Days like today are the reason why MTT players are the most miserable people on the planet. I've never had such a disgusting break even day. I ran every big hand I had into a bigger hand or got it in as a tremendous favorite and got 5 outted or less on the river.
I feel like I got the crap kicked out of me even though I finished up $25 on the day. I just withdrew from Full Tilt for the Stars reload bonus, so I expected them to hand it to me. No surprise there.
Stars gave me a few nice kicks in the ass too, but at least they let me win some (when you get it in with JJ up against worse several times, you're still supposed to win 20% of those). Also won $215 in T$ in a $39 LO8 MTT to save the day.
Full Tilt $9.5K KO
Folded to BTN short stack who shoves 10BB (60/120 blinds). Big stacked SB calls. I re-shove AJo for 22BB. I'm against TT and AA. So much for having a wide range there.
FTOPS PLO KO SS
Lasted 13 hands. C/r'ed all-in with OESD+FD. Got cold-called by NFD and also by top set. Turned a double flush draw, rivered the wrong flush though. I check-raised specifically to knock out the player who had nothing, but the naked flush draw.
Stars $100K
Not only did I get KK cracked, but I got a lecture from the guy who played his hand terribly preflop and flopped a set then questioned why I would get my short stack in after an Ace flopped.
http://weaktight.com/160266
Here's an explanation why I played that hand perfectly, for anyone who cares. Actually, I might have made a mistake by not shoving preflop because BB was a clown and might have called with about 50% of his hands.
But on this flop with KK, an Ace hits. There's 1400 in the pot and I have 1235 left. I'm not going to move anyone off an Ace and I'm no longer afraid of over-cards so the right move is to check so I might still be able to get money out of someone with a worse hand than KK or catch a bluff.
Turn card doesn't complete any draws. MP3 makes what could be considered a stab at it and I know that BB would have definitely bet the turn if he had an Ace so with less than a pot sized bet left, there is NO WAY I'm folding here.........even though the clown who open-limped 88 in the hijack then just called a raise vs a shortish stack called me stupid for continuing with an Ace on the flop as I left.
We're all genius's when we misplay our hands and flop sets, huh?
I lasted 23 hands and actually won my only JJ+ hand of the day. I raised JJ and picked it up with a c-bet.
FTOPS PLHE Sat
Picked up my first pair of Aces on the day. AA < QQ. All-in preflop, Q on the turn.
http://weaktight.com/160267
$20K LO8 Sat on Stars
Down to 385 with 200/400 blinds and then 2,400 with 400/800 blinds, but chip and a chair, thank GOD Omaha and Omaha 8 tournament players absolutely SUCK! Ship the $215 T$ and some sanity.
This was the last of the day MTT's. Almost decided to skip the night ones, but at the last minute I registered for the 8pm's and took my 0 for 6 in DISGUSTING fashion.
Stars $25K
Last Stars MTT of the night.
- So I after 38 hands and 45 minutes into the tourney, I finally raise FOR THE 1ST TIME. Clown in the BB thinks I folded for almost an hour just to steal his blinds from middle position with crap. He defends with 98o. He catches a 9 on the flop, but I check it down, and catch a straight on the river with my 88. Split the pot.
- 2nd raise of the tournament about an hour in. JJ runs into QQ. Sick, SICK hand, but after he catches a set on the turn, I river a flush.
http://weaktight.com/160268
- AQ < AK all-in preflop then open shove 99 MP, get re-shove from BTN, re-re-shove from SB. 99 > 77, but < JJ
Full Tilt $32K
I had been waiting to trap UTG here as he had previously limped and called a raise with Q8 off-suit and then called a c-bet with Q-hi when he missed. Hit an 8 on the turn, bet into me, I folded 55, and he flashed the cards to show how stupid he was. He then called another raise with Q4 so why would I shove AK for 23BB when he open limps?
1 - Because I knew he would call.
2 - Because I knew I would run into AA behind me.
Not that it would have worked out any different if I just raised normally. Case A on the turn too just for insult.
http://weaktight.com/160269
Daily Double A Full Tilt
Lasted 20 hands. BTN open-raises, I 3-bet JJ and lick my chops again when he shoves. JJ < KK. Some pattern developing here.
Daily Double B Full Tilt
I actually took down 2 pots - 1 preflop and 1 on the flop with AK and KK.
Then this sickness. I get him to c/r me all-in on the turn with 2 outs.
[8h] <
[7s] on
[3h][9s][Jh] board. They just can NOT give up a pair and tonight it killed me.
http://weaktight.com/160270
Full Tilt $28K
Lasted 15 hands.
- Raise QQ 5.5x BB, get 2 callers. Ace on the flop, I'm done when someone bets pot.
- Very next hand KK < AQ on Q-hi flop. I c/r him all-in on the turn. Q on the river.
http://weaktight.com/160271
$4K PLO Full Tilt
BUBBLE after 2.5 hours.
- Ran AAxx hands into coin-flips with 4 broadway card hands in 2 preflop all-ins. Lost both.
- Flopped top 2 pair with QJxx from BB. Run it into a set of Jacks and hit a Q on the river.
- However, shoved KKxx with the short-stack right into AAxx, K on the flop.
Results: Get it in ahead - LOSE. Get it in way behind - WIN.
- Also got called a moron for open-raising KQT6ds in CO by a guy who flush over flushed me and won the minimum. Said I deserved it for raising that crap. Deserved what, his preflop call with A23Q? - not a hi/lo game!
http://weaktight.com/160272
He later called several other people idiots for calling when he raised AAxx hands preflop.
HERO CALL OF THE DAY:
History - With AA97ss I open-min-raise because there is a short stack on the BTN who just lost a big pot on a suckout and I thought he might shove light and allow me to re-open the betting. Unfortunately he folded and an aggressive, decent player in the BB called my c-bet on a 673 monotone board. He check/called a 1/2 pot Tn bet when a Jack hit. I was really just trying to get a cheap/free showdown. Then he led for a little over 1/2 pot when the backdoor flush hit (Q) on the river. I REALLY thought hard about calling him, but folded. Still think there was a good chance he was bluffing.
Few hands later - QJJ9 an 8T5K mono board. I have no problem getting in with him flop or turn. But this time he tries a bigger river bet. I call pretty quickly with a pair of Jacks.
Pot Limit Omaha Tournament
$4000 Guarantee
8 players
Converted at
Stacks:
UTG (
5305)
Hero (7002)
MP1 (
4783)
MP2 (
2652)
CO (
4501)
BTN (
11228)
SB (22306)
BB (17836)
Blinds: 100/200
Pre-flop: (
300, 8 players)
Hero is UTG+1 [Qd][Jh][Jc]
1 fold, Hero calls 200 (6802),
4 folds, SB calls 100 (22106), BB checks (17636)
62.90% (EV = $177.40)
37.10% (EV = $22.60)
Flop: [Td][5c] (
600, 3 players)
SB checks (22106), BB checks (17636),
Hero bets 600 (6202), SB calls 600 (21506),
BB folds (17636)
71.40% (EV = $688.77)
28.60% (EV = -$83.77)
Turn: (
1805, 2 players)
SB checks (21506),
Hero bets 1000 (5202), SB calls 1000 (20506)
87.50% (EV = $11689.25)
12.50% (EV = $812.75)
River: (
14502, 2 players)
SB bets 3000 (17506), Hero calls 3000 (2202), SB says "gc" (17506)
100.00% (EV = $6800.00)
0.00% (EV = -$3000.00)
Final Pot: 9800
Hero shows:
[Qd][Jh][Jc]
SB shows:
[3h][Ac][9h]
Hero wins 9800 ( won +5000 )
SB lost -4800
BB lost -200
Reasoning: After the last hand against him, and after I'd seen him be pretty aggressive afterall, I was pretty confident that he was able to bluff a missed river draw if he thought his opponent could fold.
- If he had a set or top 2 on the flop he would have probably tried to get it in then. He was a decent player, which meant not much of a slowplayer.
- He wouldn't have bet a King here.
- There is only 1 straight on the board by the river and I knew he was just as likely to bluff that semi-scary river as actually have the straight. I also thought that if he had a big straight draw/wrap, he might have also been more aggressive unless it was just a naked 76.