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Monday, November 14, 2011

WSOP-C #5 (Day 2) - End of Level 26 (8k/16k/3k)

Lv 26 (8k/16k/3k). Well, here's the only hand that matters. UTG raised to 36k. Folded to me in the BB. I look at KTo. Folding just seems to nitty, so I called. Flop 986. I checked, and so did he. Turn [986] 7. Wow, I just hit my Gutshot. I checked again, assuming he would stab at it. He bet around 45k, and I just called. River [986 7] 4. I lead out for 75k. He tanks for a while, and asks me if I have a Pair yet. He thought some more, and said All-In. I called, and he showed JTh for the J-high Straight. And I'm out in 5th place, $3355 after the $40 Dealer Tip.

I'm not surprised that he had that hand, especially after that little question he asked me about having a Pair. But we are 5-handed, and the Blinds are getting up there, so what else could I do? That was the first bad luck I had had in a long time at this tourney.

It's hard to call 5th place a big accomplishment, but this was my biggest casino cash ever. Plus, this was the most patient tournament I've played since I moved to Reno, so that has to mean something.

At least I picked the right tourney to Live Blog.

4 comments:

CdrData said...

The Internet kids would say 3-bet shove preflop with that and similar hands vs. any late position raise. Lately, I'm included to agree, especially if you're against players that won't call off light.

Still, great to see you on the live stream. I'm sure Colin is jealous.

CdrData said...

inclined, that is.

Ryan Rufe said...

Way to go, Greg. It was fun sweating you!

GregDude said...

As far as 3-Betting with KTo, I think that's a bad idea. I had too many chips to shove, and I didn't want to waste the 100k chips by have to fold to his 4-Bet shove.

I already lost 90k by 3-Betting with A6 in the previous level, and had to fold.

I'm out of position, so I would prefer to call, and keep the pot small. Small Pot Poker is how I got to 5th place out of 188 players.