Quick TR from me from the main.
Starting table in this tournament was terrible. One chinese guy to my left who was kinda tight, but ok, and one older guy who was also very tight but had terrible bet sizing, the rest were all very good, and most of them seemed to know each other from online/ circuit/ EPT's.
Level started terribly. UTG opens, a caller before me and i peel
, good aggro french guy squeezes the button and we all call. flop
gets checked through. Sometimes would lead here myself but chose not to. Turn comes a
and UTG fires for like 80% pot, i call, others fold, river
and he bets biggish again, im not loving it but at this point didnt know if he was over vauling a hand like
or had turned smaller set etc, so made the call to be shown
, so down to 20k v early on.
Table from here just got mental, lots of 3/4/cold 5 betting, but not massivley spewy stuff, they were playing pretty well (although it was pre antes)
Played pretty tight, couple of times i opened mid pairs and was blasted off pre by 3/4 bets so was just waiting to find the right hand in the middle of the crossfire.
Managed to get a double back to near starting, opened
utg playing 40bb, tight chinese buy to my left 3bet for the first time in a while, and i was pretty much just gonna fold it, then utg +2 peels and i now have decentish odds to peel. Get a
flop, check, OR bets, oither guy calls, i shove it in, get snapped off by aces and do a win. Things looking up, felt like a fresh start.
The guy on my right has been opening v.wide, and has the lot, mostly thanks to 5 betting
and flopping set vs
in level 2. He opens the CO, and i decide the 3bet with
from the button, he peels.
Flop
checks through, turn
, he check raises me quite big, and im loving life, just call for the tarp. river
and he barrels, i call and he shows
. obv. Back down to 14k on the dinner break.
The next hand comes up which at the time i was v unsure about, but spoke to others and they agree with how i played it.
Good player opens in MP at 150/300/25a to 725, playing about 70k, other good young guy peels from 25k and we have
in BB and make it 2400 to go, both peel.
Flop
and we have about pot behind, lead for 2350 and OR mins it back. PUKE. wasnt sure at the time if id put too much in, or maybe i should C/r All i on flop, but decided he just has to have me beat, and folded to leave myself 30bb. Think this is pretty bad play from him here, unless hes abso soul crushed me with
for eg, but i dont think hes peeling this pre. never mind.
Anyway few hands later, im on the button and 3b all in over CO steal, with
he calls with
and rivers the
to finish me off.
Very frustrating tournament, never got going, felt a little hard done by with the table draw but thats just how it goes sometimes, if id have picked a few hands up in beter spots i could have come off that table with a nice stack, but it wasnt to be.
Thanks for everyone who bought pieces off blonde, hopefully one of the Team can get the job done
Cheers.
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