Another deep run at the Venetian
It ended up being the Venetian's Deep Stack Extravaganza again, their 4th of July $1,080 buy-in tournament, starting stack $15,000, levels of 60 minutes, starting blinds $50-100. Mike decided it was bad equity so he opted for the limit hold'em grind, and when I left him he was doing well and winning big.
My first table was a fine mix of good players and really soft spots, I was lucky enough to get a lot of the easy chips and most of the day I was at double average - until the dinner break.
After dinner it seemed like the cream had surfaced and it was no longer that easy to pick a victim at the table. A LOT of contested pots and agressive play. My second table was not that good for me, even though I was at $128,000 at one point when the average was around $40,000. I lost a big pot just before the table broke up again, but I was at $100,000 and doing well. Then I unfortunately doubled up a short stack and fell to $77,000, Later the same guy opened the pot in 2nd posiion. The blinds were $1,000-2,000 now with $300 ante. It was folded to the button where I was holding
I call, the blinds fold.
Flop comes
He checks, I check to trap.
The turn is
He checks, I bet $11,000, he goes all-in for a total of $30,000+, and I can't fold in that spot, I quickly call.
He flips over
and I am in deep doodoo, until the ace on the river came and the guy exploded out of the poker room!.
Phew, cruising again, we are now down to 55 players. Top27 get paid, minimum $1,300, 1st place pays $81,000, and I have $125,000+ with the average around $75,000.
A few rounds later, 2nd position raises to $6,000, a small stack goes all-in on the button for $35,000+, I go all-in over the top with pocket Kings, 1st raiser folds short stack flips over aces, aaaaarrrghhh. No help for me on the board and I drop to $80,000 again.
I lose a couple of pots with AKs and pocket 7s, and I am down to less than $50,000, but at least I won the last hand of the night with pocket 6s to end the day at $67,000.
Sunday at 4 p.m. we play again. We are 35 players left, average is around $117,000. I need to double up soon to stand a chance, plan B is to squeeze myself into the money, it'd be nice to leave Las Vegas with cashes in 4 out of 6 played tournaments.
cross your fingers.....
My first table was a fine mix of good players and really soft spots, I was lucky enough to get a lot of the easy chips and most of the day I was at double average - until the dinner break.
After dinner it seemed like the cream had surfaced and it was no longer that easy to pick a victim at the table. A LOT of contested pots and agressive play. My second table was not that good for me, even though I was at $128,000 at one point when the average was around $40,000. I lost a big pot just before the table broke up again, but I was at $100,000 and doing well. Then I unfortunately doubled up a short stack and fell to $77,000, Later the same guy opened the pot in 2nd posiion. The blinds were $1,000-2,000 now with $300 ante. It was folded to the button where I was holding
I call, the blinds fold.
Flop comes
He checks, I check to trap.
The turn is
He checks, I bet $11,000, he goes all-in for a total of $30,000+, and I can't fold in that spot, I quickly call.
He flips over
and I am in deep doodoo, until the ace on the river came and the guy exploded out of the poker room!.
Phew, cruising again, we are now down to 55 players. Top27 get paid, minimum $1,300, 1st place pays $81,000, and I have $125,000+ with the average around $75,000.
A few rounds later, 2nd position raises to $6,000, a small stack goes all-in on the button for $35,000+, I go all-in over the top with pocket Kings, 1st raiser folds short stack flips over aces, aaaaarrrghhh. No help for me on the board and I drop to $80,000 again.
I lose a couple of pots with AKs and pocket 7s, and I am down to less than $50,000, but at least I won the last hand of the night with pocket 6s to end the day at $67,000.
Sunday at 4 p.m. we play again. We are 35 players left, average is around $117,000. I need to double up soon to stand a chance, plan B is to squeeze myself into the money, it'd be nice to leave Las Vegas with cashes in 4 out of 6 played tournaments.
cross your fingers.....
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