Event 7 was the $100 rebuy. On the first hand I raised AQ on the button, called a shove for half a stack (ie the guy didn’t double rebuy), and got shown AA. I reloaded $100 more and that’s all I was in for. It’s practically the only hand I played during the rebuy period. 6-max rebuy periods are so much better because you can profitably play a lot of hands even though everone is loose as hell. That’s tougher to do at full ring because you so rarely have good position.
The tournament itself was pretty uneventful, too, even though it down to the top 5% or so. Pretty much every key hand was decided pre-flop. There was one early on where I raised KJs UTG for nearly 10% of my stack. The CO called and so did the BB.
The flop was like Ac 9d 7c or something. I bet, and the CO min-raised. Given how much of stack went in pre-flop, I thought he would have re-raised with a good Ace. Plus I had a flush draw, so I shoved on him. He called me with A9s for top two pair, but I drilled the flush on the river to double up.
After that I got away with a lot of blind stealing, especially around the bubble. Even after we were in the money, there were some guys playing ridiculously tight.
Eventually my luck couldn’t hold. Everyone was pretty shallow, and my AKs lost to AQ. After 5 hours, I got twice my money back. Thankfully I was doing pretty well in cash games at the same time, so I was still up pretty substantially on the day. Here’s a nice little series of hands from that match:
Poker Stars, $10/$20 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
SB: $2,156
Hero (BB): $4,281
UTG: $4,287
MP: $4,625.50
CO: $2,186
BTN: $1,436
Pre-Flop: 7
6 dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG calls $20, 4 folds, Hero checks
Flop: ($50) 8
5 9 (2 Players)
Hero bets $60, UTG calls $60
Turn: ($170) 4
(2 Players)
Hero bets $200, UTG calls $200
River: ($570) 6 (2 Players)
Hero bets $750, UTG calls $750
Results: $2,070 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed 7 6 (a straight, Five to Nine) and WON $2,067 (+$1,037 NET)
UTG mucked 6
A and LOST (-$1,030 NET)
Note that I overbet every street with the flopped nuts. And he called down with a gutshot that rivered a weak pair. Naturally I was salivating to flop a set against him:
Poker Stars, $10/$20 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
SB: $2,173
Hero (BB): $5,385
UTG: $3,591
MP: $4,365.50
CO: $2,116
BTN: $1,990
Pre-Flop: 2 2 dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG calls $20, MP calls $20, 2 folds, SB calls $10, Hero checks
Flop: ($80) 4 K 2 (4 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $80, UTG calls $80, MP folds, SB calls $80
Turn: ($320) A (3 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $285, UTG raises to $800, SB folds, Hero raises to $5,285 and is All-In, UTG calls $2,691 and is All-In
River: ($7,302) Q (2 Players – 1 is All-In)
Results: $7,302 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed 2 2 (three of a kind, Deuces) and WON $7,299 (+$3,708 NET)
UTG mucked 4 A and LOST (-$3,591 NET)
I was afraid overbetting again might be a give-away, since he was probably feeling dumb from before. At this point I was praying he would reload, which he did. Sadly, that proved to be bad for me:
Poker Stars, $10/$20 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
UTG: $2,013
Hero (MP): $9,083
CO: $2,000
BTN: $3,763.50
SB: $2,056
BB: $2,708
Pre-Flop: A A dealt to Hero (MP)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $88, CO calls $68, 3 folds
Flop: ($166) T Q 8 (2 Players)
Hero bets $180, CO raises to $360, Hero raises to $8,995, CO calls $1,542
Turn: ($3,970) 6 (2 Players)
River: ($3,970) 9 (2 Players)
Results: $3,970 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed A A (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$1,970 NET)
CO showed J A (a straight, Eight to Queen) and WON $4,017 (+$2,047 NET)
I wasn’t thrilled to see him min-raise this flop, but obviously I am not folding AA to this clown. Oh well, can’t win them all. It was still a sweet day, despite this, a few other beats/coolers, and the close-but-so-far finish in the 100r.