240 LO8 MTT @ Golden Nugget

levels 1-3
i had 2 aawx hands - one was aa25 single suited to once of the aces
built up a somewhat a couple chips at end of level 3 (12.3k, starting stack was 12k)


bluffed paired board - ended up calling - lost 2k chips (level 5)


a447 board
23BBB board (b = card 9 or higher)
i ended up "value bluffing" person who was OOP - "bluffed" out a224 (pair of 2s, no low)
i bet every street in position

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kkxx
k97 (2 h)
42 (3rd heart)
lucky no one had hearts
stack -> 5k -> 7500
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just before the 2nd break (level 6), an interesting hand came up

limp in ep
a39k - i raise
old player calls behind me (on button)

flop - 2h8s9d
villain 1: checks
hero: bets
villain 2: calls
villain 1: calls
turn - 2h8s9d7h
villain 1: bets
hero: calls
villain 2: raises
villain 1: raises
hero: tanks, calls <---
villain 2: raises
villain 1: raises <--- 5 bets max
hero: tanks, calls <---
river - 2h8s9d7h9c
villain 1: checks
hero: bets
villain 2: calls
villain 1: calls

villain 1: shows jtxx - jack high straight
villain 2: shows ah3xxhxh - had nut low and nut flush draw
hero: shows nut low + trip 9s

villain 1 - older player (who I later played at Binion's PLO8 MTT) was mad at me because i got him quartered. He missed flush outs to scoop
he ended up saying to me - i was just betting my cards; when villain 1 raises, he has nut straight
villain 2 - told me after hand that he was scared i had a boat, so that's why he check/called the river

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moved to table 1
2.2k (blinds 500/1k, limits 1k/2k)
celebrity sighting: phil hellmuth stops by and talks to guy in seat 1 (i'm in seat 8)

ak62 ds
got money in preflop
no low came up - i was out

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96/143
18 places pay out