Deadly draws table 23 just one away from me. I walk across just prior to the first break and he is struggling at around the 2,000 chip mark.
He returns from the break and finds a playable hand
Deadly raises with Q hearts J hearts and gets a caller.
The one cardrunners video I saw I remember late on in a tourney getting this hand and stacking it. He makes a spiel about it saying that it appears to be a good hand but at this stage you are really looking at getting all your money in (this is related to stack sizes on his table so I'm assuming he would offer the same advice in this situation).
The flop misses Deadly and he pushes and puts the decsision to his opponent.
He gets a fold and a boost to his stack.
Next I hear from him and there are only 25 players left and he is the short stack. Only ten pay so he is looking to be in a tricky situation. He fades out in 22nd position as the blinds take their toll and when he finally makes a stand loses out.
Pretty solid effort though 22nd out of 80 and is the leading Lamma representative!
It's Sunday Deadly returns for more as I spend the day with the family before the fly off.
This time the $500 tourney has 75 entrants.
My battery is dead so I don't get any reports from him until later in the day.
Once again he goes deep. This time the blinds are 200/400 with blinds up to 75. His stack is diminished to 2,500 and each pot starts off with 1,200. The big stack at his table leads out meaning Deadly has commit his stack. Against a loose raiser and with KK he sees a chance to double up and stay alive for a few more rounds. The Big stack turns over a pair of jacks and he is an 80% favourite. A jack lands and Deadly has a bad beat tale to remember for a while.
Final result 18 out of 76.
Maybe more hands from Deadly when he returns.
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I remember a hand early in day 2 tournament. I had planned to be more aggressive this time to build a better image and to give myself a chance to make some plays.
I'm 4th to act with KcJc. I reraise to 150 (25/50 blinds) - 3000 starting chips and I have most of them left. Button (stolen a couple of big pots already) calls and BB calls.
Flop is 422 two clubs. BB checks - I lead out for 500. Button thinks and calls. BB folds.
Turn is Ad.
I bet 1000. Button calls quickly.
River is blank
I check (i already have 1650 in the pot and he has about 4000 behind) and he checks down.
How else to play this?
Luckily i would triple up with aces shortly after.
Later that same day....
I am moved to a table with 3 short stacks (inc me) and 3 huge stacks. Soon another big stack joins us.
They take it in turns busting out the small stacks and rarely hurt each other.
funniest hand was UTG raises to 1200, next player calls, next reraises to 3600. UTG then folds, next player reraises all in and the original reraiser folds - showing 5-2 off.
I'd say KJs is a pretty marginal raising hand from that position. If you aren't seeing many playable hands its a very tempting hand. Remember this is effectively under the gun if it were short handed play. If you had been very tight give it a try and hope down the blinds. There is just too good a chance someone will call you with a better hand and position.
As played though the cbet is certainly standard on the flop. He may have called with a mid pair so its possible the second bullet will get a fold and if he just calls then you have flush outs.
You could get creative and check on the flop and then either check raise or if he checks bet out on the turn I guess. That is more likely to fold out Ace hands. Only trouble is that is only going OOp it is only going to get you one free card. I don't think a bluff on the river is likely to be +ev here. I'm guessing he showed something like AQ or AJ or just maybe 99 down here.
AJ it was sir.
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