Borgata $1100 Satellite
I was very lucky to chip up early in this tourney. We started with 15k in chips, 25-50 blinds. In first 20 min, I chipped up to 20k, winning a few big pots with full house v. flush and an over pair against top pair, top kicker. My table breaks and I get moved to a new table with some very interesting players- the one good thing is that there was only one pretty tricky player at the table with a big stack. Everyone else was unique in how they played, however transparent. So at 100-200 with no ante, utg raises to 700, 1 seat who is tight calls, I call and two other players call. Pot is pretty big, like 3500 at this point. Flop is K 3 5 with two diam. I have 89 dd. Now let me preempt this by saying I usually dont play flush draws super strong. My plan this weekend was to play differently, and think outside the box, get to a deeper level in each hand, have more reasons for each decision, think more critically of my opponent's reaction to what I will do, etc. So bb and utg (orig raiser) check, and 1 seat fires 1500, I decide to smooth, to make sure no one flopped a big hand behind, and also to see if utg was goin for check raise. I am happy to have position on seat 1 too. So turn is brick, like black 7. Utg checks. Now, normally I would check here, but I feel that if I check, I am advertising that I am on a draw. If I had two pair, a set or a king, i would bet to clear out the draw. Also, i would bet to get action. Knowing the player I am against,if i check behind on turn and i miss on river, I have absolutely no chance to win this pot. Considering all of this, I decided to bet 2850, about 1/2 thepot. My opponent has 12k behind and I had 19k, so it was a substantial bet compared to his stack. He hemmed and hawed for several seconds and finally called. River is a brick. He checks quickly. I know that he is goin to fold but I need to fire HUGE. So I bet 7,000 completely planning to fold to his all in, obviously, for 2k more, but he is def not the type of player to check raise river. So he counts out 7k and goes that's almost my whole stack and folds. And asked if I had a King. ?????. I said which card do you want to see and he chose 9 diam. And he's like good bluff with pkt 99s. lol. he goes, I folded QQ. QQ?????? Good thing I did not try to get him to fold top pair- I really have to stop doing that.
I picked up a few hands, raised and took it down. Blinds were 100-200 with ante, I standard raised to 575 and took it down a bunch. I picked up 10s. I raise to 575. the button makes it 1700. BB calls, utg tight player (seat 1), called, so I decided to call, even though I felt the button had a monster. Flop is A 6 x. Checcks to button, he bets 1500. BB calls, seat 1 and I fold. Turn is rag. BB checks and buttton bets 2k and BB calls. I was sure bb had aq or ak, button not sure. River is 6. Bb chks, button bets 4,000. BB calls, and button had AA, for aces full. I thought he played his hand superbly. He later proved to be a player who tilted very easily, but still played that particular hand well.BB had Ak consequently which was a tough spot, but he couldve folded to the raise and reraise in front of him.
A little while later, at 200-400, I had Ak dd in bb. four players limped. I raise 1400 on top hoping to either take it down, or get HU. Unfortunately, only player that called me was the other big stack, we both had close to 30k. Flop is 9 6 3, one diam. I checked, and he checked. Turn is 4 diam, giving me overs and flush draw. I bet 2300. He calls pretty quickly. I decide I am checking river if i miss. He either has a pair, or a straight draw or a flush draw, so either way my hand might have show down value. River is 2 cl, what a fking brick. I check, he checks and shows 67 sp. I thought that was a very interesting hand. Even though I didn't win the hand, i think it played well.. the only thing is its patently obviously i have AK there. I think the other big stack played his hand well also.
An orbit later, I am utg +2 with 3 6 sp. I raise to 1175, the guy on my left (tighty) calls pretty quick and bb calls. Flop is K Q 5 rainb. Checks around. Turn is 3c. I think, oh maybe I have best hand, but I will check, and see what happens. Checks around again. River is 6 h. weee. bb leads into me for 500 in an attmept to bluff, I believe, I raise to 3k and all of a sudden, heard the tighty say, I call and BB folds. I said I have 2 pair and he mucks. The only hand that made sense for him to have was Aq and he thought I was a on a move. So I asked him and he confirmed he had AQ. In a weird way, i understand the call. I looked like a super hyper aggressive player. By the same token, I would never call a bet and raise on the river by a super hyper player, unless I had a specific read on their hand. And of course, the whole tabel went nuts, ohh she raised with 36 omg, thats terrible, blah blah blah...let's play real poker. its a 1k event, not a $10 stars donkevent. But really, no difference.
Ok, I am goin to play the 10$ r on stars, I will write more hand later.
Good money and peace,
Lucky C and ace.
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