Day Two - Final 2 tables, event 1
WOW!What a day. 16 hours of tournament play. We started with over 1200 players, 1k in chips each. I doubled up very quickly, and then made 3 very bad plays to get myself back down to even. I was in "get chips or go home" mode and found myself in some tough spots (although I do like all my plays in those spots) and came from behind on the river 3 times to double up every time. In level 3, blinds 50-100, I opened from the hi-jack with 88 for 400. Dude pushed all in behind me on the button, a huge overbet, but I was in a quandary. I had about 1100 left, and the limits were about to go to 100-200. I was getting about 2-1 on my money and felt that my pot equity was about 40%, and I did not want to be playing a short stack. I called, he rolled over AA, and I was ready to go home when an 8 spiked on the river. Woo-hoo!
I was shortly moved with 3300 in chips to another table, where a guy had 14k to my left. Two key hands against him - and he donked off all his chips to me.
First one, 150-300 blinds, I raise to 850 with KK in the hi-jack. He calls in the cutoff and we take a flop of 6c7c8s. I bet 1500, he calls. Turn 6, I bet 2000, he goes all in, about 5k more to me, I call instantly, and he rolls over KT! No flush draw. No 9 hits and I take it down.
Second, same blinds, I raise to 900 in the hi-jack with A9o. He calls again. Flop 963 one club. 2400 in the pot, I bet 2k, he immediately goes all-in, about 8k more. Wow. What a tough spot. I think about it for about a minute and a half, and finally decide to call. This was based on a few factors. One, his previous action with KT and other goofy plays I've seen him make. Two, the size of the overbet. If he had a set or an overpair, he would have played it differently. Three, physical tells. So I call, he rolls over 64c! No funny business, and I head to the dinner break with 17k and the chip lead.
I didn't look back from there. On cardplayer.com they have a "trends" graph, and it shows a major dip in my stack - completely inaccurate.
One key pot, I had about 60k, blinds are 600-1200 with 200 ante, and an aggressive player makes it 5k early. Folds to me in the BB, and I have TT. Thinking about my options, I call, planning on pushing on a non ace flop. I flop a monster with the Ts9c7c flop, and change the game plan to check-raise. He goes all-in for 25k more, I call instantly. He had AT. What a perfect flop! An ace on the turn gave me a little scare, and I was over 90k.
Last key play, I got moved to the table with the other big stack, two to his left. After about ten hands he picked up the lead with about 120k to my 100k and this key hand happened. He opens from the button with for 10k on the 800-1600 with 300 level. SB folds after thought, and I'm in the big blind. I have K9o, and stall looking for a read. I got one, and thought he was weak, and re-raise to 30k. He goes into the tank for about 3 minutes. I'm going, crap. He has a hand. He must have a middle pocket pair, ranged 88-JJ. Finally he calls, and I'm praying for either a A or a K on the flop. Why an ace? Because it would scare the crap out of him. A9x flop, I immediately bet 30k, and he folds. Ship the chip lead to me.
Nothing major happened after that, I didn't pick up much of any hand but did manage to pick up enough blinds and antes to stay up there. I finished the day with 131k, good for 3rd place behind a 134k stack and a 206k stack.
I return for the final 2 tables today at 4pm. The large stack plays pretty poorly. I played a ton of hands with him. He ran super good in the last two levels to get where he is, cracking aces and catching a 3 outer to stay alive. My goal is to win the thing!
Be sure to sweat me in here. The media guys are doing live updates, and I am super excited. First prize is over 120k!
Until tomorrow,
Bryan
posted by Devo @ 6:36 AM
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