Prose from a Poshboy

[Fenix35]

oooh gogogogo day 2 ! HH of the bluff-catcher on level 3?

[WotRTheChances]

Trip update:

Stato got a nasty KK<AA for huge pot to come 20th in the Eureka main. The guy with aces ended up winning the comp for 140k so that sucked a bit.

Mitch, PJ, Giblin are all flying home tomorrow.

Been kind of a disappointing trip in someways, very few nights out and meals out etc, which are the best bit in some ways. Everyone's kind of treated it as a serious grind trip so there hasn't been much hanky panky compared to previous trips We've had a good laugh anyway and it still could be a profitable trip......

Stato and I played EPT main today, he bust sadly, I made it through with 84k which is 1.5x average, pretty happy. Was up to 120k at the dinner break though! I couldn't believe today, had the best table ever, was gonna be almost impossible not to get a stack unless I ran horrific or just didn't get any pairs. I had to hero off my stack in level 3 with a bluffcatcher and was right, pretty nice moment, then ran KK into AK and lost, KK into TT and won (people going beserk pre 4b shoving 60bbs lol) then AA into QQ and won (for 100bbs!) so ran very well obv.

Day off tomorrow, then it's day two on Tuesday.

Clear undertones of "we all miss Thigh" imo haha. Gl Tuesday gayboy

[cambridgealex]

oooh gogogogo day 2 ! HH of the bluff-catcher on level 3?

french canadian guy who i thought at the time was decent opened utg2, fish 3bets sb, i cold flat TT from bb, FC calls, 984r check, I bet, FC calls, fold. 9x check check, 5x i bet 4.1 into 9 and he sets me in for 19 total, I call and beat 86o lol!

[gouty]

oooh gogogogo day 2 ! HH of the bluff-catcher on level 3?

french canadian guy who i thought at the time was decent opened utg2, fish 3bets sb, i cold flat TT from bb, FC calls, 984r check, I bet, FC calls, fold. 9x check check, 5x i bet 4.1 into 9 and he sets me in for 19 total, I call and beat 86o lol!

Some call. Weird play by him. It kinda looks like you would have a 9 more often than under repped ovairpair. Then he ends up repping it.

[LIONRAMPANT]

VBOL FOR TUESDAY

[Doobs]

oooh gogogogo day 2 ! HH of the bluff-catcher on level 3?

french canadian guy who i thought at the time was decent opened utg2, fish 3bets sb, i cold flat TT from bb, FC calls, 984r check, I bet, FC calls, fold. 9x check check, 5x i bet 4.1 into 9 and he sets me in for 19 total, I call and beat 86o lol!

Some call. Weird play by him. It kinda looks like you would have a 9 more often than under repped ovairpair. Then he ends up repping it.

Surely he isn't cold calling a 3 bet with a 9 in the BB.  Looks very much like an overpair to 86 off guy. 

[Fenix35]

Yeh, big call, nh. French Canadian guys probably gone off whining to his mates how these euros can never fold an overpair

[cambridgealex]

Yeh, big call, nh. French Canadian guys probably gone off whining to his mates how these euros can never fold an overpair

Saw him chatting to duhamel in the break so maybe he's a sicko!

[smashedagain]

Yeh, big call, nh. French Canadian guys probably gone off whining to his mates how these euros can never fold an overpair

Saw him chatting to duhamel in the break so maybe he's a sicko!

2 pages of hendonmob flags since 2010

[cambridgealex]

WARNING: POKER CONTENT AHEAD. FOR THOSE OFFENDED LOOK AWAY NOW.

WPT Report Day one.

Feel free to comment on any hands. Interaction ftw.

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30k starting stack. First hand of note young scandi opens 300 utg1 I 3bet KK to 800 utg2, young european guy cold the cutoff to 1725. Scandi folds I call. He bets 1425, 1825, 2225 on a . Am not loving life, i expected his cold 4 range in level one of a wpt vs the early posiiton open and 3bet to be reeeeally strong, his small betsizes make it kind of easy to just call down. Hand is really gross if he bets normal amounts through the streets, might have to find a fold. Was expecting to see dem aces a lot when I called but he declared ace king so that was nice to hear. I remembered how nuts these eastern europe types were in tournaments 36500

Observed a hand in level two that went raise, 3bet, cold called twice, original raiser called and they checked down AK8J4 and the showdown went muck, muck, "Ten high" and the first cold callers 77 was good lol.

Level 3, active young woman in sexy leather jacket opens utg and young kid 3bets btn, I cold 4bet 98hh from and get it through. Win a strange pot where I open j8ss and cbet A83r get called in two spots and am good at showdown unimproved. 40k

100/200/25 young guy who I cold4d opens cutoff 425 I 3bet btn to 900 with JTo he peels, I cbet 900 on T42ssx he calls. 8x check check, Qx he bets 2700. I call and am good vs 67ss

The guy from the AA/AK hand has since proven to earn the label "absurd aggro" so it was nice to find dem aces after another absurd aggro 3bet. I was in the sb but knew I wouldn't get much credit and expected at least a peel if not a 5b if I cold 4b. He peeled and I bet check bet a board of and got paid off for a nice pot to take me to 57k on the break going into 150/300/25. Turn was an interesting spot, felt like this guy could put me in a world of pain if I bet again, but maybe its a simple bet/fold as I get called by loads worse that has picked up equity on this card.

I peel an open from young guy with 67hh and raise his cbet on 986hxx figuring I'm just gonna win the pot all the time at some point during the hand with enough pressure or enough getting there

First big bluff is pulled off in level 6. I open T9 in ep and bet 900, 2000, 9000 on A64ssx 4x Qx expecting the turn bet to work rarely but the river bet to get thru so often cos he's capped to Ax so v hard to call a 1.2x pot bet when it looks so much like in trying to town him with AK, AQ, 66. Or he'll think I'm trying to get him off a chop. Either way he's gonna fold So we get to 60k, very comfortable, in the zone. Open 98s and our friend from London 3bets, was pretty sure he was weak so 4bet and got it through. 20minutes till the dinner break and haven't lost a pot of note yet

After dinner we 3bet a mp open with ATo from the cutoff and our London friend cold calls the btn. Have seen him cold call a 3bet from the sb before with 99. Raiser calls too and the flop comes j99r check, I make a questionable cbet of 2700 into 7k ish and get called in both spots and I just give up. Felt I could win the hand if either one called with some turns&rivers and/or serious pressure! But perhaps a c/f was best. Especially given they had 9x and JJ!

Next hand I played was bvb, our scandi friend opened I peeled J8o. Usually 3b or fold this, but I had 3b him twice recently and he'd folded so felt he wasn't going to let me have this one, could've folded obv but I kinda felt like playing him ip, obv like 120bbs deep too. Flop came 456ssx he cbet and I raised and he folded.

Was playing really aggro and it was working. Nice to be playing at a level where they respect my raises I'm so used to just waiting for hands and value betting them that it makes a nice change to be able to bluff and float and put pressure on and use my brain a bit. And it's not like it's a tough standard either, they just can lay hands down and aren't as faceup.

A few hands later one of the guys Keith played 10/20 with moved to the table and opened early, our bvb friend peeled the btn and I peeled the sb with JTcc. 982cxx was pretty nice and it went check check and our scandi friend I'm pretty sure went to check then decided to take a stab. I check raised and he quickly folded. He was definitely getting ready to blow

70k going into final level of the day. Toby Lewis moved to my table. Cold 5bets allin in the first hand he plays lol. Chips up and I become a bit card dead. Probably just as well! Feel like lots of things went my way today. Didn't win any massive pots, just chipped up steady all day and never lost a pot of any significance.

Won a fun hand last hand of the night, I open cutoff with Q3dd and 10/20 reg peels the bb, I cbet A54dxx he calls, turn Ax check check he bets 9x river and I call he mucks finish day with 66k, avg 56.

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[kinboshi]

"Level 3, active young woman in sexy leather jacket opens utg"

Erm, pics?

[cambridgealex]

Day two.

Folded for a bit to get a feel for the table. It was gonna be tough going here, no easy chips at all really. First hand I played I 3bet an mp open from the btn with AJo both blinds tanked the cold4 then folded, mp 4bet, I had 60bbs and could've piled tbh but felt spewy readless even though he could easily be light and the blinds probably folded blockers, I have two blockers myself so meh, could've missed a spot there.

Bwin punter moves to the table straight in the bb, timex mins button he 3bets to 5bbs playing 25bbs total, was never ever light or folding you could tell just by looking at him but despite this and timex staring him down, timex piled K6ss and backdoored a flush vs the guys kings lol.

I fold for the rest of the level and reach 600/1200 with 50k. First hand it folds to me on the button and I have Q8o and make it 5k! Felt i was gonna get 3bet for sure but to my surprise I get two odd looks and quick folds. Nobody says anything though. Next hand I see somebody chuck in 2400. That's odd, why is he limping?! Then I realise the blinds aren't 1200/2400 and I've just 4xd the button lol. I perhaps should have kept quiet and just let them think I'm a massive whale (in b4 tap-in) but I didn't really think and instinctively said oh shit it's 6 and 12 lol. So we all had a good laugh about that. Even the middle aged woman dealer found it hilarious that I'd 4xd!

A few hands later I'm utg and min KQo. Would fold usually especially on this table but I had a really tight image and two blockers so felt I'd get it through a lot. Marginal even so i guess. Timex obv 3bets from mp! He makes it 6200 and I'm playing about 53k. I make it 12k. It's kind of illogical that I open thinking ill get lots of credit and then at the same time expect timex to be light here when he 3bets. I just felt he was likely to be putting pressure on me cos I had a tight image and players like him like to 3b utg opens cos it looks so strong and not expect me to play back light often. Also stacks are perfect he needs to set me in to continue and it's 3/4of his stack if he's wrong, and I've not shown any signs of being at all aggro so just expected it to work. Obv he's a total sicko and might just soul read my exact thoughts but thankfully he didn't and folded saying "I was just picking on your small raise"!.

Next hand I play I open the hijack with 33, cutoff flats and timex squeezes the sb. I fold.

Very next hand I open KJdd and get peeled by hijack, cutoff and both blinds. Q72r with the , I decide this card warrants a cbet and it gets through without a fuss. 69k.

Utg2 opens 2400 I 3bet JTo 6600 from sb and he 4bets to 11200. I fold.

I open 66 utg1, Czech pro peels btn, bb peels. I cbet 4100 into 9k on 922r he quickly calls, bb folds. Turn 7 I check he bets 6300 I call. River 6 he bets 6k I shove for 45 he folds. Was a pretty exciting street to play!

Guy wearing a scoop watch opens mp, Czech guy peels i peel AQo from bb. AcQx4c I check he quickly cbets 3500, fold I raise to 8500 he snap folds

800/1600 Czech opens 3200 mp1, mp2 aggro 3bets 8600, I cold 4 AKo from the btn to 16600, he 5bs to 28k playing 90ish total. I jam he snapfolds. 136k

Central American guy opens hijack after just winning big pot from hijack on two nits blinds, I 3bet btn with 98o and get it through.

Unknown guy opens btn into my sb and nits bb, playing 35bbs, I 3bet 85dd and he folds.

I open AKdd utg2 3200 new scandi 3bets 8600, 120k deep I ask him how much he's playing then call quickly. Felt like this question and then calling quickly would totally throw him off the scent when trying to assign me a range. He cbets 9500 on 643ssx I raise to 21k he folds. I might have had the best hand, but taking it down there and then is fine obv, dont wanna call three streets really and let him realise any equity he has. If he calls I'm just going to make his life hell on most runouts and was prepared to unload the clip if required/appriopriate! 170k.

Lose 31k (19bbs) in my first allin of the tournament 77<AQ. 140k

Then 3bet the guy I doubled up with A2dd and he peels I cbet JTx hhh turn 6x check check he bets river I fold. My cbets definitely bad. I only get him off a tiny portion of his range and have almost zero equity. First spew of the tournament I think.

1k/2k open 67hh utg1 bb peels I bet 4k A93cch he calls turn I bet 9.5k he folds.

Scandi opens co I peel qjo from bb. J64r I check call 4.6k. He's breathing really deeply. Not sure what this means yet. Turn 3 bringing a flush draw. I check he bets again, 10.2k, still breathing deeply. I tank call, thinking he could still be barrelling/have worse. River Kx. His deep breathing seems to stop and he bets 16.6k. I think for a while and decide to fold. Think he had KQ

Next hand 3b call 23bbs sb vs co with KK and hold vs ATo Remember feeling pretty nervous in this pot, really wanted to hold for momemtum and morale. 192k

Open Q5ss from cutoff and Timex peels the bb. I do a delayed cbet on AJ8Kr and that does the job.

A guy with a Phil Hellmuth 13 cap on (lol) opens cutoff I peel sb with , bb peels. I check call flop and turn on and the river goes check check and I'm good.

Hijack opens 4k, cutoff flats I squeeze KQo 12500 from the button. Hijack folds, cutoff then newyork backraises to 28k playing 100 total! Bizarre, really wanted to set him in, how can he have a big hand here! But I've been in this spot before and think they can never have anything but then get shown Kings or some bizarre premium hand. I fold he shows KJo sigh!

Peel Phil Hellmuth cap's open with ATss and raise his cbet from 5.3k to 12.5k on . He calls. Turn is the  - perfect card, he's getting another bullet for sure, 22k he calls. Think he's clinging on with an overpair and miiiight fold river. Might find my balls and go for it. is the river! No need! Bit thin to value bet, but perhaps not. I checked anyway and he had Jacks. Lucky boy

Raise fold a bit to finish the level on 235k going back after dinner to 1200/2400/300.

Peel 88 vs scandi 456dds check check I bet 5500 he raises 13600 I call, river T check check he has QTo. Was annoying, cos I thought he was good and it seemed a really shit line to take, and then not even value betting when he hits. Then I realised it's almost indentical to the AT hand I'd won just before

Blind down to 185k with 96 left, 72 left.

Peel opens with AThh and A7hh in standard spots and have to fold to squeezes.

Timex opens utg2 to 6k, fish peels sb, I 3b AKo from the bb to 19k he 4bets 36k I jam 140k eff he calls with TT and the board runs out a rollercoaster for chop chop! Sick moment on the river when I thought I'd lost for a split second.

Guy wins big pot then opens utg, seen him opening A2hh utg and felt he was a kind of momemtum player like Wadey who likes to "play the rush". A fish on the button then peels playing 30bbs who never had a hand to call a squeeze with. I make it 19k with Q9o from the sb and utg 4bets, I fold and he shows AK.

Table move. Finally! This one looked much better.

First hand I play is with 86o, blind vs blind, he limps I check. He bets 3k on , I raise to 7k, he calls. Turn , I have the , he checks I bet 15k he calls. River Ah he checks, I empty the clip with 35k of my remaining 90k stack. He tanks for ages and folds. That was a good fucking moment!

Win a small pot the very next hand and then play 3 hands in quick succession with the lovely Elizabeth Hille.

She opens hijack, I peel the btn with . She cbets a flop and I raise, she calls. Turn , check, I decide to check back, thinking she's gonna fold everything I beat now except for some rare J9s and vrare KJ/QJ oop floats. Might call one more with AT or a flush draw, but doubt it. And I rarely fold out better so decided to check. River is a , and she bets out 2/5 pot. Really sigh spot. Felt my hand was too strong and underepped to fold, but perhaps it is a fold vs her, even though she is a confirmed sicko from the main event coverage I saw. She had AT. Enjoyed giving her the staredown anyway

The second pot we play, she opens in late position I defend by big blind with AQo. A96r check check, Jx I bet 7k she calls. Ax I bet 20.5k she calls and I win. She told me later over dinner that she had kings.

Just before the end of the day we play a small one, my 66 beat her Ace high on J22K8.  

Finish day with 205,500 which is average with 78 left and 72 paid.

[smashedagain]

Scandi's are not east European.
Without wanting to look too stupid can you explain what "cold" means. He cold called & cold 4 bet etc. no one ever hot's anything. Go easy coz I'm 43 today Ty.

[cambridgealex]

Day 3

Am given really good table draw. Looks like the softest table of the comp so far in fact. Some definite "fish" for the first time really.

Cruise into money, hand for hand lasts one hand, chipping up nicely to 280k, my tournament peak at the time.

Big stack danish guy gets moved to the table and opens first hand from the cutoff. I defend QTo (he looked like the kind of guy that wouldn't fold to a 3bet much with his stack so felt like calling (or indeed folding) was better). Get a bit out of line by floating his cbet on A92r, the turn is a 6 and it goes check check, I lead as planned on the J river and he raises. Really odd, repping pretty thin, but I can't rep owt either so I just fold. 255k.

Crucial hand: I open AJo from the cutoff and the btn and bb peeled. I bet J23ccx (I have ) and the bb tank calls. Turn is an offsuit 9 and he craises my 30k bet to 90k which is half his stack. Really close one, on paper I have to go with it I think, but my read on him was that somehow he had me beat, 22 or 33 I felt from the way he peeled pre. I folded. Still not sure what I should do. There's a PHA thread about it here: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=59716.0 This was actually the biggest pot I had played in the tournament so far.

Card dead down to 150 at 2.5/5k. 3b big stack btn vs mp with q9s and it gets through.

Very next hand utg2 French canadian opens I have KK on btn 21k he to 44k I jam 170k he calls AQo comes !!! for a huge double and another roller coaster allin! 350k

Open QQ utg2 big stack peels bb cbet k43ccx he calls. check check, river he bets 23k I call he has 66 for a pretty odd bet to say the least! 400k - peak

Cold 4b A3hh from bb vs utg open and big stack 3b. Utg has 270k I cold 4 to 61 and he clicks to 100 lol. Bad timing!

Playing 335k I open the cutoff with 66 and bb jams 101k I call and lose to A3o on A5747

235 going back to 3/6. Big stack opens co, Chinese fish peels btn, local fish peels sb I am in the bb with QTo. Big stacks range is almost any two, the sb is really weak here and was never calling a squeeze, the only guy to worry about is the chinese guy on the button who might have a hand that he wants to peel. Decided to make it big discourage him from peeling and it felt like it was always gonna work unless I was unlucky and the big stack had a hand, OR the chinese guy had flatted the button strong, which both seemed unlikely enough to go for it. I make it 46k, big stack folds, Chinese guy makes it 100 sighhhhh. Fold fold.

Open A7dd hijack, frenchcanadian peels bb. 754ccx he craises 12 to 32 I call. Turn check check, river he bets 54 I have 130k total. Tank fold. The second close/interesting hand where I still don't know what the best line is. Discussed in this pha thread http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=59717.0. Feel like I could've got both decisions wrong and that both were big moments that could've meant totally different outcomes. I felt at the time like I made the right move in both though so I guess that is what mattered.

I blind down to 120k at 3k/6k blinds and jam KTo over the french canadian guys mp2 open and run into his kings. Worst hand I'm shoving but he had shown down some pretty loose opens such as A9o utg1 and A4cc utg and the antes were 1k which is massive at 3/6 so it felt right. GG in 44th for 8k euros.

Terrific experience, huge sweat for a big payday, disappointed but not really gutted or anything, just loved playing it so much, gave me huge confidence boost and still made a bit of money for myself and investors .

[Tal]

Scandi's are not east European.
Without wanting to look too stupid can you explain what "cold" means. He cold called & cold 4 bet etc. no one ever hot's anything. Go easy coz I'm 43 today Ty.

It means player A raised, player B re-raised and player C called the re-raise, with player A still to act behind.

Nice and big for you now you're 43.