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Joker161:
Level 10. I haven't raised for a while so raise with JT UTG. My immediate left calls the rest fold. Flop is AQ7. I bet and he folds JJ face up. Says he was going to push pre but I was raising UTG. I raise to 5k with AT. On the button is a bloke whose been showing all sorts of rubbish. He raises to 12.5k. I decide to make it 30k. He thinks for a bit and folds. 126k. A very short stack (11k) goes all in. I'm in the SB and decide to give him a spin with A9. The BB only has 22k and goes all in. I have to call for another 11k, but I'm not loving it. But I'm up against JT and KJ. There's an ace on the flop and I swerve a flush draw. Shame it's not a bounty! Over 150k.

Joker161:
I get moved half way through Level 11 and then take a bit of a hit. UTG raises, I call with AQ and the BB calls. Flop is J97. We check it round. Turn is an eight. The BB bets, UTG calls and and I decide to raise given that they don't know me and it's a scary board. BB folds but UTG goes all in. It's another 20k and I'm getting 4-1, but I can't do it. Clearly I'm going to have to hit. Down to 105k. At the end of Level 12 I raise with A9s (it's been a while) and only the BB calls. The flop is K98. He checks, I bet and he goes all in. Fold. Down to 70k. Blinds about to go 1k/2k/2k. This table move has not been good for me. I need a hand.

Joker161:
Level 13. I get moved tables again and everyone has a massive stack. I go through the blinds, then try a steal with T8. I get re-raised, obviously. It's push time now I'm down to 50k. I'm in the BB and about to push a late raise but the SB gets there before me. The next hand I get AT and another serial raiser raises so I decide to push. He has JJ, of course. I'm out. I keep saying to myself that you must be first-in with these situations but then I always get tempted to go over the top of a loose player's raise. I think there are about 160 left out of 724 runners. They will pay 81. That was a very frustrating last hour. 150k was well above average at the time of the table move, then nothing went right. Annoyed.

Joker161:
It's now about 7.30pm and time for some food. Matt is Downtown, so I have some noodles at the place next to the Poker Room and a glass of wine. The plan was to meet up, but I got a sudden wave of extreme tiredness, to the point where I'm nodding off at the table. I go to the bar next door thinking a Negroni will wake me up, but it's no good. I wander back to Harrah's and back to the room. I bet I'll be awake at 3 in the morning.

Joker161:
Tuesday 9th July

Up at 5.30am, but manage to drift off to sleep again, sort of. Then curtains open at 8am to watch Konta go 4-1 up playing really well, then her forehand goes to pot and she never recovers. She's never going to do it, is she. Hasn't got the head for it. The other woman had never been in a Grand Slam semi, and yet all she had to do was keep the ball in play. Disappointing. Breakfast at 9am, pack and checked out by 10.30am.

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