2/5 PLO & 2/5 PLO8 @ Harrah's Cherokee.
Overall impressions:
There were live poker games in the poker room. Additionally, there were also electronic poker tables which had 1 1-2 PLO8 game running on Friday.
It was great to see 1-2 live 2-5 PLO8 games and 2-3 live 2-5 PLO games. These games were held in the convention center (when there was space after enough tournament tables busted).
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Friday:
Hero played some PLO8 while waiting for PLO.
One player facing raise and reraise folded - aq32 a2 ss to reraise. Lol.
Hero's likely hand: Ah 2h 4s 6h
Hero quartered person for stack with wheel/6 high straight on 3 flush board. Villain check/called hero's bets in 3 way pot, then donked 1/3 pot on low river.
Likely Board:
4c 3c Js 5s 7c
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Saturday:
Nothing really interesting of note. Hero played some 2-5 PLO cash.
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Sunday:
Hero was going to table switch to another 2-5 PLO game (b/c hero's current game was bad), but person said I'll buy the seat from you. Name your price.
Person was middle aged person and table was deep (600 BBs) w/ hero in position.
What price would you ask?
Hero said quarter and person compiled.
Hero eventually found out that person was 7 stars (Total Rewards status) and maybe hero could have asked/received $50-100.
The Saturday games were not really soft and perhaps hero should have switched to the game (where hero could have switched initially) when seat opened up as players were drinking and somewhat gambling a bit on the side of table I would have sat on (with hero IP).
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Saturday, November 29, 2014
365 PLO MTT at Harrah's Cherokee
10000 starting stack with 25/50 blinds and 30 min. levels
First Table Reads:
1 mid aged guy
2 old guy with glasses
3 young guy w/ orange bearcats cap
4 young guy
5 guy who busted quickly, new entry - young male with glasses
6 old guy with glasses
7 young/middle aged female
8 male hoodie and goatee
9 hero
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Hero late registered around level 2.
Hero played tight and noticed Vil3 was pretty loose.
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Level 2 - Blinds: 50/100
Hero dealt in BB: Ad Ac 5d 4c
Stacks are about 10k deep.
Preflop:
Vil2 (UTG): limps
Vil3: raises to 300
Vil7: calls
Hero: calls
Vil2: calls
(4 players - 1200 in pot)
Flop: Qx 4h Kh
Hero: checks
Vil2: checks
Vil3: bets 800
other players fold.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero could try to raise here with very premium aces, but there's a couple problems:
1. Unless many people call, hero won't be able to get enough of stack in preflop to auto bet the flop properly.
2. Hero can play it more deceptively and outplay people post flop.
3. Hero's OOP.
Flop: Hero standard c/f is ok with naked overpair.
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Level 3 - Blinds: 75/150
Hero dealt in BB: Ad Ax 6d 3y
Hero called raise preflop and
Flop: 7s 6c 4d
Hero folds to bet.
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Level 4 - Blinds: 100/200
Hero dealt in BB: 9c 8s 7c 4s
Preflop:
3 players limp
Hero: limps
SB: folds
BB: checks
(5 players - 1100 in pot)
Flop: Th 9d 6c
all players check
(5 players - 1100 in pot)
Turn: Th 9d 6c 7d
Vil1: checks
Vil2: checks
Vil3: checks
Vil5: bets 500
Hero: calls
Vil1: check/raises pot
(all players fold)
Analysis:
Preflop: There is some merit in potting preflop and trying to get shorter handed. Hero decides to keep pot smaller.
Flop: Hero decides to keep pot small b/c most turn cards give higher straight. It's probably not best play IP though.
Turn: This was weak-tight to fold with some 2p->boat out redraw and some bluff outs (diamonds).
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Hero dealt UTG: Qx Tx 9d 8d
Preflop:
Hero: raises to 400
Vil6: calls
Vil8 (BB): calls
(3 players - 1300 in pot)
Flop: Kd 6x 3d
Vil8: checks
Hero: bets 900
Vil6: folds
Vil8: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: standard raise although there are gaps on top.
Flop: Hero bet/folds as a cbet on a dry board with few draws (other than flush draw).
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New Player 5 - small, middle aged male with ATL cap
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Hero dealt in SB: Tx Td 9d 8x
Hero has about 10k and is covered by all opponents.
Preflop:
Vil3: limps
Vil8: limps
Hero (SB): calls
Vil1 (BB): checks
(4 players - 1200 in pot)
Flop: Th 7h 3d (hero has bdfd)
Hero: checks
Vil1: checks
Vil3: bets 500
Vil8: calls
Hero: raises to 2200
Vil1: calls
Vil2: folds
Vil3: calls
(3 players - 7800 in pot)
Turn: Tc 7h 3d Js
Hero: bets 7000 (AI)
Vil1: folds
Vil3: thinks for a while, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: The table did not seem overly aggressive, so a call seems warranted.
Flop: Hero decides to start getting value and setup a turn AI play.
Turn: Hero gets a non-flush completing turn card and hopes villain might call with sets. Unfortunately, both players fold.
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Hero's stack at level 5: 14050 @ 150/300
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Hero dealt in HJ: Qs Qc Js 7x
Preflop:
2 players limp
Hero: limps
Vil2 (SB): calls
Vil3 (BB): checks
(5 players - 1500 in pot)
Flop: Jh Th 7c
(all players check)
(5 players - 1500 in pot)
Turn: Jh Th 7c 8c
Vil?: bets ?
Hero: calls
(2 players - ~2500-3000? in pot)
River: Jh Th 7c 8c 9x
(both players check)
Hero wins with straight.
Villain mucks.
Analysis:
Preflop: This is ok in LP assuming stacks are deep for set mining purposes.
Flop: Hero doesn't really have hand.
Turn: Hero floats with some bluff outs and has some value against bluffs.
River: Hero has a decent straight and would rather let villain bluff with worse hands.
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Hero dealt in BB: Qx 8s 7s 5x
Preflop:
Vil1: calls
Vil5: calls
Vil8 (SB): calls
Hero (BB): checks
(4 players - 1200 in pot)
Flop: Qx 3x Js 4s 6s
Hero bet 600
Vil1: calls
Vil5: folds
Vil8: folds
(2 players - 2400 in pot)
Turn: Qx 3x Js 4s 6s
Hero: bets 1500
Vil1: calls
(2 players - 5400 in pot
River: Qx 3x Js 4s 6s
Hero: bets 3000
Vil1: folds
Analysis:
Flop: This is a bet to try to take pot down since hand does not likely have a lot of equity by showdown.
Turn: Hero continues semi bluff.
River: This sometimes feels like spot to check/call a bluff. But, this may be incorrect logic.
Since villain called multiple bets, it's more weighted towards 2p/sets than back door flush draws.
The bet does not seem to really get worse hands to call...
Hero's bet is probably a spew.
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Level 7 - Blinds: 250/500
Hero dealt in UTG+1: Ad Jd 9s 6s
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 1100
Vil3 (loose player): calls
(2 players - 2950 in pot)
Flop: Ah 7h 2x
Hero bets 1600
Vil3: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a little loose, but hero decides to exploit hero's tighter table image.
Flop: Since hero raised preflop, hero's range usually crushes Axx boards. Hero likely bet/folds though b/c villain is raising sets in this spot.
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Level 7 - Blinds: 250/500
(next hand)
Hero limps in UTG: Ad Ax 4c 3c
(other players limp)
(4-5 players - 2000-2500 in pot)
Flop: Td 9d 8x
Hero folds to bet
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(1 rotation later)
Hero dealt in UTG: Kx Kh Th 6c
Reads: Vil8 was somewhat loose.
Preflop:
Hero (UTG): raises to 1100
Vil8 (BB): calls
(2 players - 2450 in pot)
Flop: 9d 8d 3c
both players check
(2 players - 2450 in pot)
Turn: 9d 8d 3c As
Vil8: checks
Hero: bets 1500
Vil8: calls
(2 players - 5450 in pot)
River: 9d 8d 3c As 5h
both players check
Vil8: shows A755 (Axxx suited) and wins pot.
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a bit of a loose preflop raise with a mediocre KKxx hand.
Flop: Hero probably should have bet/folded flop. Hero tried to pot control because hero does not have strong hand.
In reality, this is a bad spot to play a turn b/c so many turn cards are bad. When hero is IP in HU pot, hero should bet to get villains to fold air.
Turn: Hero decides to start betting as a bluff. Sigh.
River: Hero is likely beaten and will probably not get villain to fold Axxx.
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Level 8 - Blinds: 300/600
Hero dealt in HJ: Ad Qx Td Th
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 1300
Vil3 (BB): calls
(2 players - 2600 in pot)
Flop: Jh 2h Jx
Hero: bets 1900
Vil3: thinks for a while, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a fairly strong hand (3 broadways w/ suited ace) in late position. Easy steal hand.
Flop: This is a bet that needs to happen. Villain will likely only continue with Jx and some AAxx hands.
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Table change. 20 min left in level 8. 12450 300 600 PLO.
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Second Table Reads:
1 African American male with Atlanta Braves cap
2 middle aged guy
3 guy with cap and earrings
4 guy with suit and glasses
5 hero
6 old guy
7 middle aged guy
8 old guy with cap and sunglasses on rim of cap
9 old guy with hoodie
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Hero dealt in HJ: As Js 8d 3d
For this hand, seats 7 and 9 were empty.
Preflop:
(folds to hero in HJ)
Hero (UTG+2): raises to 1300
Vil6 (UTG+3): calls
Vil8 (HJ): folds
Vil2 (But): calls
Vil4 (BB): calls
(4 players - 5200 in pot)
Flop: 9x 6x 3c
(4 players - 5200 in pot)
Turn: 9x 6x 3c Qc
(4 players - 5200 in pot)
River: 9x 6x 3c Qc Kx
Hero: bets 2200
other players fold
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a bit loose to raise preflop.
Flop: Hero has no hand and little fold equity.
Turn: Same as flop.
River: This completes OESD and hero decides to bluff at pot.
Hero discovers that players are pretty weak tight especially since hero raised.
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Hero dealt in BB: Xx Xx Xx Xx
Preflop:
2 players limp.
(3 players total - 2100 in pot)
Flop: 7x 3x 2x (rainbow)
Hero: bets 1000
other players fold
Analysis:
Flop: Hero discovers players are playing somewhat weak tight. Since hero's range is super wide as BB, hero will likely get more credibility. Also, players may not fight for limped pots as much.
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Table Reads:
Additionally, players are still open limping for the most part.
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Hero got no action (all players folded to hero's preflop raise) with Kc Jd Tc 9d.
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Level 9 - Blinds: 400/800
Hero dealt on button: 9c 8c 6c 4h
Preflop:
(folds to hero on button)
Hero: raises to 1700
Vil6: reraises pot to 5700
Hero: calls
(2 players - 12000 in pot)
Flop: Jx Jc 2d
Vil6: bets pot (12000)
Hero: tanks/folds
Vil6: says he had AAJx
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero made right play to call, but it is close since hero's calling for 1/3 of stack and flipping when flopping any pair. Villain's range is heavily weighted towards AAxx.
Flop: Horrible flop = fold...
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Level 10 - Blinds: 500/1000
Twitter: made horrible float on kqt6 rainbow then 2 flush turn with pair and third nut flush draw after flop check. 7300 500 1000
Hero likely was in BB and dealt KQT6 rainbow.
Flop was likely checked around and so hero decided to float on a draw heavy 2-flush board. River likely completed no draws and hero folded to 2nd bet.
Unfortunately, hero doesn't remember exact hand history context.
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Hero's stack: 7000
Level 10 - Blinds: 500/1000
Hero dealt in UTG+3: Qc Jd Tc 7d
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 2300
Vil1 (BB, 25k): called
(2 players - 5100 in pot)
Flop: Tx 3c 2c
Vil1: checks
Hero: bets all in
Vil1: calls
Vil1: shows Ac Xc 4x 5x
Board: Tx 3c 2c 9c 4s
Analysis:
Preflop: Pretty standard open when folded to hero.
Flop: With 1 PSB left and pair + side overcards, this is a bet/call.
Villain's hand is not great to see for hero.
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Summary:
Hero out around 49th at level 12.
There were a large number of limped pots even at late stages of MTT. It was unusual, even for a PLO/PLO8 MTT.
Hero also realized and fixed a leak: hero was not trying to steal a lot of limped pots and/or fighting for pots. Hero stole 3+ pots that helped preserve stack above 20BBs for a while.
First Table Reads:
1 mid aged guy
2 old guy with glasses
3 young guy w/ orange bearcats cap
4 young guy
5 guy who busted quickly, new entry - young male with glasses
6 old guy with glasses
7 young/middle aged female
8 male hoodie and goatee
9 hero
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Hero late registered around level 2.
Hero played tight and noticed Vil3 was pretty loose.
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Level 2 - Blinds: 50/100
Hero dealt in BB: Ad Ac 5d 4c
Stacks are about 10k deep.
Preflop:
Vil2 (UTG): limps
Vil3: raises to 300
Vil7: calls
Hero: calls
Vil2: calls
(4 players - 1200 in pot)
Flop: Qx 4h Kh
Hero: checks
Vil2: checks
Vil3: bets 800
other players fold.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero could try to raise here with very premium aces, but there's a couple problems:
1. Unless many people call, hero won't be able to get enough of stack in preflop to auto bet the flop properly.
2. Hero can play it more deceptively and outplay people post flop.
3. Hero's OOP.
Flop: Hero standard c/f is ok with naked overpair.
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Level 3 - Blinds: 75/150
Hero dealt in BB: Ad Ax 6d 3y
Hero called raise preflop and
Flop: 7s 6c 4d
Hero folds to bet.
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Level 4 - Blinds: 100/200
Hero dealt in BB: 9c 8s 7c 4s
Preflop:
3 players limp
Hero: limps
SB: folds
BB: checks
(5 players - 1100 in pot)
Flop: Th 9d 6c
all players check
(5 players - 1100 in pot)
Turn: Th 9d 6c 7d
Vil1: checks
Vil2: checks
Vil3: checks
Vil5: bets 500
Hero: calls
Vil1: check/raises pot
(all players fold)
Analysis:
Preflop: There is some merit in potting preflop and trying to get shorter handed. Hero decides to keep pot smaller.
Flop: Hero decides to keep pot small b/c most turn cards give higher straight. It's probably not best play IP though.
Turn: This was weak-tight to fold with some 2p->boat out redraw and some bluff outs (diamonds).
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Hero dealt UTG: Qx Tx 9d 8d
Preflop:
Hero: raises to 400
Vil6: calls
Vil8 (BB): calls
(3 players - 1300 in pot)
Flop: Kd 6x 3d
Vil8: checks
Hero: bets 900
Vil6: folds
Vil8: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: standard raise although there are gaps on top.
Flop: Hero bet/folds as a cbet on a dry board with few draws (other than flush draw).
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New Player 5 - small, middle aged male with ATL cap
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Hero dealt in SB: Tx Td 9d 8x
Hero has about 10k and is covered by all opponents.
Preflop:
Vil3: limps
Vil8: limps
Hero (SB): calls
Vil1 (BB): checks
(4 players - 1200 in pot)
Flop: Th 7h 3d (hero has bdfd)
Hero: checks
Vil1: checks
Vil3: bets 500
Vil8: calls
Hero: raises to 2200
Vil1: calls
Vil2: folds
Vil3: calls
(3 players - 7800 in pot)
Turn: Tc 7h 3d Js
Hero: bets 7000 (AI)
Vil1: folds
Vil3: thinks for a while, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: The table did not seem overly aggressive, so a call seems warranted.
Flop: Hero decides to start getting value and setup a turn AI play.
Turn: Hero gets a non-flush completing turn card and hopes villain might call with sets. Unfortunately, both players fold.
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Hero's stack at level 5: 14050 @ 150/300
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Hero dealt in HJ: Qs Qc Js 7x
Preflop:
2 players limp
Hero: limps
Vil2 (SB): calls
Vil3 (BB): checks
(5 players - 1500 in pot)
Flop: Jh Th 7c
(all players check)
(5 players - 1500 in pot)
Turn: Jh Th 7c 8c
Vil?: bets ?
Hero: calls
(2 players - ~2500-3000? in pot)
River: Jh Th 7c 8c 9x
(both players check)
Hero wins with straight.
Villain mucks.
Analysis:
Preflop: This is ok in LP assuming stacks are deep for set mining purposes.
Flop: Hero doesn't really have hand.
Turn: Hero floats with some bluff outs and has some value against bluffs.
River: Hero has a decent straight and would rather let villain bluff with worse hands.
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Hero dealt in BB: Qx 8s 7s 5x
Preflop:
Vil1: calls
Vil5: calls
Vil8 (SB): calls
Hero (BB): checks
(4 players - 1200 in pot)
Flop: Qx 3x Js 4s 6s
Hero bet 600
Vil1: calls
Vil5: folds
Vil8: folds
(2 players - 2400 in pot)
Turn: Qx 3x Js 4s 6s
Hero: bets 1500
Vil1: calls
(2 players - 5400 in pot
River: Qx 3x Js 4s 6s
Hero: bets 3000
Vil1: folds
Analysis:
Flop: This is a bet to try to take pot down since hand does not likely have a lot of equity by showdown.
Turn: Hero continues semi bluff.
River: This sometimes feels like spot to check/call a bluff. But, this may be incorrect logic.
Since villain called multiple bets, it's more weighted towards 2p/sets than back door flush draws.
The bet does not seem to really get worse hands to call...
Hero's bet is probably a spew.
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Level 7 - Blinds: 250/500
Hero dealt in UTG+1: Ad Jd 9s 6s
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 1100
Vil3 (loose player): calls
(2 players - 2950 in pot)
Flop: Ah 7h 2x
Hero bets 1600
Vil3: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a little loose, but hero decides to exploit hero's tighter table image.
Flop: Since hero raised preflop, hero's range usually crushes Axx boards. Hero likely bet/folds though b/c villain is raising sets in this spot.
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Level 7 - Blinds: 250/500
(next hand)
Hero limps in UTG: Ad Ax 4c 3c
(other players limp)
(4-5 players - 2000-2500 in pot)
Flop: Td 9d 8x
Hero folds to bet
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(1 rotation later)
Hero dealt in UTG: Kx Kh Th 6c
Reads: Vil8 was somewhat loose.
Preflop:
Hero (UTG): raises to 1100
Vil8 (BB): calls
(2 players - 2450 in pot)
Flop: 9d 8d 3c
both players check
(2 players - 2450 in pot)
Turn: 9d 8d 3c As
Vil8: checks
Hero: bets 1500
Vil8: calls
(2 players - 5450 in pot)
River: 9d 8d 3c As 5h
both players check
Vil8: shows A755 (Axxx suited) and wins pot.
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a bit of a loose preflop raise with a mediocre KKxx hand.
Flop: Hero probably should have bet/folded flop. Hero tried to pot control because hero does not have strong hand.
In reality, this is a bad spot to play a turn b/c so many turn cards are bad. When hero is IP in HU pot, hero should bet to get villains to fold air.
Turn: Hero decides to start betting as a bluff. Sigh.
River: Hero is likely beaten and will probably not get villain to fold Axxx.
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Level 8 - Blinds: 300/600
Hero dealt in HJ: Ad Qx Td Th
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 1300
Vil3 (BB): calls
(2 players - 2600 in pot)
Flop: Jh 2h Jx
Hero: bets 1900
Vil3: thinks for a while, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a fairly strong hand (3 broadways w/ suited ace) in late position. Easy steal hand.
Flop: This is a bet that needs to happen. Villain will likely only continue with Jx and some AAxx hands.
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Table change. 20 min left in level 8. 12450 300 600 PLO.
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Second Table Reads:
1 African American male with Atlanta Braves cap
2 middle aged guy
3 guy with cap and earrings
4 guy with suit and glasses
5 hero
6 old guy
7 middle aged guy
8 old guy with cap and sunglasses on rim of cap
9 old guy with hoodie
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Hero dealt in HJ: As Js 8d 3d
For this hand, seats 7 and 9 were empty.
Preflop:
(folds to hero in HJ)
Hero (UTG+2): raises to 1300
Vil6 (UTG+3): calls
Vil8 (HJ): folds
Vil2 (But): calls
Vil4 (BB): calls
(4 players - 5200 in pot)
Flop: 9x 6x 3c
(4 players - 5200 in pot)
Turn: 9x 6x 3c Qc
(4 players - 5200 in pot)
River: 9x 6x 3c Qc Kx
Hero: bets 2200
other players fold
Analysis:
Preflop: This is a bit loose to raise preflop.
Flop: Hero has no hand and little fold equity.
Turn: Same as flop.
River: This completes OESD and hero decides to bluff at pot.
Hero discovers that players are pretty weak tight especially since hero raised.
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Hero dealt in BB: Xx Xx Xx Xx
Preflop:
2 players limp.
(3 players total - 2100 in pot)
Flop: 7x 3x 2x (rainbow)
Hero: bets 1000
other players fold
Analysis:
Flop: Hero discovers players are playing somewhat weak tight. Since hero's range is super wide as BB, hero will likely get more credibility. Also, players may not fight for limped pots as much.
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Table Reads:
Additionally, players are still open limping for the most part.
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Hero got no action (all players folded to hero's preflop raise) with Kc Jd Tc 9d.
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Level 9 - Blinds: 400/800
Hero dealt on button: 9c 8c 6c 4h
Preflop:
(folds to hero on button)
Hero: raises to 1700
Vil6: reraises pot to 5700
Hero: calls
(2 players - 12000 in pot)
Flop: Jx Jc 2d
Vil6: bets pot (12000)
Hero: tanks/folds
Vil6: says he had AAJx
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero made right play to call, but it is close since hero's calling for 1/3 of stack and flipping when flopping any pair. Villain's range is heavily weighted towards AAxx.
Flop: Horrible flop = fold...
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Level 10 - Blinds: 500/1000
Twitter: made horrible float on kqt6 rainbow then 2 flush turn with pair and third nut flush draw after flop check. 7300 500 1000
Hero likely was in BB and dealt KQT6 rainbow.
Flop was likely checked around and so hero decided to float on a draw heavy 2-flush board. River likely completed no draws and hero folded to 2nd bet.
Unfortunately, hero doesn't remember exact hand history context.
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Hero's stack: 7000
Level 10 - Blinds: 500/1000
Hero dealt in UTG+3: Qc Jd Tc 7d
Preflop:
(folds to hero)
Hero: raises to 2300
Vil1 (BB, 25k): called
(2 players - 5100 in pot)
Flop: Tx 3c 2c
Vil1: checks
Hero: bets all in
Vil1: calls
Vil1: shows Ac Xc 4x 5x
Board: Tx 3c 2c 9c 4s
Analysis:
Preflop: Pretty standard open when folded to hero.
Flop: With 1 PSB left and pair + side overcards, this is a bet/call.
Villain's hand is not great to see for hero.
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Summary:
Hero out around 49th at level 12.
There were a large number of limped pots even at late stages of MTT. It was unusual, even for a PLO/PLO8 MTT.
Hero also realized and fixed a leak: hero was not trying to steal a lot of limped pots and/or fighting for pots. Hero stole 3+ pots that helped preserve stack above 20BBs for a while.
Friday, November 28, 2014
365 NLHE MTT with Re-Entry at Harrah's Cherokee
10000 starting stack with 25/50 blinds and 30 min. levels
First Table Reads:
[none]
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Hero showed up about 30 minutes late due to not feeling well and delays in finding lodging location and casino.
Hero late registered, but stood in line about 30 deep just for first bullet. At registration, hero was told that Total Rewards card was required, which hero misplaced. So, after about 10 minutes of going back down to Total Rewards desk to reprint a card, hero was able to go to "cut line" and finally register.
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Level 3 - Blinds: 100/200
First hand after sitting down. Hero has no player reads.
Hero dealt in HJ: TT
Preflop:
Vil3: raises to 600
Vil6: calls
Vil7: raises to 2500
Vil3: thinks for a while, then folds
Vil6: raises AI to 8775
Hero: thinks for a while, then calls.
Vil6: shows AK
Board: Villain spikes A? on flop (hero doesn't remember)
Hero eventually hears that player 6 is a circuit regular.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero's raise IP was a bit too large. It could have easily been 1800-2000 (slightly less than pot since IP).
Villain's play was a really weird play. It's rarely AA-KK...but hero could be wrong.
Hero's stack: 1225
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4th hand
Hero dealt UTG+2: 55
Preflop:
Vil5: calls
Vil8?: calls
Vil2: calls
Vil4: calls
(5 players - ~6125 in pot)
Board: 76JQA (rainbow)
Players checked all streets.
At least one player showed a pair (Q?) and won the pot.
Hero is out.
Hero noticed that many people are still limping at this level.
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The line was only 10-15 deep before firing a second barrel.
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Second Entry - First Table Reads:
1 middle aged guy
2 old guy w/ cap; eventually new player with same profile
3 middle aged guy with cap
4 middle aged lady
5 young male
6 old guy - not paying attention
7 hero
8 old guy with glasses
9 middle aged guy w/ glasses
10 middle aged Indian male
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Hero's starting stack: 10000
Level 6 - Blinds/Antes: 150/300/25
Hero dealt in BB: J9o
Preflop:
2? players limp
SB: folds
Hero: checks
(3 players - ~1050 in pot)
Flop: Js Jc 8c
(all players check)
(3 players - ~1050 in pot)
Turn: Js Jc 8c Qs
Hero: bets 500
Vil1: calls
(3 players - ~2050 in pot)
River: Js Jc 8c Qs 4d
Hero: bets 1200
Vil1: folds
Analysis:
Flop: With so many players, hero decides to slow play. Betting can work too in a
Turn: Hero decides to start building a pot and get value from Qx and/or trying to price out draws.
River: It could be a good metagame play to check the blank river. It might have been better, but hero decides to bet and hope to get value from Qx.
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Additionally, hero lost some chips when flat calling raise in MW pot with a low pocket pair.
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Hero's stack at first break:
11425 at 200/400/50.
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Hero dealt in ?: 66
Hero: raises to 900
Vil10 (8.1k): raises to 2100
Hero: folds
Preflop: This seems standard since villain looked straightforward. There are not enough chips behind to make flat calling a 3b profitable.
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Level 7 - Blinds/Antes: 200/400/50
Hero dealt in BB: KK
Preflop:
(folds to Vil4)
Vil4 (CO/20k): raises to 800
BB (Hero/10k): calls
(2 players - 2300 in pot)
Flop: Ac Jx Qc
Hero: checks
Vil4: bets 1200
Hero: calls
(2 players - 4700 in pot)
Turn: Ac Jx Qc 4s
both players check
(2 players - 4700 in pot)
River: Ac Jx Qc 4s 2d
both players check
Hero: shows KK
Vil4: mucks
Analysis:
Preflop: There's value in 3-bet pre, but hero decides to "slow play".
Flop: Hero decides that villain is likely cbetting often. Thus, hero decides to call 1, but probably not 2-3 streets of bets.
Turn: Hero continues playing properly in WAWB situation and pot controls.
River: A river bet is more likely a bluff than value, so hero decides to check.
Additionally: Hero determines that this player is likely a cbet/fold player and hero can likely float player IP.
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Level 8 - Blinds/Antes: 250/500/50
Hero dealt in SB: KQo
Preflop:
(folds to Vil4)
Vil4 (HJ/20k): raises to 1500
(folds to hero)
Hero (SB/12k): calls
BB: folds
(2 players - 3500 in pot)
Flop: Ax Kc Tc Ax 2x
Hero: checks
Vil4: bets 3000
Hero: calls
(2 players - 9500 in pot)
Turn: Ax Kc Tc Ax 2x
both players check
(2 players - 9500 in pot)
River: Ax Kc Tc Ax 2x
both players check
Vil4: shows KQo and both players chop pot.
Analysis:
Flop/Turn/River: Based on previous hand, hero sticks to read and follows same plan as in previous hand.
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Hero's hand: unknown
Preflop:
Vil6: limps
Hero: raises to 1500
Vil10: calls
Vil6: calls
Flop: Xx Xx Xx
Vil10: checks
Vil6: checks
Hero: bets 2300
Vil10: folds
Vil6: folds
Hero is solidifying read that table is pretty loose/weak and folds to preflop/cbet often.
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Hero's hand: QQ
Preflop:
Vil1: limps
Vil2: folds
Vil3: limps
Vil4: folds
Vil5: folds
Vil6: limps
Hero: raises to 2500
(other players fold)
Vil1: folds
Vil3: folds
Vil6: calls
Flop: 6s 5s 4x
Vil1: checks
Hero: bets 2300
Vil1: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: The raise size seemed ok at 250/500/50 as hero would like to get players to call.
Flop: This is a likely bet/call.
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Second Entry - Second Table Reads:
None
IIRC, Hero gets moved to new table but only briefly. Hero has no reads.
Hero's stack is 16075.
Hero also 3b a random with As 7s and villain folded immediately.
Hero is moved quickly to another table.
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Hero's stack: 19600 on table change.
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Second Entry - Third Table Reads:
1 mid aged guy with hoodie and cap
2 young aged Asian guy
3 guy with hoodie
4 mid aged guy
5 hero
6 middle aged guy
7 old guy with cap
8 young guy with hoodie
9 old guy with glasses and cap
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Level 9 - Blinds/Antes: 300/600/75
Hero dealt in UTG+3: 77
Preflop:
Vil4 (UTG+2): raises to 1500
Hero: calls
(other players fold)
(2 players - 4575 in pot)
Flop: Qs 8c 4d
Vil4: bets 1600
Hero: calls
(2 players - 7775 in pot)
Turn: Qs 8c 4d 9s
Vil4: checks
Hero: bets 2700
Vil4: raises to 7k
Hero: thinks for a while, then folds
Vil4: flashes 44
Analysis:
Preflop: standard
Flop: Hero decides to float since villain may be cbetting with air.
Turn: Hero's bet may not have been that great. The line might be better to double barrel turn/river based on hero's bet size as villain can't really call 8x-JJ given multiple pressure on turn.
While there's a bunch of overs on the river, hero can check/decide IP on river and keep pot small.
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Hero dealt in SB: QTo
Preflop:
(folds to hero in SB)
Hero (15k): raises to 1500
Vil6 (40k): calls
(2 players - 3675 in pot)
Flop: Ax 9x 4x (rainbow)
Hero: bets 2100
Vil6: raises to 5000
Hero: thinks for a while, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero's ahead of random hand. Raise size could have been 1100 though to keep pot small/give better price on "steal".
Flop: Since villain just saw hero lose a big pot 5 hands earlier, hero might be perceived as weak-tight.
Villain's small raise on flop is a little suspicious (although normal sized given that it's easier to toss a single denomination chip). Regardless, hero decides to fold and conserve stack.
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Hero's stack: 9k
Hero dealt on button: Ac 7c
Preflop:
Hero: raises to 1500
Vil7 (30k): calls
(2 players - 3975 in pot)
Flop: Jx 5x Jx (rainbow)
Vil7: donks 3k
Hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: With M = 6 | 15BB, this should have been an open shove.
Hero decides to play conservative and see if villains are paying attention to stack sizes. This backfired on villain flop donk bet.
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Level 10 - Blinds/Antes: 400/800/100
Hero's stack: 7200
Hero gets walk in BB, then folds SB.
Hero's stack: 7900
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Hero's stack: 7825 (M ~ 4/10BB)
Hero dealt on button: J8o
Preflop:
Folds to hero
Hero: shoves
Vil6 (SB): re-raises
Vil7 (BB): folds
SB: shows AA
Board: TT384r
Analysis:
Preflop: standard with 10BBs.
Hero out around ~120 in this flight.
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Analysis:
The field was extremely soft. Many players were open limping even at higher levels.
There were 1930 entries over 3 flights of multi/re-entry across all flights. For a $365 buyin, $91k for first! (~250x ROI)
First Table Reads:
[none]
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Hero showed up about 30 minutes late due to not feeling well and delays in finding lodging location and casino.
Hero late registered, but stood in line about 30 deep just for first bullet. At registration, hero was told that Total Rewards card was required, which hero misplaced. So, after about 10 minutes of going back down to Total Rewards desk to reprint a card, hero was able to go to "cut line" and finally register.
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Level 3 - Blinds: 100/200
First hand after sitting down. Hero has no player reads.
Hero dealt in HJ: TT
Preflop:
Vil3: raises to 600
Vil6: calls
Vil7: raises to 2500
Vil3: thinks for a while, then folds
Vil6: raises AI to 8775
Hero: thinks for a while, then calls.
Vil6: shows AK
Board: Villain spikes A? on flop (hero doesn't remember)
Hero eventually hears that player 6 is a circuit regular.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero's raise IP was a bit too large. It could have easily been 1800-2000 (slightly less than pot since IP).
Villain's play was a really weird play. It's rarely AA-KK...but hero could be wrong.
Hero's stack: 1225
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4th hand
Hero dealt UTG+2: 55
Preflop:
Vil5: calls
Vil8?: calls
Vil2: calls
Vil4: calls
(5 players - ~6125 in pot)
Board: 76JQA (rainbow)
Players checked all streets.
At least one player showed a pair (Q?) and won the pot.
Hero is out.
Hero noticed that many people are still limping at this level.
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The line was only 10-15 deep before firing a second barrel.
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Second Entry - First Table Reads:
1 middle aged guy
2 old guy w/ cap; eventually new player with same profile
3 middle aged guy with cap
4 middle aged lady
5 young male
6 old guy - not paying attention
7 hero
8 old guy with glasses
9 middle aged guy w/ glasses
10 middle aged Indian male
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Hero's starting stack: 10000
Level 6 - Blinds/Antes: 150/300/25
Hero dealt in BB: J9o
Preflop:
2? players limp
SB: folds
Hero: checks
(3 players - ~1050 in pot)
Flop: Js Jc 8c
(all players check)
(3 players - ~1050 in pot)
Turn: Js Jc 8c Qs
Hero: bets 500
Vil1: calls
(3 players - ~2050 in pot)
River: Js Jc 8c Qs 4d
Hero: bets 1200
Vil1: folds
Analysis:
Flop: With so many players, hero decides to slow play. Betting can work too in a
Turn: Hero decides to start building a pot and get value from Qx and/or trying to price out draws.
River: It could be a good metagame play to check the blank river. It might have been better, but hero decides to bet and hope to get value from Qx.
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Additionally, hero lost some chips when flat calling raise in MW pot with a low pocket pair.
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Hero's stack at first break:
11425 at 200/400/50.
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Hero dealt in ?: 66
Hero: raises to 900
Vil10 (8.1k): raises to 2100
Hero: folds
Preflop: This seems standard since villain looked straightforward. There are not enough chips behind to make flat calling a 3b profitable.
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Level 7 - Blinds/Antes: 200/400/50
Hero dealt in BB: KK
Preflop:
(folds to Vil4)
Vil4 (CO/20k): raises to 800
BB (Hero/10k): calls
(2 players - 2300 in pot)
Flop: Ac Jx Qc
Hero: checks
Vil4: bets 1200
Hero: calls
(2 players - 4700 in pot)
Turn: Ac Jx Qc 4s
both players check
(2 players - 4700 in pot)
River: Ac Jx Qc 4s 2d
both players check
Hero: shows KK
Vil4: mucks
Analysis:
Preflop: There's value in 3-bet pre, but hero decides to "slow play".
Flop: Hero decides that villain is likely cbetting often. Thus, hero decides to call 1, but probably not 2-3 streets of bets.
Turn: Hero continues playing properly in WAWB situation and pot controls.
River: A river bet is more likely a bluff than value, so hero decides to check.
Additionally: Hero determines that this player is likely a cbet/fold player and hero can likely float player IP.
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Level 8 - Blinds/Antes: 250/500/50
Hero dealt in SB: KQo
Preflop:
(folds to Vil4)
Vil4 (HJ/20k): raises to 1500
(folds to hero)
Hero (SB/12k): calls
BB: folds
(2 players - 3500 in pot)
Flop: Ax Kc Tc Ax 2x
Hero: checks
Vil4: bets 3000
Hero: calls
(2 players - 9500 in pot)
Turn: Ax Kc Tc Ax 2x
both players check
(2 players - 9500 in pot)
River: Ax Kc Tc Ax 2x
both players check
Vil4: shows KQo and both players chop pot.
Analysis:
Flop/Turn/River: Based on previous hand, hero sticks to read and follows same plan as in previous hand.
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Hero's hand: unknown
Preflop:
Vil6: limps
Hero: raises to 1500
Vil10: calls
Vil6: calls
Flop: Xx Xx Xx
Vil10: checks
Vil6: checks
Hero: bets 2300
Vil10: folds
Vil6: folds
Hero is solidifying read that table is pretty loose/weak and folds to preflop/cbet often.
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Hero's hand: QQ
Preflop:
Vil1: limps
Vil2: folds
Vil3: limps
Vil4: folds
Vil5: folds
Vil6: limps
Hero: raises to 2500
(other players fold)
Vil1: folds
Vil3: folds
Vil6: calls
Flop: 6s 5s 4x
Vil1: checks
Hero: bets 2300
Vil1: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: The raise size seemed ok at 250/500/50 as hero would like to get players to call.
Flop: This is a likely bet/call.
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Second Entry - Second Table Reads:
None
IIRC, Hero gets moved to new table but only briefly. Hero has no reads.
Hero's stack is 16075.
Hero also 3b a random with As 7s and villain folded immediately.
Hero is moved quickly to another table.
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Hero's stack: 19600 on table change.
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Second Entry - Third Table Reads:
1 mid aged guy with hoodie and cap
2 young aged Asian guy
3 guy with hoodie
4 mid aged guy
5 hero
6 middle aged guy
7 old guy with cap
8 young guy with hoodie
9 old guy with glasses and cap
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Level 9 - Blinds/Antes: 300/600/75
Hero dealt in UTG+3: 77
Preflop:
Vil4 (UTG+2): raises to 1500
Hero: calls
(other players fold)
(2 players - 4575 in pot)
Flop: Qs 8c 4d
Vil4: bets 1600
Hero: calls
(2 players - 7775 in pot)
Turn: Qs 8c 4d 9s
Vil4: checks
Hero: bets 2700
Vil4: raises to 7k
Hero: thinks for a while, then folds
Vil4: flashes 44
Analysis:
Preflop: standard
Flop: Hero decides to float since villain may be cbetting with air.
Turn: Hero's bet may not have been that great. The line might be better to double barrel turn/river based on hero's bet size as villain can't really call 8x-JJ given multiple pressure on turn.
While there's a bunch of overs on the river, hero can check/decide IP on river and keep pot small.
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Hero dealt in SB: QTo
Preflop:
(folds to hero in SB)
Hero (15k): raises to 1500
Vil6 (40k): calls
(2 players - 3675 in pot)
Flop: Ax 9x 4x (rainbow)
Hero: bets 2100
Vil6: raises to 5000
Hero: thinks for a while, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero's ahead of random hand. Raise size could have been 1100 though to keep pot small/give better price on "steal".
Flop: Since villain just saw hero lose a big pot 5 hands earlier, hero might be perceived as weak-tight.
Villain's small raise on flop is a little suspicious (although normal sized given that it's easier to toss a single denomination chip). Regardless, hero decides to fold and conserve stack.
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Hero's stack: 9k
Hero dealt on button: Ac 7c
Preflop:
Hero: raises to 1500
Vil7 (30k): calls
(2 players - 3975 in pot)
Flop: Jx 5x Jx (rainbow)
Vil7: donks 3k
Hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: With M = 6 | 15BB, this should have been an open shove.
Hero decides to play conservative and see if villains are paying attention to stack sizes. This backfired on villain flop donk bet.
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Level 10 - Blinds/Antes: 400/800/100
Hero's stack: 7200
Hero gets walk in BB, then folds SB.
Hero's stack: 7900
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Hero's stack: 7825 (M ~ 4/10BB)
Hero dealt on button: J8o
Preflop:
Folds to hero
Hero: shoves
Vil6 (SB): re-raises
Vil7 (BB): folds
SB: shows AA
Board: TT384r
Analysis:
Preflop: standard with 10BBs.
Hero out around ~120 in this flight.
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Analysis:
The field was extremely soft. Many players were open limping even at higher levels.
There were 1930 entries over 3 flights of multi/re-entry across all flights. For a $365 buyin, $91k for first! (~250x ROI)
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