Borgata Poker Open WTP $9800+200 NLHE Day One
Ugggggh... So, ended the day with 18,150 from the 30k starting stack, and about 40k off what I really should have. I was card dead for most of the day which was quite depressing considering that I had an excellent table draw.I won zero pots until the third level, but was so card dead that I only lost 2k off my starting stack at 25-50 and 50-100 for 75mins each. Sick, eh? Won a decent pot there to end level 3 at 33,500. I had an excellent level 4 as I found some good spots to pick up pots and made a couple of value hands. I ended at 42k. Level 5 wasn't very exciting and I ended at 45k.
We went on dinner and I came back with a plan to continue nitting it up. On the second hand called the button's shove for 6100 from the SB with AJ and lost to A5s. Then two hands later we played an odd hand and I'm very proud of how I played it. Ted Forrest's blind, but he's not there, 200-400/50. MP2 limps (LOL), I limp T 7 in the cutoff, tight old nice guy limps button, tight old grumpy guy completes SB and we see a flop of Q T 9 . Check, check, I probe for 1300, TNOG calls button, SB folds, MP2 calls. Done, right?
Until the MP2 donked the turn for 1500! Like a tunnel in front of me I saw the light and realized that I was going to win this spot.
For the record, these are the spots that separate the best tournament playrs from the good ones. It's all about seeing and executing at these crux spots where you can earn and manufacture chips with little risk to your stack.
In this hand, it was impossible for me to play risk free, but I set myself up to win the pot in the most efficient way possible. I knew MP2 didn't have anything on the 6 turn. I was 80% TNOG on a draw and 20% on a pair. I wanted to charge the combo draw to draw, fold the single draw (naked FD or SD), and fold the pairs. Furthermore I didn't want to commit myself too much because I was going to have to fire another barrel on the river and wanted to make sure it was cheap. I raised it to 5k, and the TNOG tanked. I really thought he was folding at this point. There's about 12k in the pot and it's costing the guy 5k (about 1/5th of stack) plus he had a guy acting behind.
Well, the guy mucked out of turn! Thanks buddy. I already knew you were folding but you didn't have to let the TNOG know that!
TNOG asks the dealer to spread the pot, thinks a while, and finally calls.
Now, this tells me that he hs some combo draw. Flush/pair, flush/straight, straight/pair. I'm hoping for a brick, 9. Sweet. Good card for my hand. I bet 6125 just in case I'm wrong or he has a QJ/TJ type hand, but I'm really expecting a fold, and then he says, call. A 9 . That draw.
It was really an unfortunate card because not only did I lose the 17k pot but I lost an additional 6500 on top of it because of the "safe" river. I obv fire all aces and nines on river, but obv check-fold any scare card.
After that I couldn't get anything going. I dwindled down to where I am at now with 18,500. The good news is the day is gonna be new and we're playing 300-600/75 so I got some room.
Quote of the Day comes to you today curtosey of Maria Ho who was commentating on older woman. "I saw this lady once that was like 48 and the had like, a better body than me! I'm like, what a bitch, ya know?"
Well done M. Thank you for bringing back QOTD.
In other news, my cell phone has been charging all day in Joe Cassidy's room right now so if you've been trying to get a hold of me or expecting contact from me... sorry!
Peace and good luck,
Devo
posted by Devo @ 10:27 PM
|
<< Home