Stuart Rutter WSOP and WSOPE 2021, selling at 1.0 (as yet, details unknown)

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2500 EUR short deck

The toughest moment yet

145k at 1500 ante

UTG opens to 2x (6k). He's a complete open book. He's limping all his strength, and raising small with all his mid strength, in an effort for him to not have to face a raise.

One call from a splashy player, folds to me. I have . I should move in, but no need for balance. We know he's not strong, he may do something foolish, or the splashy player may call out of position. I 3bet to 26k

He does. He moves in. Call. He sighs. He has . 300k pot.

. Safe-ish

. Please please no



The only consolation is that I got things right after the earlier blows, but the lowest one of all came

I don't think I've ever walked away from a poker room feeling so gutted.

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brutal stu heads up.

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Thanks guys. Obviously, it's less spectacular than it sounds, and it just the bottom x percent of variance, but it just feels tougher in a live setting! And a little more in the bizarre setting of Rozvadov.

The early starts continue. 1k EUR turbo bounty hunter at 10am tomorrow.

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1100 EUR turbo

Turbo just started. Organisation hasn't been the best (was meant to start at an hour ago!), but I have really enjoyed the early starts. Breakfast at actually breakfast time, trying to avoid the ignomy of busting before lunchtime.

Looks like we'll play 8 handed

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1100 EUR turbo

32k approaching end of level 4. It will skip up quickly now, obviously!

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1100 EUR turbo Bounty

We cashed! A 300 EUR Bounty.

Buy in is 700 EUR +300 EUR Bounty. Short stack moves all in for 7.2k (starting stack 30k) on our big. I guess, with the Bounty chip being worth around 14k in chips, this must be a call with any two.

We have , so that is indeed tested, but he has to be a call
We has , and we win on



40k

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1100 EUR turbo Bounty

Blind on blind at BB800, limp . Italian big blind checks.

. I check, he bets 800, call.

. I bet 2k into 4k, he calls

  . I check, he bets a big 7,100 in 8,000

These were my thoughts, in no particular order :


- His sizing fits very well with turning a made hand into a bluff. He is only repping a flush. This is, however, fine, as he never has Aces up anyway. Given his pre flop check, the Ace is the most likely heart to give him a flush.

- He may have an 8 for a missed straight draw, although the only 8's without a pair or straight are K8, Q8, 85, 83, 82. He may have QJ (and less likely KQ or KJ), but would at least sometimes have raised those pre.

- What hands would he turn into a Bluff? Maybe up to any 9, J7 or 87, and 84? However, at this point, poker necessitates stereotypes, and in the absence of other information, I would suspect an Italian of turning a made hand into a bluff less than I would, say, a German.

- Turn call was fairly quick.

- My line looks fairly strong. He may, incorrectly but understandably, in fact decide that I was only repping two pair or a straight on the turn.

Overall, I decide its just about a fold.

37k first break

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1100 EUR turbo Bounty

Moncef Kariou, the French guy who I caught bluffing, only for  his  KT high to win the pot, sits down.

The interesting thing is, what is his assessment of me after all that? I guess probably a clown.

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1100 EUR turbo Bounty

We cashed! A 300 EUR Bounty.

Buy in is 700 EUR +300 EUR Bounty. Short stack moves all in for 7.2k (starting stack 30k) on our big. I guess, with the Bounty chip being worth around 14k in chips, this must be a call with any two.

We have , so that is indeed tested, but he has to be a call
We has , and we win on



40k

Such a luckbox.

 

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Moncef Kariou moves in. I fold . I fear that there is a chance of catching him bluffing, only to find that he has the better hand

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1100 EUR turbo Bounty

42k. Up to 800-1600, which is a shame

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1100 EUR turbo Bounty

Raise to 3.6k on Moncef Kariou's big blind. He calls

is checked by both twice

. He bets quickly 8,600 into 9,600

I mean, on one hand he's only repping one card, and on the other, he may logically have me down as some calling station clown.

I just about call. He has

56k

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If he had had 88 there, I may have simultaneously cried and laughed

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1100 EUR turbo Bounty

50k, blinds rapid, into 1k-2k

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One German guy has his WSOP circuit ring on top of his stack

I also brought along my whole collection of WSOP bracelets and circuit rings