350 NLHE MTT @ Venetian

Every entry nets you one of four things as a "comp"

1. VDS T-Shirt *new design for 2011*
2. VDS card protector (very heavy) *new for 2011*
3. VDS cap
4. $10 food comp


My table started 5-6 handed instead of 9 handed. People who late registered had to wait for their big blind, then they received their full stack of chips. This was regardless of what time they show up.


Hero had open raised but didn't cbet
qt8 board 2 tone

folded to villain’s turn lead

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Starting stack: 12k
blinds: 50/100
hero opened UTG+1 (6 handed) to 250 w/ 55
button (who hero read as internet player when raising 2.5x a couple hands a couple times) - 3bet to 600
hero calls

pot: 1350 (2 players)

flop: qt2 two clubs
hero: check
button: bets 700
hero c/r to 2500
fold

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hero: dealt ajs
weak player opens on button - 2.5x
sb - calls
hero calls in bb

pot: 750 (3 players)
t54 (two of hero's suit)
sb - leads 450
hero (bb) - calls

pot: 1650 (2 players)
t54q (two of hero's suit)
sb: check
hero: bets 1175
sb: calls

pot: 4000 (2 players)
t54q6 (all flushes miss)
hero: bets 3300
sb: folds

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hero dealt 98s
folds to hero in hj
hero raises 2.5x
sb: calls


pot: 600 (2 players)
flop 985 monotone
sb: (unknown/no reads in seat 7)
hero: bets ~350
sb: folds

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folds to hero in CO
hero raises in CO with t9s
calling station in sb

kq3 (two tone)
sb: checks
hero: cbets
sb: calls

turn: kq3 q (two tone)
sb: checks
hero: checks

river: kq3 q 6 (two tone)
sb: checks
hero: checks

villain shows jto
hero mucks

Analysis: Maybe hero can fire river sometimes, but my analysis at the time is that he's calling with any pair or better the whole way.

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Table was relatively quiet otherwise. Eventually by mid-way through level 2, the table fills up completely.

Over this time period, the calling station called guy down with 4th pair after sb had 3b small pre/led flop/turn on q8762 board

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level: 75/150
hero - KJs 4th position
hero (16kish) opens to 375
calling station (18kish) calls on button
guy who had 3 bet me (internet player?) (seat 9) calls

pot: 1275 (3 players)
KJ8 2 tone
seat 9: leads for 675
hero raises: 2100
"calling station" flat calls
seat 9: tank/folds

pot: 6150 (2 players)
kj876 2 tone
hero bets 2/3 pot (~4k)
hero raises in CO with t9s"calling station" flat calls

pot: ~14k with hero about 6k left (2 players)
kj876 2 tone, flush not completed
hero leads all in
seat 9: calls

hero: shows top 2
seat 9: shows 88 for middle set.

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Hero busts out of tournament at level 2
634 runners