7. Handy. Flop is QJ3. He shouts "three" and there it is on the turn. So an annoying split. The very next hand I get KQo. I push again and the same big stack calls and he has A9. Ace on the flop. A fun tournament but you really need some luck to get anywhere. Time for some lunch.

Joker161:
Tuesday 5th July

Noon start for the Venetian event. No 25/50, but all the other levels are there and it"s 40 minute blinds so should be a good event. Also, they have the card shuffling machines so it"s really something like 50 minute blinds. Pretty quiet to start with. I get QQ and everyone folds. First big hand, I get TT in the BB. A loose player raises, mid-position min-reraises. I just call and so does the loose player. Flop is 874, two spades. I bet and get two calls. Turn is 9 of spades so I now have the straight flush draw. I bet and just the reraiser calls. I miss and we check the river, thankfully. He has AA. Hmm. Down to 10k. Then I get very lucky. I raise in LP with JT and get two callers. Flop is JT2. Check, then I check, then the button bets and I"m the only caller. Turn is an eight. I bet and he raises. I should probably fold here. Set of twos? Does he really have Q9? He"s been quite loose, so I go all-in and he snaps with Q9, obviously. I say "well, I have outs" and the ten hits the river. Phew! Since then it"s been odds and sods and I"m on about 20k. There was one hand with the Q9 man (who obviously plays all the hands I"m in) where I get AA (first time this holiday!) and he calls my raise. Ace high flop, so I check, he bets and I call. The turn pairs the board, so I check again and he checks back. Surely he"ll call a bet on the river. Sadly he doesn"t. I get moved five minutes before the break. Only a ten minute break so I need to get back. Must eat some food.

Joker161:
Next three levels. Not much to report. I got moved tables again and was sitting next to a nice English bloke called Darren. Had AK a couple of times and 99 once. And chipped up a little C-betting and floating, etc. one hand of note. I raised In the CO with QT to steal and the button calls. Flop is 222. I bet, he calls. I bet the turn and he calls. I bottle the river, check/check, and he shows AK. He says he would have folded a river bet. A bit annoying, but serves me right. I got moved again before the break and I"m on 25k now which is about average. Over 400 entries so the prizes up top should be decent. Long way to go!

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