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The Joker in Vegas
Joker161:
Level 4 - 150/300/25 - 28,975 chips left at the end of the level.
In the first 15 minutes I have AK, two callers and they fold the flop bet, then I have QQ and they all fold to my raise. Then I get QQ again and Beppe calls the button. Flop K66, I bet and he calls. This turn is a jack, I bet and he folds.
After an hour there is a hand where the Italian raises, loose bloke next to me calls and I make it 2300 from the BB. They both call, then the flop has a king and a queen so that"s the end for me in that hand. They tell me afterwards (and they are believable) that they had JJ and KJ. The Italian said he almost folded the JJ and the loose bloke said he would have folded if the Italian had folded. Hmm.
Next, the big stack (I can"t win anything from him!) raises and the loose bloke calls on the button so I call in the SB with AdJd. Flop is 983 with two diamonds. So I check raise and the big stack calls. There is an eight on the turn and I bottle it and check, he bets and I fold. He shows QT for the gutshot, so I was ahead regardless on the flush draw. Very annoying. I need to grow a pair.
Not much after that. With 15 minutes of the level left we all get moved, which is a shame. I play no hands on the new table. One level to go before Day 2! I"d love to chip up a bit, but making Day 2 would be great too, so we shall see. I"m quite tired so I must avoid any "fancy play syndrome". Back in two hours...
AceOnTheRiver:
Keep Calm and Make Day 2
Joker161:
Level 5 - 200/400/50 - 36,675 chips left at the end of the level.
So I"m at a new table, and it"s one of those tables where everyone is young enough to be my son, all deadly serious and raises are ALWAYS 800, or some s**t like 825, like it makes a difference. I try and buck the trend with raises of 900; I daren"t go into 1100/1200 zone because they would think I was mad. And anyway, they actually fold when someone makes these small raises.
So I have nothing for 45 minutes. I steal once to keep my stack at about 27k. Then I get JJ in the SB. There"s a raise, a call, so obviously I re-raise and I get one caller. The flop is all low, so I bet and he folds. Easy game! The very next hand I have A8s on the button (clearly). This bloke to my immediate right is raising nearly every hand, so I re-raise, only to see the short stack in the BB go all in for about 8k. Just a little too much. I fold. Two steps forward; one step back.
Into the last hour, and I raise with KQ and get one caller. It"s a low flop, he checks, I bet, he folds. Nice. For the first time in ages I am over 30k. I then decide to get all tight and fold AJ when UTG+1 and see two blokes get busy on a flop that is jack high rainbow, and another jack on the turn. Annoying. I re-raise a stealer from the SB with 87 and it gets through. I raise with KQ and some old bloke to my immediate left calls. Flop is 862, I bet and he calls. Turn is a 2. I bet and he calls. Oops! River is a queen (result!) and I check hoping to check/call, but he checks too and has 87. Still a result! It"s the first river I"ve hit all day! Right at the end I get a nice little AQ with one caller, a queen high flop and he folds to my bet. So a very productive last half hour. Day 2 is on Tuesday. Bring it on!
AMRN:
Thanks for the great write ups Joe. Good luck on Tuesday............!!
Paulie_D:
Very nice result for the day.
Rest up and just play your game on Day 2.
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