WSOP 2009 Journey (mtt, c

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my first table was very very tight, complete different dynamic than it was last year. but there's a semi-aggro monkey on my right who talks a lot and opens a lot of pot. Needless to say, he is one of the biggest contributors to my stack.

Nothing interesting in the first 3 lvls except for couple of hands..

Hand 1:

utg (pokerstar qualifier) limped, i limped behind w/ 77, btn limped, blinds complete at 100/200. flop 7 7 2. (sigh..i knew i wouldn't get any action)
It went checked around, turn Ts, put up str8 draw and flush draw, I decided to v-bet my nuts, bet 1/2 the pot and everyone folded. sigh..

Hand 2:

semi-lag monkey opens co to 700, folds to me in sb w/ AA, I made it 2800 to go (cuz we were 300bb deep), he instant calls (he doesn't fold to any 3bet at all)

flop 6 8s Ts

I decided to check instead of cbetting. he checks back

Turn Qd

I led out 4k and he calls

River Ac

I led out 8k ish and he says AK is good and folds...another sigh..

Hand 3:

I opened TT utg1 to 700 and folds to the monkey in sb who called.

Flop: Kc Jc 4

he c/c my 800 cbet and I decided to check it down for the rest of the streets..

Turn: T!!!!

he c/c again my 2/3 pot bet

river: 9...

he checked dark and after few mins of thought, there are too many QX hands in his flop and turn c/c range so I decided to check back. He turned over AQo....wow! I run hawt!

Hand 4:

utg1(tightish guy) opens to 875 at 150/300, monkey flats..folds to me in bb and saw AA again. Being oop and the monkey doesn't like to fold, I made a huge squeeze to 3875 and utg1 folds and monkey obv calls.

Flop: J85r, I checks again with intention of c/r the monkey, he checks back.

Turn Q...I bet he folds..

Then I got moved to a new table before the dinner break where Howard Lederer was sitting 4 to my right.

Won a pot with 2 pair and brought my stack to about 49k before the dinner break.

Came back from the dinner break and started to card dead for the entire level, and the guy on Howard's right who's been playing like a total noob, wearing PS gear, runs hotter than the sun, flopped higher flush against lower flush and got it in for 60k each....

guy to my left is a desperate shorty who keeps raising whenever folds to him. I picked up his tendency and decided to trap him whenever I have a hand I'm willing to go broke with him.

Finally picked up JJ utg at the last hand of the lvl4. I limped w/ intention of getting in against the desperate shorty.

folds to mp (another big stack) who limps behind and the noobish PS guy made it 3k to go at 150/300/25!!!!!!!...I seriously have no clue how to counteract this but to just flat call since we were (165bb deep). mp folds.

Flop (6975) T 2 3 r

I check/call his 4k bet..

Turn (14975) 9,

I check, with intention of folding to another bet, but the noobish guy bets a small amount 4k...I decided to call again cuz of the pot odds..

River (22975) 3..

I checked and he instant checks behind and I thought my JJ was good until he shows KK! wow...well played sir!

After that hand, my stack was down to 37k at the end of lvl4.

LvL5 was a complete card dead also, there would be ppl opening every hand and I literally didn't see any A or K in the entire lvl and had to keep folding and getting blinded/anted off.

At the end of day 1, I had 31650 left.

Going to be at Orange 80, seat 4 for the day 2. Hopefully I can run better and get some cards at 250/500 with 60bb stack. one time plz.

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probably the worst run prelim event I've ever played. nothing spectacular within the first 2-3 hrs except for 2 hands.

1st hand: everyone folds to me otb with ATo at 75/150 with eff. stack of 16k. I opened to 500 cuz the bb is an old guy who defends his bb pretty wide and plays quite straightfoward. BB 3bets to 1600 and I flat with intention of using my postflop skill to take down the pot later.

Flop (3275) Kd Qs Js

bb cbets 2k and I made a gay raise with my flopped nuts to 4475 and bb tank called.

Turn (12275) Tc

bb checks and I bet 4k and he instant crai for the rest of his chips and i knew we were chopping..

bb turns over AQo for the chop. well played sir.


2nd hand:

After the 2nd break, I had around 11k left and blinds were 150/300/25

prior to this hand, I have 3bet-allin pre 2 hands w/ 99 and 77 respectively so my table image is def not as tightish as I was in the first 4 lvls.

utg limps, and co (who wears a 2009 bracelet but i have no clue who he is cuz I own him postflop pretty bad and he's been getting out of my way) made it 1100 to go. I looked down and saw AdAs and decided to flat and go with my hand on pretty much all flops. Blinds folded and utg also called.

Flop (3800) Ac Kh 4h (uber nuts baby!)

utg donks out 1400 and pfr raised to 4800, I thought for a min and shipped the rest of my chips and utg folded. pfr instant called and turned over Q8hh. one time plz!

turn was a 5 and river was a 10 of heart and sent me to the rail.


cliff notes: played very well and solid and got my money in way good but couldnt' hold up. fml

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