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Joker161:
Level 5. I don't play hand. Well, except for a limped pot with the German (G). No money goes in and I hit a lucky straight. Level 6. Big hand. I raise UTG with QQ. The G calls as does Mr Inexperienced (MI). Flop is A96 all clubs. I have the queen of clubs. I bet and they both call. Turn is a queen. I bet 5k. The G goes all in for 11k. MI just calls and leaves about 8k behind. I just call. I'm thinking I might have to hit to win. Surely one of them has a rubbish little flush. The G had a weak ace and Mi has AQ for the two pair. I'm now on 57k. Take it easy!

Joker161:
Level 6 I play no big hands; small losses, small wins, etc. Then in Level 7 I get QQ again. I raise and get three callers. Flop is AQ9. I bet and only MI calls. There were two diamonds on the board so I thought I ought to force it a little. Anyway, the turn is a nine. Nice! I check, he bets and I call. River is another nine! Can he really have the case nine? I check, he bets and I just call. He only had another 6k, so I should probably have put him all in, but I bottled it. He had AT. I'm now on 69k. For the rest of the level, I win a few small pots and am on 73k.

Joker161:
Level 8. Only one big hand. There's a call from MI (he does that a lot) then a call from quite a good player. I haven't tussled with him yet. I raise to 2k from the button with AK. He reraises to 6k. I call. I'm not comfortable here. Flop is KQ9. He checks, I bet 6k and he calls. Turn is a queen. Check, check. River a king. Result! He checks, I bet 10k and he instantly folds AA face up. Big swerve there. Mind you, AK vs AA is a bit harsh. Would I have folded the river if I missed and he bet big? Not sure I'm good enough. I'm on 87k at the break.

Joker161:
Level 9, somehow it gets folded to me in the button and I have AKs. I raise and the two nice people to my left call. Both good players too. Flop comes AK7. Check, check, I bet, the SB calls. Turn irrelevant. Check, bet, call. River an eight. He checks, I bet and he calls. He had A8, so not a great river for him. Nice pot. I'm on over 100k now. For the rest of Level 9 and the whole of Level 10 not much happens. I lose with AJs then win with AJs. A loose player raises and I reraise with QQ. He calls and folds to my bet on the flop. Still just over 100k. At the end of Level 11 I'm in the BB with QT and the loose bloke raises. I call. Flop is 876. I bet, he calls. Turn is a five. Nasty board, so I make it 10k and he folds. On about 120k. Level 12. I lose 10k when I raise with T8, get one caller then get pushed on when I bet the flop, but then I get it back when I call a raise in the SB, four in the pot and I bet a nasty flop. They all fold. Dinner break. Could be a long evening. Might help me sleep on the plane tomorrow.

Joker161:
Level 13. A big hand that never was. Loose boy raises and there's a call and I decide NOT to call with Ah2h on the button. The blinds call. Flop is 985 all hearts. NOOOO! At the end of the level I get KT late position. There's a call and I raise to 7k. The initial caller calls. Flop is AT7. He checks, I bet 15k, he calls. Hmm. Turn is a king. Handy, although there's a diamond draw and the straight draw out there. He checks and I bet 35k. He tanks folds and tells me later he had AJ. That felt about right. He should have bet out. I called the loose player with 75. The flop was A74. He bets, I call. He checks the turn and I bet out. Sadly he calls. I don't improve and have to fold his river bet. Silly. I shouldn't have been in the hand. I then lose a bit when it's folded to me in the cutoff and I raise with AJ. Both the blinds call. I bet bet the 422 flop and get a call. We check down the turn and river and he has A4. Bit annoying.

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