Online:
After a dry run in SNGs, I kind of took a break from
online poker for a few days. Well not really, I took a break from 45 man turbo,
play some cash and lost a few buyins, then managed to come 3rd in a
6.50 45 man (new reminder: STICK TO THOSE!), and proceeded to drop my BR down
to $28. Each time I get down there I hope I go busto so I can forget about the
online pokerz. But guess what, the pulled me back in again.
So I’m down to $28, and yesterday I feel like playing
an MTT after work, and register in the $10 $8,000 guaranteed. I think it’s a
waste of those 10 bucks, but I don’t care, next thing I know, I’m deep in this
thing, top 10 when the bubble bursts, top 4 with 40 left (1000+ entries), and I
end up dying short of the FT. Here is how it went with
I start by chipping up slowly during the 1st
hour, no really interesting hands, I hit trips3 times holding a low pocket and
get paid fully on one. My stack is a little under 8k before the 2 hour break
when this hand happens: I’m in the BB with Q4o, blinds 150/300. 4 players limp
before me, I misclick and minraise to 600, all 4 call, pot is already 3000,
flop comes 6s7hQh and I hit top pair and elect to take a stab at the pot and
bet 2100, obviously one player shoves others fold. I have him covered and hope
he’s on a flush draw. I call after some time, coz anyway, if I fold I just have
10BB left, and, well, fuck it. He turn 67 for 2 pair, and I’m almost dead until
I river another Q. I’m up to 16k and a whole new tournament starts! I’m going
deep in this thing!
2 hands later, I hold 66 and call a minraise to 600,
shortstack goes all in for 90 more, both call, flop comes A45, raiser prob has
an ace, I give up until it goes check check, turn 6. Sweet, raiser bets, I
raise, he shoves call, and he turns over AQ. Weee 25k chips, I’m top 20 stacks.
From here I play pretty tight chipping up with all
ins against shorties when I have a pair or big ace, I win a nice pot when the
SB lets me in the BB hit a strait on the turn with the 3 in my Q3 hand, up to
40k. he my jacks hold against 88 for a 30k pot: 56k. at this point, I’m top 10
in chips. I bust another shortie 55>TJ, up to 67k and proceed to lose 1/4th
that trying to steal blinds with weak aces.
Next crucial hand, I hold 77 and face a standard 3x raise
close to the bubble. I shove and hold against AJ for a 110k pot, now I know I am
at least making the money I don’t really use my stack well on the bubble
because there is a pretty aggressive player on my table who is doing that every
hand. Bubble bursts, I’m sitting on 120k, top 5.
Couple hands after the bubble bursts I lose a race
A3<88 against a short stack in the blinds and drop to under 60k quickly. Then
it gets crazy, I double up on Aces, then again with QQ, drop again to150k, get
paid nicely on AA again, and that’s the end.
I Get card dead and fold for 5 consecutive orbits
every single hand until I am down to 95k at blinds 3500/7000 with 15 left, I
shove QJs oop, and get called twice including by a guy with 57 for half his
stack!!! 9guy prob doesn’t like money), other had AK, the board gives 2 pair to
57 on the river after I turned the J. Pissed me off for good. I win this, I
have 300k and 3rd stack with 15 to go, FT is looking good. Instead I
go out 15th for $78… Oh well.
I’ll give this tournie a try more often, the timing
is perfect since the US
have changed time, it starts at 8PM here around the time I get home from work.
Live:
Ouch. So the club in Beijing opened recently and I played there
last weekend in the 200r tounie. Rebought twice and busted early not getting
any cards. I then put 1000 on a 5/10 game and lose it all in 5 long hours of
being card dead. I still have some progress to make, most of the players there
are better than me (How did he fold AK on A86 rainbow flop, when I shoved his
raise with trip 8?).
I’m down 2300 in 2 weeks there, that hurts the
bankroll just before my trip to macau.