Normally for our Saturday night tournaments, I have to run them, so I never get to do one of my Running Logs. But since I'm not the Head Honcho tonight, I thought I would give you one of these reports.
This is an $80 Team Tournament, using a similar format to the Dream Team tournaments that ran with the Pros a couple of times last year, including the WSOP. There are three players on a Team. 60% of the Prize Money goes to the Team, and 40% goes to the Individual. The Team score is your top Two finishes, while the 3rd player's finish doesn't count. Each teammate also gets a Help Chip. At any time, you can ask a teammate for help, as long as they are not still in the same hand that you are playing. Also, you can get more Help Chips by knocking out a player, and getting their Help Chip.
Shuffle Up & Deal 12000 - Looks like we've got 48 players (16 Teams). I'm at Table 5, and I've got a good seat draw. I'm surround by women, and the Action Players are on the other side of the table.
End of Level 1 (25/50) 11500 - I won the very first pot. I was the BB, and it was checked down. Chip Leader! I splashed around in position, but I didn't win any more pots. The table is playing normal for this early stage of the tournament. A decent amount of splashing around, but no big pots.
Level 2 (50/100) 11250 - Didn't really play a hand. Cards suck right now. T Gross has the most chips. He's doing a lot of check-raising into multiple players, and they are usually folding. Hopefully, I can take advantage of this later.
Level 3 (75/150) 11750 - UTG (Monsignor) limps. Next player (Matt G) raises to 400. Next player (Donkey Dawn) calls. I'm the next player. I look down at 77, and decide to 3-Bet to 1500. Everyone folded. The cards still suck, but this is a deep structure. Being patient, and waiting for opportunities is the key.
Level 4 (100/200) 13825 - I limped with 44 in the CutOff. The SB (Super Grrrl) raises to 600. Only the Hyjack and myself call. Flop Jc Ts 9c. SB & Hyjack check. I bet 1100. SB thinks, and calls with a funny look on her face. It could be her Hollywooding a big hand. Hyjack folds. Turn is [Jc Ts 9c] 8h. SB checks, and so do I. River is [Jc Ts 9c 8h] 8s. She checks. I'm fairly sure that she's got AK here, so I just turn over my 44, and it's good.
Level 5 (125/250) 13225 - Different level, same crappy cards. Players are starting to bust out of the tourney, but no one from our table yet.
Level 6 (150/300) 16500 - I hit Straights on back to back hands in the Blinds. First one was on the River; second on the Turn. I bet 2500 on the River of the 2nd one to look like a missed Flush Draw, but both players folded. We are now on Break.
Level 7 (200/400) 16000 - Shortly after the Break, my table got busted, and I was moved to Table 2. In my first hand, I limped in the CutOff with Q9o. I stabbed at the QJ8 Flop, and took it down.
Level 8 (300/600) 23600 - UTG (Eddie J) limped. Mid player (some new guy) raised to 2100. CutOff (R Rufe) calls. I'm the Button. I look down at AKo, and 3-Bet to 7000. Both Blinds eject. UTG thinks for a bit, and folds. Mid guy folds. CutOff thinks for almost two minutes before folding. I found out later he had 99.
Later, I tried to steal from the Button with 33. Only the BB called. The pot got checked down, and my 33 was good.
Level 9 (400/800) 22000 - Back to playing no hands. This table is playing rather calm, with more walks than there should be. It looks like it's time to step on the Gas.
Level 10 (500/1000) 20000 - I started to raise more preflop, with mixed results. The player on my direct Left (Mike T) has over 60k, and is really cramping my style by playing a lot of pots, and calling most of my raises.
Level 11 (600/1200) 25700 - Last hand of the Level, it folds around to me in the SB. I've got Ks Kh, and just limp in, trying to trap the Big Stack. He checked. Flop Qs 5h 6h. I lead out for 1500. He calls. The Turn is [Qs 5h 6h] Th. I check. BB bets 2500. I call. River is [Qs 5h 6h Th] Ah. Sweet, I now have the Nut Flush. I check. BB bets 3300. I hesitate for a moment, and push All-In for 8700 more. He thinks for about two minutes, before reluctantly folding. He probably had the Qh for the 2nd Nut Flush.
Break Time.
Level 12 (800/1600) 12000 - We are down to two tables now, and one of my teammates (HostDave) has be eliminated a short while ago in 22nd. I raised with TT and won the Blinds. Later, I raised from UTG+1 with KQs. A Mid player (McLovin') uses one of his Help Chips. After a quick talk with his Teammate, he ships his entire stack for 8300 more chips. It folds around to me. I have to assume that he doesn't have my KQ crushed, due to the use of the Help Chip. Since this probably a Race, I call. He shows JJ, and I lose the coin flip.
Level 13 (1000/2000) 23000 - I got moved to Table 1. My teammate (Data) is across the table, but only has around 22k chips. Later, after it folded around to me, I ship on the Button with Q4 for 11000. The SB folds, but the BB (Karl MF) snap calls with 77. I flip my cards over, and say, "I thought I had AQ.". Fortunately, the Door card was the Qh, and get a little lucky.
Level 14 (1200/2400) 0 - We are 7-handed now. I look down at 33 in Early Position, and shove All-In for 23000. A Mid player (McLovin' again, who just moved to this table) tanks, and wants to use a Help Chip. But his teammate is the BB in this hand, so he can't get any Help. He finally calls, and flips over JJ. WTF? I miss my Set Draw, and finish in 14th place.
My last remaining teammate (Data) was knock out right after me in 13th place. His AQ ran into QQ. We ended up out of the Team Money, even though we were the last team to have all three players alive in the tournament. None of us made it to the Final Table, and that is usually important in tournaments.
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