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Main Event Trip Report Part 2 |
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BJLTNYK United States. Aug 13 2009 18:05. Posts 1226 | | |
A day off and day 2
I got a good night’s sleep after day 1D. I was exhausted and Tuesday was a day off. I headed over to the Palms for a little bit to meet up the fellow sports betting degens 2p2ers luckybacon and rayschampsin08 (fatdan44). I watched them play BJ and craps for a bit before heading back to the Bellagio to play some roulette and bet on some sports. Dan and I agreed to bet $500 each on a WNBA game which was a slight problem for the Bellagio. The max bet for a WNBA game is $500 so the floor woman had to call upstairs to get permission for me to place 2 separate wagers on the game. I was eventually allowed to after shifting the line a half a point lol. I then had a near crushing experience at the roulette table which saw me have $1800 riding on black in a horrendous martingaling run. Thankfully the ball landed in a beautiful black space and I took it as my cue to go back to my room to relax for the rest of the night.
I came into day 2B with 50525 and the blinds would be starting at 250-500-50. I learned that I would have 2p2 superstar David Sklansky on my table which made me a little giddy. We would only be playing 4 levels this day which was also a small relief.
I arrived to the Rio early once again excited to attempt to accumulate chips. I unbagged my chips and took a walk to meet up with some other 2p2ers. I found thac seated sporting his new green Yankees cap that he would be wearing next to Dan Harrington. In an incredibly socially awkward move I walked up and completely forgot to introduce myself and wished him good luck. Trevor seemed really confused as he wished my good luck back. Guess I was wrong thinking he’d recognize me being facebook friends for like 2 years? …heh. I then walked over and met another sports betting friend and recent FTOPS shipper inyaface which was also cool. I headed back to my table to size everyone up. Sklansky was in the 2 seat and the table chip leader with over 100k was in the 3 seat. I was in the 6 and a nicer older gentleman was in the 7 with a healthy stack as well. In the 8 seat was Rasmus Vogt who had within the month just won a $500 deepstack at the Venetian for over 100k. In the 9 was a middle aged guy who I took to be a fireman from New Jersey iirc. His wife was standing behind him and she was way too good looking for him imo.
250-500-50
Yeah there were no interesting hands. This table was tight as hell and I couldn’t pick up any steam during the first level which was frustrating. The big stack in the 3 seat was doing a ton of limping and I was trying to isolate others whenever he wasn’t in a pot. Sklansky was doing a fair amount of limping as well showing down 66 and 1010 that he limped in EP and checked down to rivers in pots that players clearly had no intention of winning. I called my girlfriend on the break to focus and complain about how my table wasn’t ideal for accumulating. I finished the level with 54875 so I had chipped up slightly.
Fun Sklansky notes:
Midway through the level he pulls out one of those finger things that you brush an infant child’s teeth with. And brushes his damn teeth like no one is looking at him.
He also just stares around blankly…ALL THE TIME. I felt violated any time I caught his eyes looking at me.
300-600-75
Pretty early in the level my first big hand happens. UTG limps and I make it 2500 UTG+1 with AKo. The older gentleman to my left flats and it folds to fireman in the 9. He thinks and makes it 12k. Folds back to me and I think over my options. I hate folding because zomg its AK and I’m an internet player. I’m also not too thrilled about shoving because this guy hasn’t touched a chip all day and I don’t expect him to be squeezing too light ever in his life. He has about 35k behind after his raise and I decide to jam probably due to the frustration I’d been feeling. Then the hand gets more interesting. The guy next to me starts tanking…forever. Nearly 10 minutes pass and he’s still sitting there tanking. The guy in the 9 seat is fidgeting a little bit and he says to me “I KNOW YOU DON’T GOT ACES.” I politely remind him that there’s another player in the hand. Shortly after this exchange the guy next to me folds and fireman takes ~15 seconds before calling all-in. I shrug and flip over AK and he slams his two kings on the felt. He stands up from his chair and starts storming around the table yelling “I FINALLY GOT YOU I KNEW I WAS GONNA GET YOU.” Word? That’s cool I love when people go nuts completely unprovoked. I start thinking about grinding less than 10k chips as the board is unveiled JJ7…7….ACE. I stand up and yell “YES…THAT’S WHY YOU DON’T CELEBRATE BEFORE THE HAND IS OVER.” I usually don’t get excited or yell but this guy had sent me over the edge a bit. He angrily grabs his things and his too hot for him wife and storms off. I apologize to the table and they all understand where I was coming from. The man next to me says he folded QQ. Sick deck.
Our table breaks shortly after and I get moved with ~115k to Tim Phan’s direct left. I don’t know much about his game but remember being impressed with him during his deep Main Event run and remember him being regarded as a tough cash game player. After raising a few pots and taking them preflop Phan and I get involved in a pot bvb.
Phan raises to 1800 and I look down at A10dd and 3 bet to 5k. He takes little time in flatting presumably to own my soul postflop. Flop comes A75ss and I check behind. Turn is a 2s and Phan thinks before check calling 7k. River is a pretty offsuit 10. After he checks I bet 17k and he says nh after paying it off. I’m assuming I 2 outed the river. That pot pushes me up to about 150k and I’m feeling great.
Funny hand at this table…folds to Mickey “Mickey Mouse” Mills in the CO with like 70k and he just open jams. After getting 3 folds he shows the table 1010. Lol wtf? Apparently this dude plays a lot of live MTTs too…one of the dumbest hands I’ve watched.
This table breaks pretty quickly which isn’t too big a disappointment to me and I get moved to my 3rd table of the day. I splash around a little bit and finish the level with 122,100. We go off to the senior citizens dinner break and I refocus and relax for a bit looking to finish the day strong.
400-800-100
A shorter stack opens in the CO and I flat the SB with KJs. Flop comes KK4hh and we get it all in with him having Q3hh. I fade the heart and slide his 50k over to my stack chipping me up to ~170k and getting the momentum right back to me. I win a couple more pots opening A5s and check-raising a gutshot straight flush draw as well as binking an ace on the turn after opening A7s and cbetting a Q high board.
Surprise! My table breaks AGAIN. I take my seat in the middle of the blue section sure that my 4th table of the day will be my last which is a relief. My new table has Annie Duke’s boyfriend Joe Reitman 2 to my right and high stakes mixed game player Thomas Koral to my direct left. Reitman is pretty friendly chatting up the entire table and tweeting like a madman. Koral is tight, observant, and solid but thankfully is severely short stacked the duration of my stay at the table.
I’m raising every other pot to 2300 and the table is letting me. They claimed the person who had that seat before me was doing something similar but ended up spew imploding. I was determined to not do that myself! After losing a small flip 77 < AJs I finished the level with 160,100 entering the last break of the night.
500-1000-100
The table continues to let me dominate now making it 3k every other hand. I couldn’t believe how soft everyone was playing and how face up they were playing. THIS was a Main Event table. At one point Annie Duke came over to say hi to her beau and announce her presence to the world…uh thanks.
The level didn’t really have many interesting hands. Crazy euro opens in HJ to 2500. Tight guy next to me jams 17k. I find AKs in the BB and make it 50k total. Euro tank folds what I believe he said were two tens and I hold v. AQo. I c/r a few flops when people were clearly FOS and cbet when someone happened to flat my open. I finished day 2B with 226,700 putting me in great chip position before the whole field would combine two days later for day 3. Another easy night’s sleep waited.
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| SmartFAB: lol u are the worst play in history of online poker bj | |
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loved how you outdrew the KK guy.. he deserved it! except the table brakes it sounded like a comfortable day  keep the reports coming! |
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starfritz Belgium. Aug 14 2009 02:28. Posts 124 | | | |
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| thinking of getting a coach. how much will they charge just to keep repeating the words, wtf why do u think he is bluffing. since i swear this will up my winrate 5x | |
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