Part 2
We had a redraw and lost 4500 early BvB after we flop tp bad kicker and bet turn and call river losing to the SB rivered flush before we win some chips when a loose young guy from Belgium raises to 2400 at 6/1200/150 and a short stack makes it 7400 from 17400 and we find
in the SB and I felt than 4b calling here was better than jamming here as the shortie is never folding and a 50k jam looks redic so 4b and the Belgie folds and shortie calls obv and we are on the backs with shortie having
before any cards were dealt the young guy declare I had the same hand as you and I said "It's not gonna change what cards come out but you know it's bad etiquette to say that yeah" to which he just nods and the poker gods find a Queen on the river to move us forward.
Next hand we raise the btn to 2400 with
and the sb 3b's to 5500 which we peel and on a
he leads for 6200 but never looks comfy so I 3b the flop to 14100 and he snap folds, 4 hands later we find 88 on the btn and lose a smallish pot to another rivered backdoor flush to move back to 65500 with the average at 70k.
We lost another pot sending us down to 56k then an older guy raises utg2 to 3k at 6/12/150 and we 3bet to 7400 next to act with
which he calls and we flop AJQss and he checks to us so fire 6800 hoping to see no paint and a red 8 turns up he again checks so bet 14k to set up a river shove on non spade or paint river and after he calls we see a
which he again checks very quickly and having played with him for a few hours know he never checks back his made hands or any J combo's so am fairly confident in my read and bet my last chips with and he calls after a dwell with AK giving us the double through to 112k.
At 8/1600 we move to 197500 when we flop the house with 99 on 933 and after the BB chks we chk back and min raise his turn donk when the 7 rolled off to see the 5 river and he bet 12k with about 55k back so just jam and he snaps me off having rivered a smaller FH with 55. I then got incredibly lucky to move to the heady heights of 277500 when peeled an utg raise with
after the sb made up also from the BB and saw a
and C/C 10k from the OR the turn was a
and had already decided to chk jam if he bet again which he did and he snapped me with
but binked a
to have 277500 at dinner.
"SPEW 1"
I had this feeling of invincibility but also was by far the most active on the table and had an image Railtard would be proud of but with less skill obv and when a guy wearing a green fluffy wig who left the table every 5mins to get another pint or to go to the loo raised in mid pos and the btn peeled I took a look at the flop with
and we saw a flop of KK3 and check called a bet with a plan to check raise the turn if it was non paint and when he continued the lead I continued with my plan and set him in figuring I can get him to put down everything bar AA or AK/KQ or other FH combos as he would still have enough back but unfortunately his chips beat mine in to the pot andI didnt get there otr vs his AK so I sheepishly waited for another good spot and now had 120k at 1500/3000/400 with 25 left and an average of 152k.
I received a full double through after finding AA and raising in early pos to be flatted by Vinny otb and Elaine a lovely older lady for whom headphones were designed for 3bet me from the small blind and I flatted hoping Vinny may try to squeeze us out or leaving us the option of raising all in her 100% gtd cbet which came on a 9Q2 board and we held vs her KK to get back to 230k with the avg at 158k.
"Spew 2"
By now a nice Argentinian young guy who looked a bit like JP Kelly was sat to my right and had already shown the ability to fold a big hand but we had already had a few battles when at 3/6000/600 he raised the button to 12k and I 3b
to 28500 again with the plan to 5b if he min 4b as stack sizes would dictate the play but he just flatted and we saw a
and I lead for just under half pot and he clicked it back which looked weak and still gave a chance to get a jam through but he snapped with a set of 8's and we were left with 7bbs.
I still felt confident enough to let the blinds go through me due to my lack of paint or suited cards received and then shoved 45cc in mid pos and a guy snap calls behind for 1/2 his stack with A8o leaving one of the blinds a decision who folded a hand that would have beaten mine but we got there on a run out of QK7cc 2 5 to get to 60k.
With the blinds about to go up again I decided I was jamming utg without looking as we were just about to go to 4/8k and after the "fake look" pushed all in for 55k and the SB called then the BB jammed and the Italian guy from my first table on day one called off his remianing stack with 44 and we were both behind to JP Kelly lookalike KK but Andrea flopped a 4 and that was it for us unfortunately!
I was pretty devo'd by the 2 hands I lost loadsa chips with as if in hand 1 I was saying in my head "no set and we dont lose anymore" but then tried to outplay a guy with the nuts and after a double back through I then proceeded to do the same again, I suppose I am slightly unlucky that they both have the absolute top of their ranges both times and that many other combos get the desired folds but still feel I owe an apology to my investors as I am 100% certains that without the first hand I receive an even bigger through in the AA vs KK hand as Elaine still had 130k back after doubling me through so would have had over 500k which would have been a FT stack and would have defo influenced how I then played the A9hh hand but feel my poor decision making cost us a minimum £1000 and opportunity for more.
So sorry guys and we now have £450 left out of the initial stake fund and our next tournies are
21st July £100 entry to day1 a of DTD Grand Prix and if required entry to Day 1b which is the 22nd July in this 200k euro tourney and will reserve the option to re-enter either day if required.
If we still have £££ left over or if everyone wants a final spin I will play the August deepstack which is £200 + £25 and may require a small amount of re-commitment from investors to top up dependant on what we have left over.
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