Saturday, June 21, 2014

230 8 Game MTT at Golden Nugget

15000 starting chips at 25/50 blinds and 30 min. levels.

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Late Registration Table Reads:
1 old guy
2 younger guy with glasses
3 Asian young guy with hoodie
4 John from 7 game at Horseshoe Hammond
5 middle aged guy
7 African American
8 hero

First level for NLHE and PLO had single 25 BB.

Level 5:
Limits: 400/800
Big Bet Game Blinds: 50/100

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Stud Hi:
Limits: 400/800

Hero doesn't have any boards or dead cards.

3rd street = ?
Hero guesses that he completed and Vil4 called, bring in folded. (Hero had highest up card, but no idea about flush draws on board.)

Hero's guessed hole cards - buried 88-99 or split JJ

(2 players - ~1.94 sb in pot)
4th street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Tx Ks __checks__calls
Hero: (Xx Xx) Jx Ax __bets

(2 players - ~1.97 bb in pot)
5th street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Tx Ks 8s __checks__calls
Hero: (Xx Xx) Jx Ax Qx __bets

(2 players - ~3.97 bb in pot)
6th street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Tx Ks 8s 9s __checks
Hero: (Xx Xx) Jx Ax Qx Kx __checks

(2 players - ~3.97 bb in pot)
7th street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Tx Ks 8s 9s (Xx) __checks
Hero: (Xx Xx) Jx Ax Qx Kx (Xx) __checks

Hero loses (Hero likely shows 1p (JJ?) and Vil4 shows 2p (Tens up?)

Analysis:
4th Street: Hero continues aggression.
5th Street: Hero is bet/folding often, but perhaps hero should check/fold.
6th Street: Villain's board is scary and hero still doesn't have a hand IIRC.
7th Street: Hero has 1p and villain likely isn't folding against hero's scary board.

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Stud8:
Limits: 400/800
Hero needs to get better at writing down all up cards :(

Dead Cards: Unknown :(
3rd Street:
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil7: (Xx Xx) 5x 7x 8x Jx (Xx)
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____brings in__folds
Hero: (3c 6c) Ax 4c 5x Jx (Ax)

(2 players - ~1.93 sb in pot)
4th Street:
Vil7: (Xx Xx) 5x 7x __checks__calls
Hero: (3c 6c) Ax 4c __bets

(2 players - ~1.97 bb in pot)
5th Street:
Vil7: (Xx Xx) 5x 7x 8x __checks__calls
Hero: (3c 6c) Ax 4c 5x __bets

(2 players - ~3.97 bb in pot)
6th Street:
Vil7: (Xx Xx) 5x 7x 8x Jx __checks__calls
Hero: (3c 6c) Ax 4c 5x Jx __bets

(2 players - ~5.97 bb in pot)
7th Street:
Vil7: (Xx Xx) 5x 7x 8x Jx (Xx) __checks__calls
Hero: (3c 6c) Ax 4c 5x Jx (Ax) __bets

Hero scoops!
Vil7: mucks

Analysis:
3rd Street: Hero has relatively strong draw in vacuum without knowing other up cards.
4th Street: Hero's betting for value with huge amount of equity against 75o board.
5th Street: Hero has huge equity and a lock low.
6th Street: Nothing change, so hero's equity increases more.
7th Street: Hero has chance to scoop with pair of aces. Hero's still board locking for low, so this is an automatic bet for value.

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Table 2 - the next 1 to break

1 ?
2 ?
3 woman
4 hero
5 ?
6 older male
7 ?
8 ?

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PLO:
Blinds: 100/200

Hero dealt UTG: Js Ts 9x 7x

Preflop:
Hero: raised to 500
Vil5: folds
Vil6: calls
Vil7: folds
Vil8: calls
Vil1: folds
Vil2 (SB): folds
Vil3 (BB): calls

(4 players - ~2100 in pot)
Flop: Ac 4d 4h
Vil3: checks
Hero: bets ~1100
Vil6: raises to 4000
Vil3: reraises all in (~15000)
Hero: thinks/folds
Vil6: calls

Vil3: Shows AAxx
Vil6: Shows Ah 2h 4s Xx

Board: Ac 4d 4h 4c Qs
Analysis:
Preflop: Standard open UTG.
Flop: This might have been a bad spot to bluff even in a 4 way pot even ignoring the results.

Vil6: Said he was telling his wife that he was in MTT. He said this was the "hand of the trip".
After this hand, hero mentioned that he had a couple running outs for steel wheel.

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2-7 TD:
Limits: 800/1600

Hero dealt: 532xx (no blockers)

Vil3: raises
Hero: calls

Vil3 pat b pat x pat x/c
Hero 2 c 1 x 1 b

Hero's hand after 1st draw: 6532x (hero doesn't remember if he got a blocker)
Hero's hand after 1st draw: 6532x (hero doesn't remember if he got a blocker)
Hero's hand after 1st draw: 86532

Vil3: Says they misread hand and showed 86553
Hero: scoops anyway with 86532

Hero's stack: 22500

Analysis:
Predraw: No reason to inflate pot with 3 wheel cards + 2.
1st Draw: Hero keeps 8 or better.
Betting after 1st Draw: standard to call and try to improve on 1 card draw. It's a fold if hero doesn't improve by 2nd draw to 1 card draw.
2nd Draw: Hero keeps 86 or better.
Betting after 2nd Draw: Vil3 not betting is a spew. Vil3 turned hand face up to weak 86 hand (which is likely anyway given villain was pat).
3rd Draw: Same as 2nd draw.
Betting after 3rd Draw: Standard value bet. Villain can call with any 87, maybe even some bad 9s.

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Hero is moved to new table (again) after this table breaks.

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Table 3 Reads:

1 older player (male)
2 ?
3 ?
4 ?
5 ?
6 ?
7 ?
8 hero

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2-7 TD:
Limits: 800/1600

Hero dealt in BB: 85KQJ

Pre-Draw:
Vil1: limps
(folds to hero)
Hero (BB): checks

1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Hero: 3 x/c 2 x 2 b
Vil1: 1 b 1 x 1 c
Hero's hand after 1st draw: 85xxx
Hero's hand after 2nd draw: 852xx
Hero's hand after 3rd draw: 85432

Villain mucks

Analysis:
Betting after 1st Draw: Hero decides to peel lightly in small pot. Honestly, this is probably a mistake.
Betting after 2nd Draw: Hero is c/f often. Not sure why villain didn't just bet
Betting after 3rd Draw: Easy value bet as hero's perceived range is pretty wide to be betting into player drawing 1.

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2-7 TD:
Limits: 800/1600

Hero dealt in SB: 98763

Pre-Draw:
(folds to hero)
Hero (SB): raises
Vil1 (BB): reraises
Hero (SB): calls

1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Hero: 1 x/c 1 x/f
Vil1: 1 b 1 x

Hero's hand after 1st draw: 8763x
Hero's hand after 2nd draw: 87663

Analysis:
1st Draw: Hero decided to break rough 9 after first draw.
Betting after 1st Draw: Standard c/c.
2nd Draw: Hero's hand is rough and hero decides to give it up.
Betting after 2nd Draw: Hero could continue drawing, but there's huge RIO and hero is OOP.

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2-7 TD:
Limits: 800/1600

Hero dealt in CO: 7652x (no wheel, 6, or 8 blocker IIRC)

Pre-Draw:
(folds to hero)
Hero (CO): raises
Vil1 (But): calls
(other players fold)

1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Hero: 1 b 1 x 1 x
Vil1: 1 c 1 x 1 x

Hero's hand after 1st draw: 7652x
Hero's hand after 2nd draw: 7652x (Q)?
Hero's hand after 3rd draw: T7652

Analysis:
1st Draw: Keep drawing smooth.
Betting after 1st Draw: Hero has positive implied odds and continues to bet
2nd Draw: Same as 1st draw.
Betting after 2nd Draw: Hero may be bet/calling often behind and guessing if ahead/behind OOP. Hero checks/villain checks back is fine. Villain likely doesn't have strong hand.
3rd Draw: Hero dumps Q since Q is not favorite over 1 card draw + hero has huge positive implied odds with 3/4.
Betting after 3rd Draw: Hero's hand is a bluff catcher at best. There's no value in betting.

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Table breaks and hero moves again.

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Table 4 Reads:

1 ?
2 female (middle aged) player?
3 Hero
4 E. T.
5 ?
6 ?
7 ?
8 ?

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Hero's stack at level 9 break: 18000
Limits: 1000/2000
Big Bet Game Blinds: 100/250

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Razz:
Limits: 1000/2000
(right after the level 8 break)

Dead cards: No other 5/6 dead and maybe 1-2 other wheel cards.
3rd street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil2: (Xx Xx) 5x ____complete____call
Hero: (5x 8x) 6x ____raise
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 6x ____call
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Xx __brings in__folds
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil7: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil8: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds

(3 players - 7.375 sb in pot)
4th street:
Vil2: (Xx Xx) 5x 9x __bet
Hero: (5x 8x) 6x Qx __call
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 6x Jx __call

(3 players - 3.6875 bb in pot)
5th street:
Vil2: (Xx Xx) 5x 9x Jx __check
Hero: (5x 8x) 6x Qx 7x __check
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 6x Jx 8x __check

(3 players - 3.6875 bb in pot)
6th street:
Vil2: (Xx Xx) 5x 9x Jx Tx _____call____fold
Hero: (5x 8x) 6x Qx 7x 2x _____raise
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 6x Jx 8x Tx __bet____tank/fold

Analysis:
3rd Street: Hero raises for value and isolation. There are a lot of hero's dead cards, but hero's hand is objectively "weak" from an absolute value perspective.
4th Street: Bloated pot = hero peel.
5th Street: Hero has the worst hand and a questionable, possibly not best draw.
6th street: Hero makes a hand and raises for value to price out Vil4 who actually has the best hand (and possibly best draw). Hero's fortunate to get fold as Vil4 is likely very live.

Hero's stack: 28250 @ 1200/2400 limits

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Stud Hi
Limits: 1200/2400

Hero dealt: (Js 7c) As (hero's hand may not be exact).

dead TT92
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil5: (Xx Xx) 9x ____completes__calls
Hero: (Js 7c) Ax ____reraises
Vil7: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil8: (Xx Xx) 2x __brings in

(2 players - 4.33 sb in pot)
Vil5: (Xx Xx) 9x 9x ____double bet
Hero: (Js 7c) Ax Kx ____fold

Analysis:
3rd street: Hero tries to over-represent an Ace since villain raised with dead 9
4th street: Hero easily folds. Villain likely has 2p and is way ahead of top of hero's range anyway (Split AA).

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PLO
Blinds: 150/300

Hero dealt UTG: Ad Kc Jd 7c

Preflop:
Hero (UTG, ~7k): raises to 700
Vil4 (UTG+1, ~10k): calls
Vil7 (CO, ~7k): calls

(3 players - 2550 in pot)
Flop: Ax 9c 8x
all players check

(3 players - 2550 in pot)
Turn: Ax 9c 8x Tc
Hero: bets 1400
Vil4: folds
Vil7: calls

(3 players - 5350 in pot)
River: Ax 9c 8x Tc Qx
Hero: shoves
Vil7: calls

Vil7: shows KKJTr and chops pot

Analysis:
Preflop: Hero can limp or raise for value.
Flop: Hero decides to check back flop as hero's hand strength is ok. Hero also would be guessing many turn cards that complete broadway wraps.
Turn: Although a broadway straight completes, hero can semi-bluff (bet/call) the turn.
River: Hero's can bet to get AAxx or TTxx to call. Would villain be more likely to bluff missed draws?
Sigh, maybe this is c/r.

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Table 5 Reads:

1 ?
2 E. T.
3 hero
4 C. "Fox" W. (sharkoptics card and from MN)
5 older male
6 another middle aged male from MN
7 ?
8 ?

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LHE:
Limits: (likely) 1500/3000

Dealt to hero in SB: Ts 7s

Preflop:
Folds to hero
Hero: folds

Analysis:
Preflop: In cash game, hero would open.
In an MTT, Hero doesn't have to VPIP and can play tight.

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LHE: Hero opened A9o in CO (players before hero had folded).

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LHE:
Limits: (likely) 1500/3000

Dealt to hero in LP: AJo

Vil1 (UTG+1): raises
Hero (HJ): 3b
(other players fold)
Vil1: calls

(2 players - 7.5 sb)
Flop:
Kx 6x 2x (rainbow)
Vil1: checks
Hero: bets
Vil1: folds

Analysis:
Preflop: This might have been a mistake w/o knowing villain's opening range. Live villains generally don't 3b (gap concept) in LHE.
Hero is basically turning hand into bluff with blocker value...
Flop: Hero has crazy amounts of FE and barrel cards.

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Razz
Limits: 2000/4000
Dead Cards: A7443

Vil?: (Xx Xx) Xx __brings in____folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Ax __completes
Hero: (Ax 4x) 7x __raises

(2 players - 5.5 sb in pot)
4th street:
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Ax 3x __bets
Hero: (Ax 4x) 7x Jx __calls

(2 players - 3.75 bb in pot)
5th street:
Vil?: (Xx Xx) Ax 3x 4x __bets
Hero: (Ax 4x) 7x Jx Qx __folds

Analysis:
3rd Street: Although there are slight reverse implied odds with 7 door, hero raises for value with so many dead hero cards.
4th Street: Bloated pot on 3rd (reraised pot) = peel
5th Street: Peeling stops here.

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Hero's stack at dinner break (level 13): 13100
Limits: 3000/6000
Big Bet Game Blinds: 300/600

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Stud:
Limits: 3000/6000

Dead cards: No diamonds
Hero: (7d 6d) 5s ____completes
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 4x ____folds
Vil5: (Xx Xx) 3h __brings in__calls
[other players fold]

(2 players - 3.33 sb in pot)
4th street:
Hero: (7d 6d) 5s Th 8c ____checks
Vil5: (Xx Xx) 3h 3s 9d __checks

(2 players - 1.67 bb in pot)
5th street:
Hero: (7d 6d) 5s Th 2c ______folds
Vil5: (Xx Xx) 3h 3s 9d __bets

Analysis:
3rd Street: Ante steal. Hero has overs to bring and can be aggressive even though other some of hero's straight cards are dead.
4th Street: Villain pairs and hero bricks. Hero checks back as some villains do weird things when pairing door card.
5th Street: Villain donks (likely on steal but actually has best hand). Hero gives up on steal.

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Stud: Hero was bring in 2x
Stud8: Hero folded (8x 3s) 4s with QA2 behind hero

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Stud8:
Limits: 3000/6000

Dead up cards: 652 (no A on board)

3rd street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) 2x __brings in
Vil2: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Hero: (4x 5x) 5x __completes (all in)
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil5: (Xx Xx) 5x __calls
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil7: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil8: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds

Vil5: shows (8s 6s) 5x

Hero: (4x 5x) 5x Tx Jx Qx (4x)
Vil5: (8s 6s) 5x 9x Jx 7x (Qx)

Analysis:
3rd Street: On ante steal, hero steals and is ok happy seeing 865.

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Hero out around 34th (9 places pay because copied NLHE payout sheets.)
Field was very soft for most part. There were seemingly only a handful of competent players.

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