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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
WSOP#20 first break
I'm still in ... But just barely.
The very first hand I had J J (my fav hand). I raised (under the gun)
and had two callers behind me. Flop came Q and two other cards - all
diamonds. Everyone checked. The turn was a blank. I checked again
and the next player bet 2/3 pot - I called. Next card was another
blank and not a diamond. I check-called. Lost to Q 10 off-suit.
Next hand I played was A A. I did not raise the proper amount (??). So
I had four callers. Flop came A 5 5. Everyone checked to me and I
checked. A 5 came on the turn and I bet the pot. No callers.
Next hand I had 8 8 and raised. The big blind called me. I had him as
a loose player. Flop came K 10 6 with two clubs. The big blind check-
raised me. I called. On the turn big blind bet and I folded.
I am hanging on by the skin of my teeth!
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Congratulations!!
Congratulations to Sandy for finishing 17th in the WSOP Ladies Event!
There were over a thousand players. And, this was Sandy's very first WSOP event. Although, she was not all together inexperienced. Sandy is one of our Card Player Cruises Crew, so she is not new to playing poker. I also know that she had an excellent coach (her son-in-law) that cheered her on from the rail for the entire event. After a very long day yesterday, while we were all heading to the "poker kitchen" for dinner, I heard Sandy say "well, don't let it be said that I do not have patience". Despite being short stacked for most of the end of the tournament, Sandy demonstrated tremendous patience and skill. We are all very proud of her!
Once again, congratulations for the awesome finish in the WSOP ladies event! And, for those of you on future Card Player Cruises - watch out!
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sick Play
I decided to try out the Deep Stake tournament at the Venetian.
I just had AK off suit. One person in front of me limped, so I decided
to just call and see what happens. The flop came 6 7 K rainbow. Big
blind checked. And so did player in front of me, so, I checked. A 5
came on the turn. I made a pot size bet. The big blind raised a
minimum bet. An eight came on the river, and the big blind bet out a
pot size bet. My voice told me I was beat. I even said this is a sick
call. I was right. He turned over 5 9 off suit for the straight. I was
right - it was a sick call that cost me half my stack.
*sigh*
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Lost the Race ...
Here is the hand summary for the mega satellite.
First clash was interesting. I was in the small blind with 7 8 suited There were three callers already, so I decided to see a flop and called. The flop came 5 6 9 - lucky! There was a club flush craw on the board. But, I still checked to see what would happen. The next to act decided to bet a half pot size bet - running everyone else off. :-( I decided that this guy had A 9 or something like that. So, I waited a minute to see how he was going to act. He seemed confident with his hand, so I went all-in. This got his attention. He fidgeted around for a long while, and, I started to get nervous that I had bet too much to get him to call me. I guess that is all it took. He called my all-in. Hand played out and I won.
I played another hour or more before my next significant hand. I was starting to get low on chips. I was in the big blind, when the button raised. Now, this was not new. At this point, the button had raised my blind practically every other hand. I looked down at A J suited; to call would have left me with only half the pot after the call, so I pushed. He called instantly and I thought I was done. He turned over A 6 off-suit with a pleased look on his face. I turned over my hand and he exclaimed "you woke up with a hand". I won the hand and stored the info. :-)
The next hand I played I had J J under the gun. For those who are following this blog, you know that J J has been a very unlucky hand for me. I almost just called. But, I was getting low on chips again, so I decided to do a standard raise. Although, this thought process took longer than normal for me, and, I think it raised some folks antennae. The player to my immediate left was short stacked and went all-in. And, another player (to my right) raised all-in; my worst case scenario. Raising against two players with J J was not something I wanted to do. But, I only had a few chips left, and, the chance to maybe triple up was too tempting, so I called the all-in. The player to my left had QQ (of course) and the player to my right had A K off-suit. No one hit, and the player to my left tripled up. I won the "side pot" which gave me an extra 1k in chips.
A few hands later, a new player came to the table. She immediately went all in (not a lot of chips). The blinds and antes were starting to get really high, and we were down to 40 people. My stack was a bit low as well. I looked down at A K off-suit and decided to call her. Everyone else folded. She had A J, and I won the hand knocking her out.
Then, I got moved to another table. :-(
I basically sat there the whole time with no cards; observing the players. Luckily (maybe), the table got broken and I got moved back to my original table (two seats to the left of the one I had previously).
I had a pair of nines some time after moving back to my original table. I bet and kept getting called by someone on the other end of the table. I put them on A-Face, or maybe a flush draw. He folded on the river. This nearly doubled my up in chips (it would have if he had called my river bet).
I have 9 9 few hands later, again. This time, first player to act had already raised. After playing with this player for most of the tournament, I had a feeling that he had a big pair. That, with the number of players to act behind me - I folded the 9 9. I know ... that was probably not the right move. But, I had a feeling ...
Of course, poker is all about ironies. We were down to two tables now - 14 players. The same player that I had folded the 9s to earlier raised again. This time I was extremely short stacked with maybe two big blinds left. I looked down at A K suited, and pushed. He called. He had 9s ... of course. A king came on the flop ... but so did a flush draw. He hit the flush to knock me out in 14th position.
I lost the race ...
First clash was interesting. I was in the small blind with 7 8 suited There were three callers already, so I decided to see a flop and called. The flop came 5 6 9 - lucky! There was a club flush craw on the board. But, I still checked to see what would happen. The next to act decided to bet a half pot size bet - running everyone else off. :-( I decided that this guy had A 9 or something like that. So, I waited a minute to see how he was going to act. He seemed confident with his hand, so I went all-in. This got his attention. He fidgeted around for a long while, and, I started to get nervous that I had bet too much to get him to call me. I guess that is all it took. He called my all-in. Hand played out and I won.
I played another hour or more before my next significant hand. I was starting to get low on chips. I was in the big blind, when the button raised. Now, this was not new. At this point, the button had raised my blind practically every other hand. I looked down at A J suited; to call would have left me with only half the pot after the call, so I pushed. He called instantly and I thought I was done. He turned over A 6 off-suit with a pleased look on his face. I turned over my hand and he exclaimed "you woke up with a hand". I won the hand and stored the info. :-)
The next hand I played I had J J under the gun. For those who are following this blog, you know that J J has been a very unlucky hand for me. I almost just called. But, I was getting low on chips again, so I decided to do a standard raise. Although, this thought process took longer than normal for me, and, I think it raised some folks antennae. The player to my immediate left was short stacked and went all-in. And, another player (to my right) raised all-in; my worst case scenario. Raising against two players with J J was not something I wanted to do. But, I only had a few chips left, and, the chance to maybe triple up was too tempting, so I called the all-in. The player to my left had QQ (of course) and the player to my right had A K off-suit. No one hit, and the player to my left tripled up. I won the "side pot" which gave me an extra 1k in chips.
A few hands later, a new player came to the table. She immediately went all in (not a lot of chips). The blinds and antes were starting to get really high, and we were down to 40 people. My stack was a bit low as well. I looked down at A K off-suit and decided to call her. Everyone else folded. She had A J, and I won the hand knocking her out.
Then, I got moved to another table. :-(
I basically sat there the whole time with no cards; observing the players. Luckily (maybe), the table got broken and I got moved back to my original table (two seats to the left of the one I had previously).
I had a pair of nines some time after moving back to my original table. I bet and kept getting called by someone on the other end of the table. I put them on A-Face, or maybe a flush draw. He folded on the river. This nearly doubled my up in chips (it would have if he had called my river bet).
I have 9 9 few hands later, again. This time, first player to act had already raised. After playing with this player for most of the tournament, I had a feeling that he had a big pair. That, with the number of players to act behind me - I folded the 9 9. I know ... that was probably not the right move. But, I had a feeling ...
Of course, poker is all about ironies. We were down to two tables now - 14 players. The same player that I had folded the 9s to earlier raised again. This time I was extremely short stacked with maybe two big blinds left. I looked down at A K suited, and pushed. He called. He had 9s ... of course. A king came on the flop ... but so did a flush draw. He hit the flush to knock me out in 14th position.
I lost the race ...
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Mega Satellite
Today, the $330 mega satellite is just too tempting. Even though the
payout is not great, and there are not many chips, I wanted to take my
shot at a seat in the main event.
The entrance is impressive. Just not too sure about the "enhanced"
WSOP logo.
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