4500 starting stack with 60 minute levels.
(Structure sheet was updated a couple days before the MTT, but the updated structure was never uploaded to the WSOP site.)
Structure Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6nU9yrlXprranhaN2szY3liUzg/edit?usp=sharing
Format:
High card for Dealer's Choice Button
High Card for actual button (if used)
Plaques stay with person who chose the game
Dealer's choice button moves to next player as hands progress
When Dealer's Choice button gets back to plaques, it is skipped and next person gets to choose next game.
This accounts for players being added to the hand from breaking tables.
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Table Reads:
1 Australian player, but sounded like British accent
2 younger player from LA
3 Cleveland jersey person
4 J. Ta (young Asian), eventually John Henigan
5 hero
6 Phillip - British but said he was 3rd in 10 game mix last year.
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Hero's strategy: Initially avoid giving off reads as to hero's favorite games. Hero was planning to choose PLO and Stud 8 for first 2 rotations, but didn't have game plan after that. Hero was hoping to assess other player's reactions to various game choices and their relative skill levels through copious amounts of notes.
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Table started 3 handed (hero barely arrived on time).
Red 5 denomination chips are in play (historically used for "rebuy lammers" in PLO/PLO8 MTTs prior to this year.
Player 1 picked Pot Limit 5 Card Draw.
Nolan Dolla took his photo, asked him to write his name.
http://www.nolandalla.com/five-card-draw-dealt-wsop-first-time-32-years/
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PL5CD:
Hand 1:
Dealt to hero on button: [Qd Td? 7d 5c 3d] (Q high flush draw, but not sure of side cards)
Pre-Draw:
Hero (Button): raises to 75
Vil1 (SB): calls
Vil3 (BB): calls
Draw
Vil1: 3
Vil3: 3
Hero: 1
Hero's hand: [Qd Td 7d 4s? 3d]
(3 players - 225 in pot)
Post-Draw:
Vil1: checks
Vil3: checks
Hero: bets 100
Vil1: folds
Vil3: Says "This is for history." and calls.
Hero: shows busted queen high flush draw
Vil3: shows pair of 6s
Analysis:
Pre-Draw: This is an ok "semi-bluff hand" to raise on the button. While majority of range (as in most poker variants) should be for value, there should be some semi-bluffs too. Ranges should get tighter (raising A high flush draws in EP), but should also mix in value.
Draw: Both villains have 1 pair. No decision to draw for flush.
Post-Draw: Hero has no showdown value. Hero is forced to bluff. Bet size maybe should have been slightly bigger (125-150).
Hero knew he was in trouble when Vil3 says "This is for history."
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PL5CD:
Hero's not sure of exact hand, but hero had a pair (likely 8s-Ts).
Hero dealt: 88xxx
Pre-Draw:
Hero: raises to 75
Vil1: calls
Vil3: folds
Draw:
Vil1: 3
Hero: 3
Post-Draw:
Vil1: donks 125 into hero
Hero: thinks for a bit, then folds
Vil1: shows 888xx
Analysis:
Pre-Draw: A pair on the button is standard for opening range. 88xxx is a little looser, but it's ok.
Draw: No reason to get tricky with hand that's likely best.
Post-Draw: Villain likely realizes hero's checking back 1 pair more often than not. This is a good donk bet by villain, IMO.
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PLO:
In a limped PLO pot with hero having air and hero doesn't remember board.
Seat 4 (who had just sat down a couple hands earlier).
Preflop:
(folds to Vil4)
Vil4: calls
Hero: checks
(blinds 10/25)
Flop:
Vil4: checks
Hero: checks
Turn:
Vil4: checks
Hero bet 30
Vil4: folds
Vil4: "I forgot that 5 chips can be used for betting".
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Stud8:
10 ante; 50/100 limits
3rd street:
Hero: (Td 5d) 2d __brings in__calls
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil3: (Xx Xx) Ax __completes
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
(2 players - 1.6 small bets)
4th street:
Hero: (Td 5d) 2d 7x ____calls
(other boards unknown)
Vil3: (Xx Xx) Ax 6x __bets
(2 players - 1.3 big bets)
Hero: (Td 5d) 2d 7x Tx ____bets
(other boards unknown)
Vil3: (Xx Xx) Ax 6x Kx __checks__folds
Analysis:
3rd street: against a steal, hero defends with 3-flush/2 low. This is pretty standard against all non-nits.
4th street: Hero picks up low, but can still continue.
5th street: When villain slows down, villain likely had 4 low cards. Hero decides to try to press for fold equity and was successful. Depending on villain's stud8 experience, a call can be merited (villain likely has best hand).
Hero had been playing tight after initial bluff in PL5cd...
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PLO8:
Blinds: 10/25
Hero dealt on button: Ax Ac Jc 6x
Preflop:
Vil2: limps
Vil3: folds
Vil4: folds
Hero: raises to 100
Vil6 (SB): folds
Vil1 (BB): folds
Vil2: calls
(2 players - 235 in pot)
Flop: Kc Jc Jx
Vil2: checks
Hero: bets 150
Vil2: raises to 475
Hero: calls
(2 players - 1185 in pot)
Turn: Kc Jc Jx Qd Kx
Vil2: bets 1100
Hero: thinks for a while, then calls
(2 players - 3385 in pot)
River: Kc Jc Jx Qd Kx
Vil2: thinks for a bit, then checks
Hero: thinks for a bit, checks behind
Hero: Shows Ax Ac Jc 6x
Vil2: Was talking to table saying he should have triple barrelled.
Analysis:
Preflop: This is fine to isolate IP.
Flop: A bet call with trips/top kicker seems best. Since hero blocks so many cards except KKxx and has nfd, hero can continue. Villain could be c/r bluffing and/or may be overplaying a bad Jxxx.
Turn: So few straight wraps in range that this is almost a brick. A high rundown (KQJX) help a small part of villain's range.
River: Hero thought there wasn't much value. This could be a crazy thin value-bet spot, though.
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Badeucy:
Hero dealt in BB: 99222
(Unforunately, Hero didn't write down betting action or who was in hand...)
This may have been a 4 way limped pot, but hero's not 100% sure. (check story at bottom for alternative line).
Drawing:
Vil4: ?
Hero?: 3
Vil?: ?
Vil?: ?
1st Draw:
Hero discards 3 and gets 97632 (two suit)
Betting:
all players check
2nd Draw:
97632 (two suit) -> hero discards 9 and gets a brick (off suit J?)
2nd Draw Betting:
Hero: check/folds to bet
Analysis:
Pre-Draw: LOL, it's an ok hand to play and could be snowing candidate (on a draw 2/1/stand pat line or similar).
1st draw: In hind sight, hero should dump 999 and only keep 1 2.
Betting after 1st draw: No reason to bet as hero could be behind both ways.
2nd draw: Discard 9 as should have happened in the first draw.
Betting after 2nd draw: Hero's hand should be a fold if facing any action.
(Note: This hand may have been a HU hand where hero had 97632 against 55432 and villain was drawing 1 on end against hero pat)
pre 1d 1b 2d 2b 3d 3b
Vil4: limp 3 x 3 x/c 1 x
Vil5: check 3 x 3 bet pat x
x = check.
If it's this scenario, the lines are pretty standard (after 2nd draw, raise a brekable 7632 with a tri) and stand pat/get to showdown in position).
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Badeucy:
Question:
Hero dealt 653xx in EP - should hero VPIP?
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Stud8:
Hero bring in (15/25/75-150)
3rd street:
Hero: (Kx Kx) 5x __brings in__calls
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Ax __completes
(other players fold - up cards unknown)
(2 players - ~1.5 sb (110))
4th street:
Hero: (Kx Kx) 5x 6x ____calls
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Ax Qx __bets
(2 players - ~1.75 bb (260))
5th street:
Hero: (Kx Kx) 5x 6x 3x ____calls
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Ax Qx Tx __bets
(2 players - ~3.75 bb (560))
6th street:
Hero: (Kx Kx) 5x 6x 3x Kx ____raises
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Ax Qx Tx Jx __bets_____calls
(2 players - ~7.75 bb (1160))
7th street:
Hero: (Kx Kx) 5x 6x 3x Kx (9x) ____bets
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Ax Qx Tx Jx (Xx) __checks__calls
Hero: shows trip kings
Vil6: said he had Ax Xx in hole (split aces)
Analysis:
3rd street: Normally, hero with pair against villain with ace door card = fold. Hero decides to be deceptive since range > split aces.
4th street: Hero's board gets scarier (but not as scary since hero didn't raise as bring in and hero doesn't have FD), but villain keeps on firing. Hero decides to keep it small, but definitely some merit to raise and get extra bets in with a hand villain may misread.
5th street: Villain keeps barrelling against hero's scary low board. Hero could easily have raised 5th too...
6th street: Hero hits gin and villain will definitely bet brick. Hero raises for value to get an extra bet now (since villain would be suspicious).
7th street: Value bet easily. Hero blocks any broadway straights and can be called by aces up, etc...
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Hero's stack at level 3: 6780
Limits: 100/200
Big Bet Game Blinds: 25/50
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LO8:
Hero had folded A76x on 54x3A board and saw 1 villain (seat 6) win w/o showdown
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NL 2-7 SD:
Hero may have made tight fold in SB with T987 against HJ (seat 2) raise.
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2-7 TD:
Limits: 100/200
Vil3 (CO): raise/calls
Hero (SB): 3b
Vil6 (BB): calls
Vil3: calls
1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Hero: 1 bet 1 check/call 1 check/fold
Vil6: 2 call 1 bet 1 bet
Vil3: 2 call 2 fold
Hero after 1st draw: 8752x (J?)
Hero after 2nd draw: 8752x (T?) (hero doesn't think it was a blocker)
Hero after 3rd draw: Q? 8752
Analysis:
Predraw: This is a spot where 3b is standard, and hero would stay with 8752x HU or 752xx MW.
1st draw: This may have been a mistake (although small). Hero usually should have only kept 752xx since it's MW. As played, hero value bets 876+, but may have been merit to drawing 2 to start.
Betting after 1st draw: Enough value MW to bet b/c of 3rd player's bad equity w/ 2 card draw and hero having semi-premium hand.
2nd draw: Same as first.
Betting after 2nd draw: This was a negative freeroll spot for hero (per DD). Hero decides to pot control b/c hero may be betting when Vil6 (or hero) is standing pat.
3rd draw: Same as first. Check/Call 98+, check/fold bricks.
Betting after 3rd draw: Hero bricks and is likely facing a 87+. Hero could try to bluff catch, but villain 6 shows strength by betting into 2 people (although maybe this is a better spot to check/call).
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Stud:
Hero remembers defending with (5x 4x) 6d against a single stealer (2 from HJ) with high door card and hero with relatively live straight bridge cards (IIRC, no dead 2/3/7/8), but hero folded on a brick 4th street.
Hero also had a (Ax Th) Td 6d Ts board (folded to hero and hero raised/got called by 1-2 people), but got no action after 5th street. Hero doesn't remember exact details though...
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PLO:
(Level 3: blinds 25/50)
Hero dealt on CO: AK98 (A8 spades)
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 125
(folds to BB)
Vil2 (BB): calls
(2 players - 275 in pot)
Flop: Tx 3s 2x
Vil2: checks
Hero: bets 150
Vil2: calls
(2 players - 575 in pot)
Turn: Tx 3s 2x 7s
Vil2: bets 400
Hero: calls
(not 100% sure of river card, but likely blank. Also check note 1)
(2 players - 1375 in pot)
River: Tx 3s 2x 7s Qd
Vil2: bets ~1k
Hero: folds
Analysis:
Flop: Hero sees lowish flop and decides to cbet. There's a bunch of good double barrel turn cards.
Turn: Should hero jam with huge draw? Hero got exactly right turn card.
River: Hero missed and vil2's bet was strong on turn.
Note 1: Hero may have been checked to on river and bluffed ~1k blank when checked to on river per twitter account.
Note 2: This may have been a 4 way pot (Vil 3 & 4 limp, hero raises preflop, then no bet on flop), but hero's having hard time reconstructing HH from notes.
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PLO:
Hero also c/c with AT92 (A2 cc) on Jx Tx 7c 5d Qx and may have bluffed river in this spot (if not in previous hand).
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PLHE:
At start of rotation, dealer thought it was PLO, not PLHE and started dealing 4 cards! That's a rarity :) It's usually the other way around (dealer only deals 2 cards in PLO cash games).
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PLHE:
Hero dealt in SB: KK
Vil2: raises to 125
Vil4: 3b to 500
Hero: flat calls
Vil2: calls
(3 players - 1550 in pot)
Flop: Kx 6s 2s
Hero: checks
Vil2: bets 450
Vil4: folds
Hero: calls
(2 players - 2500 in pot)
Turn: Kx 6s 2s 8h
Hero: bets 1200
V2: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero doesn't know if this is an appropriate spot to 4b such a narrow range. Hero's image was already tight.
Flop: Hero c/c with top set on dry board seems ok.
Turn: Hero donk bet spew. Hero was hoping a donk would get villain to spew, but this was a mistake.
Vil2 rarely has flush draws in range, so it's mainly air (and weakish middle pair hands).
Hero hadn't really shown aggression as non-PFR previously in any other encounters.
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Badacey:
Hero dealt in SB: 543rxx
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises
Vil6: 3b
Hero: calls
Pre 1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Hero: r/ca 2 x/c 2 x/c 2 x/r
Vil6: 3b 1 b 1 b 1 b/c
Hero's hand after 1st draw: 543xx (543r, suited bricks - if hero had 5c 4d 3s, hero picked up Qs Js)
Hero's hand after 2nd draw: 543xx (543r, suited bricks - if hero had 5c 4d 3s, hero picked up Qs Js)
Hero's hand after 3rd draw: 7543Ar (543Ar)
Hero: shows 7543A (543Ar)
Vil6: shows 75432 (5432r)
Hero scoops
Analysis:
First Draw: Draw to 8 badugi and consider c/c in this spot.
Betting after First Draw: Hero check/calls because pot is large.
Second Draw: same as first
Betting after Second Draw: This may have been mistake to call. Hero's 5-4-3 tri isn't great. If hero had 432 or better (b/c blind battle), then this is a better spot to continue in a blind battle.
Third Draw: ditto, maybe call if hero's a-5 hand is 75+
Betting after Third Draw: This seems like prime spot to c/r because villain has shown strength and will bet almost always.
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Hero's stack at level 4 break: 8950
Limits: 200/400
Big Bet Game Blinds: 50/100/25
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Badugi:
Hero dealt in CO: T843 badugi
(folds to Vil3)
Vil3 (UTG+1): raises
Vil4: folds
Hero: reraises
(folds to Vil3)
Vil3: calls
1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Vil3: 1 x/c 1 x/c 1 x/f
Hero: pat b pat b pat b
Analysis:
Predraw: Hero has a monster HU (T+ badugi) and it's pretty unbreakable. Hero just bets maximum to get Vil3 to fold (hopefully after first draw).
IIRC, Vil3 showed A23/A24 or something similar.
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Badugi:
2 hands later
Hero dealt in UTG+1: T653 badugi predraw.
Pre-Draw:
Hero: raises
(folds to Vil3 in BB)
Vil3: raises
Hero: reraises
(other players fold)
Vil3: calls for MTT life
1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Vil3: 1 AI 1 AI 1 AI
Hero: pat AI pat AI pat AI
Analysis: Copy and paste from previous hand
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Vil3 is out. By level 5, Vil3 is replaced with younger/middle aged Asian player.
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PL5CD:
Hero saw this hand
(~450 in pot)
Pre-Draw Draw Post-Draw
Vil1: 1 bets ~1/2 pot
Vil2: 3 tanks, calls
Vil6: raise to 150 3 folds
Vil1: shows QQ99x
Vil2: shows Aces up and (AA77x?)
Analysis: This was a tough spot for Vil2 to call with just a strong 2p.
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Table 1 - Updated Reads:
Updated table draw after playing 5 handed for a little bit
1 Australian player, but sounded like British accent
2 younger player from LA (was on roller coaster almost out of MTT, but built up stack)
3 young to middle-aged Asian male
4 John Henigan (Johnny World)
5 hero
6 Phillip - British but said he was 3rd in 10 game mix last year.
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Hero chose Stud8, not realizing John Henigan is an adept stud player.
About 1 hand in, seat 6 says "wow, it's a good day when someone chooses your game for you."
Hero sighes...
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Stud8:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Xx ____folds
Vil2: (Xx Xx) 6x __brings in__folds
Vil3: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 8h __completes__calls
Vil5: (7d 7h) 7c __reraises
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
(2 players - 5.75 sb)
4th Street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 8h 5x __checks__calls
Vil5: (7d 7h) 7c 3s __bets
(2 players - 3.875 bb)
5th Street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 8h 5x 2d ____bets
Vil5: (7d 7h) 7c 3s Tx __checks__calls
(2 players - 5.875 bb)
6th Street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 8h 5x 2d 4x ____bets____calls
Vil5: (7d 7h) 7c 3s Tx 6d __checks__raises
(2 players - 7.875 bb)
7th Street:
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 8h 5x 2d 4x (Xx) ____calls
Vil5: (7d 7h) 7c 3s Tx 6d (Xx) __bets
Vil4: Shows 85432 low and pair of 8s
Chop pot
Analysis:
3rd street: Hero raises for value. In stud hi/low, there's almost never a good spot to slow play rolled up low (A-8).
4th street: Hero has best hand/board and bets for value.
5th street: Hero bricks and decides to c/c to try to get villain to continue firing for multiple streets. Maybe it's better to c/r now since hero's board bricked on 5th.
6th street: Hero decides to c/r now, but the villain's board may not have actually been great for it. Hero is rarely scooped by villain. Hero has blockers for many high straights (sadly not wheel straights) and villain had no scary flushing board.
7th street: Hero bet (and reluctantly bet/calls) river. Villain may be calling with bad 2p on river given hero's line looks like a low (although less so because hero doesn't have lock low).
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PL5CD:
Level 4 (blinds: 50/75)
Hero dealt in SB: AAxxx
Pre-Draw:
(folds to Vil2)
Vil2 (HJ): raises to 200
Hero (SB): calls
Draw:
Hero: 3
Vil2: 3
(2 players - 450 in pot)
Post-Draw:
Hero: checks
Vil2: checks
Hero shows AAxxx and wins pot
Analysis:
Pre-Draw: Vil2 wasn't way out of line, but was definitely more of a LAG. A hero 3b is a bit spewy (unless it's to snow (stand pat) and/or draw 1)
Draw: Hero takes standard 3 (as does villain)
Post-Draw: Hero is likely c/f as there's been a dynamic that hero's a bit tighter.
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PL5CD:
(A couple hands later)
Hero dealt in SB: Ad Xd Xd Xd Xx (A high flush draw)
Pre-Draw:
Vil1: folds
Vil2 (UTG+1, ~10k): raises to 200
Vil3 (HJ, ~8k): reraises to ~600
Vil4: folds
Vil5: thinks for a little bit, then folds
Vil6: folds
Vil2: thinks for a while, then re-raises to 2000
Vil3: calls
Draw:
Vil2: pat
Vil3: 1
(2 players - ~4125 in pot)
Post-Draw:
Vil2: Thinks for a while, then bets ~4000
Vil3 (~about 6000 effective): Thinks for a long time, then folds.
Vil2: Immediately shows Qx Qx Xx Xx Xx and says "I love this game!".
Analysis:
Pre-Draw: Hero actually thought about squeezing in this spot. Vil3 had just moved to the table about 1 round ago and was in a couple pots, but was neutral (not TAG or LAG).
Draw: Vil2 pats
Post-Draw: Vil2 bets huge in this spot. It seems really exploitative.
The show of hand immediately was pretty awesome.
Vil1 eventually busts in PL5CD?
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PL5CD:
Blinds: 50/100
Pre-Draw:
Vil1 (EP?): raises (about pot) to ~350
Vil2 (EP?): reraises (size unknown, about pot) ~1200
(folds to Vil1)
Vil1: calls
Draw:
Vil1: 2
Vil2: 1
Vil1: checks
Vil2: bets about 1 PSB (to place vil1 all in)
Vil1: thinks for a while, then calls
Vil2: Shows Ts 9s 8x 7s 6s
Vil1: mucks and is out
Analysis:
Pre-Draw: With a strong draw, Vil2 can raise on a huge semi-bluff.
Draw: Vil1 had seen Vil2 bet large with air and bluff with a decent frequency (in PL5CD and other games like PLO8).
Earlier, Vil2 said he raised Kh Qh Jh in CO and drew 2. This is almost straight out of Luck of the Draw episode 4 (where 3 royal flush draw is good to raise in LP).
Post-Draw: Vil1 should definitely check to pre-draw raiser.
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PLO
Blinds: 50/100
(folds to Vil4)
Vil4 (Button, ~10k): raises to 200
Hero (SB): folds
Vil6 (BB, ~6k): call
(2 players - 500 in pot)
Flop: 643 rainbow
Vil6: bets ~300
Vil4: raises to ~1000
Vil6: thinks for a bit, then raises to ~3k
Vil4: thinks for a while, then folds saying he had 55xx
Vil6: says he had 77xx
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Updated Table Draw (shortly before break at level 6):
1 J. C. - Hero played a 10/20 mix and talked to player during DC SNG over previous 2 nights.
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Hero's stack: 13775 at level 7
Limits: 300/600
Big Bet Game Blinds: 75/150/25
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NLHE
Blinds: 75/150/25
Hero (~13k) dealt on button: JJ
SB (~10k)
BB (~3k) (no reads, just sat down)
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 250
Vil1: reraises AI
Hero: snap calls
Vil1: Shows KQo
Board: Q27xx (2 low cards)
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero assumes Vil1 is competent in all games and has a wider shoving range with ~20BB (M = ~9). Because it's a blind battle, this seemed awfully standard
Hero's stack: ~10k
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PLO:
Blinds: 75/150
Hero dealt in SB: Ah Qh Jx 4x
(folds to Vil3)
Vil3 (CO): raises to 400
(folds to hero)
Hero (SB): calls
Vil6 (BB): folds
(2 players - 950 in pot)
Flop: Jh 6d 3d
Hero: checks
Vil3: checks
(2 players - 950 in pot)
Turn: Jh 6d 3d Th
Hero: bets 525
Vil3: calls
(2 players - 2000 in pot)
River: Jh 6d 3d Th Ts
Hero: bets 1025
Vil3: calls
Hero says: "You're good - 2 pair".
Vil3: Shows Ad Td 9x 8x (trip tens)
Analysis:
Preflop: Standard call with suited ace and 3 broadway cards.
Flop: Hero plans to check/call with top pair, 2 overs + bdfd.
Turn: Since flop went check/check, hero decides to donk as a semi-bluff. Villain may call with worse hands (Jxxx with unders) or flush draws.
River: Hero turns hand into bluff and bets river. Villain's range is weak and villain would likely fold QQxx-AAxx and all missed draws. Bet size seemed appropriate, but maybe (~25%) would have generated more fold equity if hero bet ~1300 instead of 1k. Hero was making it look value like because he wanted worse hands to call.
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Badacey:
Hero dealt and folded in ? position: As 2s 3h 4h 4s
Analysis:
Predraw: If this was 6432A/6532A with only 2 suits, hero can try to play passively and just get 1/2 of other people's money with a 1 way hand.
This is a trap hand and a fold predraw.
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Badacey:
Hero saw this hand, but unfortunately doesn't know who was in the hand or all the predraw actions :( (likely seats 4/6 in blind battle).
Vil4: raises
Hero: folds
Vil6: reraises
Vil4: calls
1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Vil4? 2 x 2 x 2 x/r/c
Vil6? 2 x 2 x 1 b/3b
Vil4?: Shows 6432A #4 badugi and scoops
Vil6: mucks
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Badeucy:
very likely level 8: 400/800 limits
Dealt to hero in SB: 765r 2x
Vil6: has about (~2k in chips)
Pre-Draw:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises
Vil6: calls
(Hero's remembrance of drawing actions are vague ...)
1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Hero: 2? b 2? b 1 --
Vil6: 2? c 2? c 1 AI
Hero's hand after 1st draw: J? 7x 6x 5x 2x (752r)
Hero's hand after 2nd draw: Q? 9x 7x 5x 2x (9752r)
Hero's hand after 3rd draw: Tx 9x 7x 5x 2x (9752r)
Vil6: Had 9 outs on freeroll (Villain had 7653r IIRC and 9 outs to get better 2 hand, but pairs up)
Hero chops.
Analysis:
Predraw: At the time, hero thought it was an ok play, but drawing decisions might have been wrong. This might be a fold pre with a really rough draw and no 2 in hand.
1st Draw: Hero's steal fails and hero draws 2.
After 1st Draw: Hero just applies pressure since villain is on short stack.
2nd Draw: Hero now keeps smoother 2.
After 1st Draw: Hero just applies pressure since villain is on short stack. Villain may fold sometimes.
3rd Draw: Hero draws 1 to freeroll.
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Twitter - Hero's stack: 7750
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Stud Hi:
Dead cards: 4649
Vil?: (Xx Xx) 4x __brings in__folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) 4x __folds
Vil?: (Xx Xx) 6x __folds
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 7x __completes__folds
Hero: (9x 6x) 9x __reraises
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Analysis:
3rd: Hero raises with likely the best hand. Most villains will likely fold since 9 is dead, range is more likely to have overpairs in tight reraise range (stud hi - players don't have equity to call down against tighter reraise ranges - usually short 5-7% equity)
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NL 2-7 SD:
Vil4 (SB): raises to 400
Hero (BB): reraises to 1200
Vil4: snap folds
Hero says - it's rare to get dealt 85432 pat and shows
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Table breaks.
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Last Table Reads (right near monitor/stage in back corner of Rio tournament area):
1 middle aged person who commented nicely on hero's A-5 play in blind battle; eventually Michael "Grinder" Mizrachi
2 hero
3 D. I. (from Vancouver)
4 Thayer Rasmussen (Thay3r) (younger Caucasian player)
5 middle/older aged person
6 Frank Kassela
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A-5 TD:
Situation: 4 cards dealt to SB in a-5 triple draw
everyone else had 5
2 players folded & CO raises
Hero: folds
Vil3: folds
Vil4: raises
Ruling:
Vil6 (only had 4 cards). His hand was ruled dead even though villain pleaded to try to say let him just get a card (and assumed something was discarded)
Player eventually asked to get floor's supervisor (and the overall tournament director/supervisor) to explain ruling to F. K. (seat 6). Total = 3 floors were called.
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A-5 TD:
Hero dealt in BB: 84Axx
(folds to Vil5)
Vil5 (SB): raises
Hero (BB): calls
1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Vil5 1 b 1 b/c pat x
Hero 2 c 2 r 1 x
Hero's hand after 1st draw: 842Ax
Hero's hand after 2nd draw: 9432A
Hero's hand after 3rd draw: AA432
Vil5: shows 86xxx
Hero: mucks
Analysis:
1st Draw: Hero decided to keep 8 in blind battle. This may be a leak as usually more advisable to go for 75xxx, but hero thinks villain's pat range/key drawing range might include some 8s b/c it's a blind battle. This may be an invalid assumption. Hero may also decide to snow so tries to keep number of draws away from 3.
Betting after 1st Draw: standard to call.
2nd Draw: Hero can now discard the 8 and fold if hero doesn't get at least 1 7+.
Betting after 2nd Draw: Hero has a breakable hand. Hero can raise to represent a strong pat hand and possibly get villain to break (or even fold). Hero's range isn't super strong going from 2 -> ? IP though. If villain breaks, hero stands pat as favorite. If villain pats, hero can break and draw super smooth.
3rd Draw: Villain stands pat = hero draws.
Betting after 3rd Draw: Hero's not likely to get villain to fold.
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Hero's stack going to level 9: 5300
Limits: 500/1000
Big Bet Game Blinds: 100/200/50
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LO8:
Hero dealt in BB: 9432
Preflop:
Vil5 (CO): raises
(folds to hero)
Hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero could defend, but hero has a short stack and putting in lots of bets OOP may not be great.
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LO8:
Hero dealt in SB: AQT2r
Preflop:
Vil5 (HJ): raises
(folds to hero)
Hero (SB): calls
Vil3 (BB): calls
(3 players - 6 SB in pot)
Flop: Tx Jh Th
Hero: checks
Vil3: bets
Vil5: calls
Hero: raises
Vil3: folds
Vil5: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: Medium strength A2r is ok for defense against villain who has raised 2x in orbit.
Flop: Hero decides to go for c/r from PFR. When BB bets, hero decides to continue with plan.
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LO8:
Hero dealt on button: AA54 (54ss)
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises
Vil3: folds
Vil4: folds
Hero says - this is a premium hand and decides to show AAww for perceived fold equity in the future?
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Stud8:
(assumed to be vil5 and dead cards are unknown)
3rd Street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Hero: (6x 4x) 3x __brings in__calls
Vil3: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Qx __completes
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
(2 players - 1.6 sb)
4th Street:
Hero: (6x 4x) 3x 5x ____calls
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Qx Jx __bets
(2 players - 1.8 bb)
5th Street:
Hero: (6x 4x) 3x 5x 7x ____raises
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Qx Jx Qx __bets__calls (all in)
(2 players - 1 all in - ~5.8 bb)
6th Street:
Hero: (6x 4x) 3x 5x 7x Xx Xx
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Qx Jx Qx ?x (?x)
7th Street:
Hero: (6x 4x) 3x 5x 7x Xx Xx
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Qx Jx Qx Xx (Xx)
Vil5: shows 2p but fails to boat up and is out
Analysis:
3rd street: Hero calls completion = standard.
4th street: Normally, hero would jam 4th, but with villain's short stack, hero just lets villain continue betting.
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Badeucy:
Hero folded: Th 7s 6s 5s 4d
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Updated Last Table Reads (right near monitor/stage in back corner of Rio tournament area):
1 Michael "Grinder" Mizrachi
2 hero
3 D. I. (from Vancouver)
4 Thayer Rasmussen (Thay3r) (younger Caucasian player, online high stakes cash game reg?)
5 middle/older aged person
6 Frank Kassela
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PLO8:
Preflop:
Vil3: raised
Vil5: reraised
Vil3: 4b all in
Vil5: calls
Vil3: Ax Ad 5d 2x
Vil5: Ah As 6s 4x
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NLHE:
Blinds: 150/300/75
This hand was between villains 1 & 5 (about 2 hands into NLHE rotation, 8 hands total)
Vil4 had been opening a lot preflop.
Preflop:
Vil4 (UTG): raises to 800
(folds to Vil1)
Vil1 (But): reraises to 2050
(folds)
Vil4: calls
(2 players - 5000 in pot)
Flop: Td 5d Kh
Vil4: checks
Vil1: bets 1750
Vil4: calls
(2 players - 8500 in pot)
Turn: Td 5d Kh 2d
Vil4: checks
Vil1: bets 3850
Vil4: calls
(2 players - 16200 in pot)
River: Td 5d Kh 2d Qd
Vil4: checks
Vil1: bets 5000
Vil4: thinks for a while, then asks "why so small" (no response), then calls
Vil4: shows KQo
Vil1: mucks
Analysis:
Hero was pretty sure both players are very talented NLHE players. Hero's NLHE experience is not great, so here's best shot at analysis.
Preflop: Given dynamics, Vil1 is trying to show aggression against loose opener.
Flop: Standard continuation bet/call.
Turn: Vil4's range appears to be a lot of semi-bluffs.
River: Vil4's range looks like attempts at cheap bluffs on polarized board (Vil1 has a bluff catcher).
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Badacey:
Hero dealt in UTG: Tx 8x 4x 3x Ax (843A r)
Pre-Draw:
Hero (UTG): raises
(folds to sb)
Vil6 (SB): calls
Vil1 (BB): calls
1D 1B 2D 2B 3D 3B
Vil6 2 x/c 2 x/r/c pat b?
Vil1 3 x/c 3 x/r 1 c?
Hero 1 b 1 b/f --
Hero's hand after 1st Draw: Tx 8x 4x 3x Ax (843A r)
Hero's hand after 2nd Draw: Jx 8x 4x 3x Ax (843A r)
Vil6: shows 86 and 6 badugi
Vil1: mucks/scooped
Analysis:
Pre-Draw: Hero's hand is hoping to get HU. MW, this might be a breakable hand, tbh.
1st Draw: Hero decides to draw to better A-5 hand with 843A badugi.
Betting After 1st Draw: Standard as hero's way ahead of draw 2/3 ranges.
2nd Draw: same as first.
Betting After 2nd Draw: Hero actually thought about checking behind. Hero's hand strength is very poor multiway. After c/r * 2, hero thinks for a while and has to fold. Hero could easily be up against a stronger badugi MW (and drawing super slim). Hero decides to avoid risking MTT life for it.
Hero's stack: ~5-6k
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At last dealer switch of night, person said: "Get to bag and tag tomorrow" (possibly to people like me who weren't as experienced).
On a side note a couple days later, another dealer said, "you had a really tough table".
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Stud8:
Hero has ~4 big bets remaining (~4.3k)
(Dead cards for other players are unknown...likely paint, but no hearts or clubs)
3rd street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Jc ____calls____calls
Hero: (Ax 6x) Ah ____raises
Vil3: (Xx Xx) 5h __brings in__calls
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 7c __calls______calls
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
(4 players - 5 sb)
4th street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Jc 3d ____calls
Hero: (Ax 6x) Ah Th __bets
Vil3: (Xx Xx) 5h 4h __calls
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 7x 3h __calls
(4 players - 4.5 bb)
5th street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Jc 3d Ah __checks__calls
Hero: (Ax 6x) Ah Th 8x __bets
Vil3: (Xx Xx) 5h 4h 9x __calls
Vil4: (Xx Xx) 7x 3h As __folds
(3 players - 7.5 bb)
6th street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Jc 3d Ad Ks __checks__calls
Hero: (Ax 6x) Ah Th 8x Jx __checks__calls
Vil3: (Xx Xx) 5h 4h 9x 3d __bets
(3 players - 10.5 bb)
7th street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) Jc 3d Th Ad (Xx) __checks__calls
Hero: (Ax 6x) Ah Th 8x Jx (3x) __checks__thinks for long time, says it's "for MTT life", then folds
Vil3: (Xx Xx) 5h 4h 9x 3x (Xx) __bets
Vil3: shows 7 high wheel
Vil1: mucks
Analysis:
3rd street: Hero has AAw and decides to raise for value against field.
4th street: Hero picks up somewhat connecting card, but not as great as a low card. Hero continues to bet for value.
5th street: Hero's hand isn't great with 3 low/naked pair of aces. Hero decides to bet though to clear out the low boards that bricked. Hero gets 1 of them out.
Hero should realize the 54 sticking around (even though as bring) likely indicates a scooping type hand (26)54, (23)54, 76(54), etc...
6th street: If hero picked up a low, hero can sometimes continue although there is fear that low may not be good against 543 board.
With a high brick on 6th, is this a fold? Hero's not sure, b/c pot is somewhat large and hero likely has strongest high hand draw if Vil1 doesn't have a straight...
With so few chips left for hero, hero usually should just go with it.
7th street: Vil3 is freerolling here. The problem is Vil1: What is Vil1 calling with at end. It's likely 2p (Jacks up)...
Thus, hero took time and thought the ranges through before folding.
Hero's stack: ~500
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Stud8 (next hand):
3rd Street:
Vil1: (Xx Xx) 2s __brings in__calls
Hero: (Xx Xx) Ad __completes
Vil3: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil4: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil5: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Vil6: (Xx Xx) Xx __folds
Boards:
Vil1: (Js 6s) 2s Ts 7s Qd? 9h?
Hero: (Ac 2c) Ad Ah Tx Jx (7x)
When dealing river cards, Vil1 revealed first.
IIRC. Vil1 didn't have a low draw
Hero probably said he only had 10 outs - thus bricked low on 6th (b/c hero didn't talk about low outs)
Analysis:
3rd street: Not much to say about the ~2nd best starting hand in stud8 (2-suited aa2).
Sigh about villain having live 3 flush though.
Hero was hoping for better sweat (backdoor low draw).
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After busting: Hero talked with seat 3 (friends with J. M. who hero met at stud8 last year), he said that hero should have bet 6th so that he (seat 3) can raise. He was surprised when hero checked because "seat 3" would offer protection and get seat 1 out of the hand.
Grinder said "It was nice to meet you." and seemed very friendly overall from when Grinder first sat down.
At this point, floor says "with 10 minutes left on clock, tournament directors have said there will be 3 more hands before bagging at end of night."
Sigh. Mixed feelings about trying to fold way to day 2, but hands were really great in those 2 spots.
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Hero out in 97th (42 paid, ITM around level 14).
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