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Joker161:
Sunday 7th July

The plan was for a 9am breakfast, but there was a delay for obvious reasons. Sadly, after 9am is when everyone else has breakfast so the whole procedure takes a lot longer. We don't get to Planet Hollywood until nearly 11.30 and miss most of the first level. Not the end of the world. We have 20k in chips and 30m levels. It's a two-day $200k guarantee event, so lots of time. First significant hand: I get AQ UTG and raise. Only the SB calls. Flop is JT5. Check, I bet, he calls. Turn a brick. Check, bet, call. River a brick. I should fire a third bullet but bottle it. Check, check. He shows AK. Already down to 16k.

Joker161:
Level 3. I try a raise with 97s. Three callers and I miss the flop. Then a raise UTG with KQs. Probably an error. There's a call then a raise, and I call the raise (also an error). Flop is queen high, I bet he raises. I fold and he shows AA. Great timing! Down to 12k. I need to fold for half an hour! Start of Level 4 it gets folded to the SB to my immediate right. She calls and I check with A2s. Flop is A23. Check, check. Turn is a brick. She bets and I call. River a four. Hmm. She throws in 1000, but I think she says "500", so I turn to her and say "500?" She thinks I said "call" and shows 54. She had it from the start! I was going to fold anyway. She was fine about it given that she has massive headphones on and so didn't hear what I said. A lesson there, methinks. There's a call and I raise with ATo. The BB calls and the caller calls. Flop is 744. No one likes that. Check, check, I bet they both fold. 12,500. At the end of the level it's folded to me in the SB. I raise to steal with J8. Call. I bet the K22 flop. Call. I check the turn, bet, fold. The very next hand I get AQ on the button. There's a raise and I call. I totally miss the flop and fold his flop bet. 8,500 at the first break. Not great.

Joker161:
Level 5. The very first hand I get AQ. SB and BB call my raise. Queen high board, I bet, one caller. She folds my turn bet. Up to 13k. Level 6. Card dead and chips are dribbling away. I get AT in the CO and it looks massive. Raise, and the button calls. K43 flop. Check, bet, call. Plan is to bet only half my stack on the turn to look strong. It's worked before. So that's what I do, he goes all in, I fold and he shows the king. Down to 4k. All very poor. I get 99 in the BB. Folded to the SB. She calls, I push, she folds. Next hand in the SB I get AK. Folded to me and I just call (error). He checks. Flop is 642. I push, he snaps with 43. I hit a king on the river. Lucky boy. I get AQ UTG. The bloke to my immediate left calls and everyone else folds. Low flop. He's very active and I know he will call a C-bet. I check, he bets, I fold. He shows 88. 6,700.

Joker161:
Level 7. I'm wondering if I should push before I take the BB, but my hands are just too bad. I take the BB, there's a raise, a re-raise and I wake up with AA. I push, the raiser folds and the re-raiser has to call. He has KT! He does keep saying he's new to the game. Up to 14.5k. In the SB with 75. Button raises. Shame - I fancied a look at the flop. BB calls. Flop 864. Thanks for that. Level 8. Nothing for most of it, then I raise with AJ. There's a raise and I fold. 10k. They've just announced that they haven't got enough runners to make the guarantee. Expensive for Planet Hollywood then. A loose raise with QJ. I get re-raised. I fold. 9k at the break.

Joker161:
Level 9. We're are now on 500/1k/1k, so I need to get active. I go through the blinds. Down to 6400. Desperate. Lots of raising so no chance for me to push. I finally go with K2. The BB calls with A8. A king and an ace on the flop. All over.

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