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Joker161:
Level 14. Card dead. During Level 15 we get moved. I'm on a table where my slightly above average stack feels quite small. I get no hands, steal a couple, lose a couple of steals, but mainly fold. By the time I get moved again it's the middle of Level 16 and I'm down to 100k. Average is 110k and the blinds 2k/4k with a 3k BB ante. 126 left out of 694 runners. 72 get paid. $73,000 up top. I'm still card dead. At the end of Level 16 I get J8s in the BB and am all set to fold when the inevitable raise comes, but it gets folded to the SB, and he just calls. Perhaps I should raise here, but I don't. Flop is AT5, two of my suit. He bets the minimum and I call. The turn is a jack. He bets 12k. I make it 35k and he insta-folds. At the break, I have 120k, average is 128k and there are 108 left.

Joker161:
Level 17. Second hand I get QQ. FINALLY! I raise and it's folded to the BB. He's a bit short and is having a think. I know he's going to push. I snap and he has 66. A six-free board, and I'm up to 180k. And breathe. Then a very cagey hour. Unless you steal that's 15k gone every round. Sadly still card dead. Only one steal so far. Must do better. 82 left. I raise with 87 and the BB calls. Flop is J82 all diamonds. He checks. I can't remember if I have a diamond in my hand. I have an eight, though. I bet. He folds. Makes a massive difference picking up these small pots, mainly because they aren't small anymore. End of Level 18. Only 76 left. Need a wee.

Joker161:
Level 19. We're hand-for-hand. Bloke on my left just got his aces cracked by KQ. Flop was 985, turn a jack. He's on 40k. He won't be playing a hand. Min cash is $1,186. Hand-for-hand was very dull, but there was quite a lot of comedy afterwards. I'm losing 26k every round and still card dead. I'm ready to push with K9, but the bloke to my right gets there before me. The SB calls and has AQ and knocks out the bloke on my right, but if he hadn't gone all in my K9 would have beaten the AQ. Then I finally go all in with 85s. The BB doesn't look and calls. He turns over an ace, then a five! I get a flush draw but miss. I'm down to one BB. So obviously I'm all in next hand, but I don't look and two bigger stacks have both gone all in. One had 22 and the other had AQ. Oh dear. I turn over the first card - a queen. Not good. But then the second card is...a queen! And it holds, so I'm back to 40k. I then get a double up when my JT is against T9 (again, I didn't look). So at the end of Level 20 I'm somehow still in it with 76k. Mind you, after the break blinds are 8k/16k and a 12k BB ante, so I'll be all in pretty soon.

Joker161:
So I've got three hands to go all in. When I'm UTG with my third rubbish hand, I decide to take my time and count out 40k of my 76. They all fold and the woman to my right says "that was a scary raise". So that worked then. In the BB next hand, it's folded round to the woman. She goes all in and I have to call, obviously, and have 22. She has J8. Flop is AKT. Turn a nine. One more card to swerve! River a jack. All good fun and I apparently came 48th (they were dropping like flies). I cashed for $1,330. Nice to end the trip on a cash. I've never been to Vegas and not had at least some sort of min cash. Still down overall, though, but it could have been worse. It's 1.10am now and really fancy a drink. Might keep me up, although I'm rubbish at sleeping here anyway. Also, the longer I stay up the more likely I'll sleep on the flight.

IrishTom:

--- Quote from: Joker161 on July 09, 2018, 09:01:39 AM ---count out 40k of my 76
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ha ha Joe, we talked about this very scenario in Vegas - awesome mate :)

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