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Joker161:
Level 1. I play no hands apart from the free ones. I call one raise from a loose guy but it gets re-raised. We have one bloke on the table and he's already down to 12k. He's playing nearly every hand and seemed to find it very difficult to fold. Does he not realise he has to last over 10 hours? Level 2. I try a couple of speculative raises so they don't think I'm a total nit. Both get 3-bet. I call with 66 and see a 875 flop. I call a flop bet and fold the turn. We have another nutter at the table. He and another player got involved in a big pot on a very scary board. He shows A9 and had hit the nine on the river and she mucked. Very odd. He also raises 900 or 1000 at 100/200 blinds. He's now raising nearly every hand. He's to my immediate right and as I typed this he put in a big raise, 900, and I have QQ so make it 3000 and he actually folds! At the end on the level, the bloke with 12k raises. The new nutter (NN) re-raises, 12k goes all in and NN snaps. 12k has JT and NN has AQ. JT on the flop, king on the turn. Mad.

Joker161:
Level 3. MM has just told me he busted out of Day 3 of the ME an hour ago and so is taking it out on us. He had QJ on a QQ3 flop and someone else ended up having AQ. Ouch. So he might be raising pretty light, methinks. Wait for a good hand and 3-bet seems to be a good idea. We shall see. I need a hand first. A loose bloke raises UTG and I make it 2500 from MP with 99. The SB counts out loads of chips but folds and UTG folds. "Would you call if I jam?" Lively table. They've just moved NN! He's called Scotter, by the way. He showed me his ID to prove it. Next hand loose bloke (LB) raises, there's a call so I make a gambley call from the SB with T7s. The BB calls too. Flop is Q98. I check, check, check, bet. I raise and they all fold. Still only just above starting stack. Level 4. Folded everything bar one UTG raise to steal, which gets through. I get to the break with exactly what I started with.

Joker161:
Level 5. I raise in MP with 43s, again so they don't think I'm a total nit. The blinds call. Flop is K88. It's checked round three times and a queen on the river wins it for the BB. LB raises and I call in the BB with A9s. Flop is J95. Check, bet, call. I bet the turn and he folds. There's a raise and two callers and I call in the SB with AJs. I miss the flop and fold to the flop bet. Level 6. More folding, the I get QQ and I'm first in. I raise and the SB, who is new to the table, calls. Flop is J54. Check, bet, call. Turn is an eight. Check, bet, he goes all in and I'm covered. I have to fold. Perhaps I should have checked the turn, but there are two hearts and I don't really want to give him a free card. A couple of hands later I raise T9. Same bloke calls, then the button re-raises. Poor decision. I'm down to 18k.

Joker161:
Level 7. I get AK, but this time there's a raise before me and a call. So I re-raise and they both call. I sense trouble. Flop is QJ5. Check, check, I go all in with my last 11k. The initial raiser calls me. He has AJ. Calling my re-raise with AJ when I've played no hands?? Turn a nine, river a ten. Best hand won. ;). The very next hand I get AK again. There's a raise ahead of me again (if only that had happened with the queens). I raise and he folds. I'm up to 43k. LB raises and I call in the BB with 86. Flop is QT7. Check, check. Turn is a five. Interesting. I bet and he raises. Hmm. I fold. Level 8. I think they are missing some levels compared with the $1,100 event. We have gone from 400/800 to 600/1200 and I'm sure there was 500/1000 the other day. Anyway, I get TT and raise. Only the BB calls. Flop has a ten on it, but sadly he checks then folds to by flop bet. I haven't raised for a while so decide to have a go with 33. Two callers. Flop is KJJ. Thanks. I fold to a bet. I call a raise when there are three other callers with KJ. No luck. Then, in the last hand before the break there's a raise and a call and I decide to try a squeeze with A7s. They both call. Hmm. Flop is low and has two of my suit, so I push and they both fold pretty quickly. I'm on 49k.

Joker161:
Level 9. We are at 1k/1.5k/1.5k. LB has gone out (quelle surprise) and someone has arrived at the table in his place. He is UTG for his first hand and raises. I re-raise with AA (at last!) and he calls. He's low on chips, so I'm planning on putting him all in on most flops. The flop is Q99. He goes all in anyway and I call. He has KJ. Why is he even in the hand? Sweat is over straight away with an ace on the turn. 83k. Next, a slightly embarrassing hand. It's folded to me on the button and I raise to steal with Q5s. I totally miss that the SB has got so short. I've made it 4k and he's all in for 11,500. So I have to call and he has KK. I hit my flush on the turn. He was a nice guy too. I then win a small pot limping with 55. Two others in the hand. We all stick 2k in on the J43 flop. We check the three on the turn and then there's a five on the river. Nice, although they both fold to my bet. 103k.

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