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Why I cannot make it to the Vic on April 17th...
ThinkerJE:
651,000 at next break (end of level 20)
Final table, 6 players left, good seat draw with big stack to my immediate right. Only major hand saw me raise UTG with AQ, mid stack ships the lot from mid position and I tank before finally making the call. AQ vs AJ and it holds. Playing good, not many showdowns, trying to keep away from chip daddy, 3 short stacks clinging on, the other 3 of us are picking on them all the time. Good standard of play and lots of room with the structure, won"t get silly for a couple more levels yet.
ThinkerJE:
The tournament ends halfway through level 22 with yours truly finishing 2nd for $7,074. Well pleased with the result, my best cash ever in Vegas (and the cause of lots of form filling but it is well worth it).
No major hands, duckin n divin, avoiding the big stacks until I raise 88 on button and SS calls in BB with A5, pair holds. Then 4 handed, UTG shoves with KJ and wake up yet again with AA in SB, it holds and we are 3 handed. 1 monster stack and I am in 2nd with SS having 7 BB"s. I shove the SB with QJ after the chip daddy folds, BB finds AQ but I manage to suck out on a KT2,9,3 board and we are heads up. I have about 40% of chips as we begin but donate some on the next hand. I call in BB with A3 and we both check the 663 flop. Turn is another 6 and I check call 100k. River T and I check call 200k, he shows QT for a better house. Probably played it too weak should have raised either pre flop or bet the flop, anyway he has a 2-1 chip lead now. I make it 90k from button with A8 and he calls, flop AT7 rainbow and he checks and I bet 120k, he raises to 240k and I think. Bigger ace (unlikely as he would re raise pre flop), no real draws except 89 or 2 paint cards, a ten is very likely as he wants to find out if I have an ace and win it there. I figure I am ahead and put him on a ten and shove all in. He snap calls, my read was half right, he did have a ten, but he had a seven to go with it. No help on turn or river and I finish 2nd. Not too disappointed still a top result.
ThinkerJE:
As a side note the guy who finished 3rd was Alex Dovzhenro (ie the QJ vs AQ suck out). I really liked his play at the final table and it is easy to see why, check out his record;
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=2244
ThinkerJE:
Just after 9pm Vegas time and I"m off out to party, beer and pai gow tonight, more poker tomorrow, probably, maybe, depends when I get back later...
Mikeyboy9361:
Well played James, great result and report.
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