Binions 200 PLO8 MTT

20000 chips with 50/100 blinds and 40 min. levels
Hero entered at end of late registration, so blinds are 200/400.

Hero showed up right at the end of late registration. It is a reentry MTT, but they give people the option of "surrendering" their stack at the end of the reentry period and gaining a new stack. This seems like a great move by Binion's tournament director to keep "integrity of game (ie: no chip dumping)" if people are trying to get a new entry with full stack.

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Player reads:
4: "likely opposite player"
Bets a ton of pots...but then played nfd/nld super passively
Although, could be "live player" who only bets made hands or bluffs.
8: 20-30ish Asian guy

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Blinds: 200/400
No reads on villain
Hero dealt in BB: AQT7 (AT suited)

4-5 folds
older person min-raised to 800
Hero calls in BB

(1800 in pot - 2 players)
Flop: A98 Hero nfd
Hero checks
v: bets 1800 (PSB)
hero: calls

(5400 in pot - 2 players)
Turn 8
Hero checks
v: bets 5400 (PSB)
hero: folds
Villain shows 99xx

Analysis:
Preflop: This seems ok with suited A OOP to min-raise.
Flop: This seems fine to call the flop bet. There's a little merit to c/r, but few hands seem to fold.
Turn: Board pair = likely villain is value betting boat+ and hero folds.

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Hero: Dealt AQ T5 DS

(blinds: 200/400)
1 limp
folds to hero in MP
hero: raises to 1400
BB: calls
EP: calls

(~4600 - 3 players)
Flop: K83 (rainbow, both hero bdfd)
3 players check

(~4600 - 3 players)
Turn: K834 (hero has nfd)
2 checks
hero: bets ~3000
villains: fold

Analysis: It seems debatable to bet turn w/o reads. This is a thin semibluff, but 2p and/or nlds continue to call.

A couple hands later...
Hero: Dealt: A963 (A3 suited)

folds to hero
hero: raises to 1400
sb (seat 4): calls

(3200 in pot - 2players
J95r
4: checks
hero: bets 1600
4: folds

Analysis:
Flop: Bet/fold seems ok here w/o reads. It's a high only board w/ low only possible via backdoor.

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Hero: Dealt kqj9 kj suited in BB

[300/600]
(2 folds)
2: older person raises to 2100
folds to hero
sb: folds
hero: calls

(4500 in pot - 2 players)
Flop: A93 rainbow
hero: checks
2: bets 2000
hero: folds

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blinds: 300/600
All stacks around ~20000

hero: dealt A443 (A3 suited)
4 players (seat 9 behind)+ bb
Hero (UTG+1) - raises to 1500
MP: calls
sb: calls
bb: calls

(6000 in pot - 4 players)
Check k75 rainbow (hero has BD NFD)
4 players check

(6000 in pot - 4 players)
Turn: K753 (hero has NFD)
2 players check
Bets 4100 when checked to

players fold

Analysis:
Preflop: Fairly loose open UTG+1. It ma
Flop: Hero doesn't have a lot of equity and checks.
Turn: Hero's bluffing as a semi-bluff.

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Table had been playing tight as a couple hands were folded to the BB.
Thus, hero tried to steal on button with junky hand. Hero tried to limp on button and hope to steal pot if players were uninterested

hero: dealt AQ95 (A5 suited) on button

2 limps
button (hero): limps
sb: folds
bb: checks

(3000 in pot - 4 players)
Flop: K53 rainbow (hero has no FD)
4 checks

(3000 in pot - 4 players)
Turn: K53T (no fd on turn)
2 checks
hero: bets 1400
got slightly minraised to 3000 in LP
2 folds
hero: folds

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Hero: dealt ATT5 (AT suited to diamonds)

UTG+1: limps
UTG+2 (Hero): limps behind
MP: raises
but: 3 bets
everyone folds
MP: calls

Flop: 664 two diamonds
MP: checks
but: bets
MP: folds

Analysis: Calling with ATxx against likely AAW is really bad.

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Player reads/notes:
Some updated villain reads:reads
3: 3-bet w/ AAT5 no suits
4: was raising/getting all in preflop with QJT8 QTss
7: bets non-nut wrap, bad fd on 84q68 board

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Hero had not played any hands for 2 rounds
Villains in SB/BB were really tight.
Hero: dealt in CO: AQ94 r

(1800 at 400 800)
(5400 - 3 players)
Flop: Q93 rainbow
sb: checks
bb: checks
Hero bets 2700
sb: folds
bb: folds

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break:
Hero's stack: 22600 @ 500/1000 blinds

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blinds: 500/1000
3rd hand after break:

Hero: dealt AK KQ DS in BB

UTG+2: limps
MP: raises to 2500
2 calls
hero: calls in BB

(10000 in pot, 4 players)
Flop: KJ5 (two tone, hero has no FD)
Busted around 80. 500 1000 blinds hero 22600 3rd hand. Limp and small 2500 raise. 3 calls and hero calls with akkq ak kq ds. KJ5 two ton ...

Flop: KJ5 two tone
BB: checks
UTG+2: checks
MP: bets 7000
but: folds
hero: raises pot (all in - 22.6k)

MP: Shows A952 with NFD.

Board: KJ537 (7 completes villain flush)
Hero: out

Analysis:
Preflop: OK to call with nut suit in bloated pot.
Flop: This seems like ok play, but some merit to donk betting/calling given stack size and drawy nature of board multiway.
Hero didn't really have read if villain would bet flop with 4 players, so a bet/call may have been better.

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Hero: out ~90/140

Additional note: Thought about late registering for the badugi/badacey/baduci MTT ($125) at Golden Nugget, but decided against it.