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T8Suited Canada. Jul 09 2007 13:06. Posts 1276 | | |
So I was able to convince Arielle to play in a Holdem tourney at a local casino on Friday. She occasionally plays 3+0.4 SNGs on Stars, so she knows how the game is played. However I don't think she was comfortable playing at these stakes ($30+5) -- in fact neither was I.
The thing started @ 7pm. 44 pla<x>yers, 4 tables to begin with, 1500 stacks, 25-25 blinds that doubles for the first 4 levels or so. Top 5 get paid (5-10-15-20-50).
By coincidence we drew the same table. The first hand of the night went like this: UTG limped, UTG+1 limped, UTG+2 limped, I was next and folded QJ. It was apparent quite a few participants had no clue what they were doing. No idea of stack sizes. No ideas of survival. Just limp-calling raises with stuff like Q6s and 97 and A4.
Arielle was doing all right. Neither of us had anything to play with for the first 2 blind levels. When it got to 50-100 she raised to 400 in EP (somebody mumbled "watch out she's playing her first hand of the night" , got a call from a clueless pla<x>yer and then pushed him off the KQ5 flop. Afterwards she said she had AT.
Then it was my turn to get involved as I raised to 400 with AhJc (or Js? can't remember -- didn't matter) in MP and only the same loosie from BB called. I pushed the rest of my stack in (900) on the gorgeous Jh4h2h flop, he folded.
The very next hand I had QQ and open raised to 350. I was reraised by a relatively quiet LP. But the blinds were huge, M was small, and I wasn't about to fold my Queens. I was delighted when he flipped over JJ. Board was 84KKQ -- I won. Although I'd rather not see any face cards come up.
Then Arielle decided to get involved she came over the top of and EP raise and then flopped an Ace with AsJs vs 55. She next raised 6x vs 2 limpers with 66 on the button, got called AI by AhJh in SB and BB who was already AI with T5, folded out the limpers, saw a T-high board and won the significant side pot.
Blinds kept going up fast, however. We tried our best to stay out of trouble. With blinds 200/400 and a 3200 stack I had 99 in the BB facing a LP 4x, over-a-limper raise. I tanked and eventually folded. Good fold? Arielle said yes.
Soon after that I raised to 1200 with AcAh in LP and got a limper to call -- the same guy who I earlier folded my 99 to. Flop was 9c7c2h, and to my delight he called my 1400 AI with AsJs -- I guess he was pot-committed.
Arielle next busted somebody who pushed UTG with AK. She called with KK and the guy couldn't hit an Ace. Thank God he didn't -- coz I mucked the other K, meaning she would be drawing dead.
When final table came there were like 3 huge stacks, while I only had 6 BBs. Arielle was in much more comfortable shape, but she soon doubled up some shortie when she couldn't outdraw his 99 with AdJd. At this stage we just hoped the big stacks would bust the shorties, allowing us to sneak into the money.
Arielle and I each managed to stay afloat by doubling up with JJ vs 99. But the key plays involved the big stacks busting 3 shorties in confrontations such as AhKh vs 63 -- big stack turned the 6. And then a shortie pushed with AQ and couldn't improve against JJ. The bubble burst when another shortie pushed AQ into AdTd only to see the big stack turn the flush.
So I made it into the money, and my tourney shortly ended afterwards when I pushed KJ with 5BB into AA. Arielle was ousted in 4th when she pushed Q5 with 1.5BB into BB who had 99.
I wish I was more aggressive blind-stealing. That was a disappointing ending to an otherwise thrilling evening. For our efforts we received $66 and $132 respectively. We are going to spend that money in Tofino.
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Back to online poker. My hand of the week is as follows.
T8suited = God. With my favourite suit to boot:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/224717
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