Bodog.com $6kG Final Table
Work has finally started to calm down, with the successful completion of one major project behind me, and the second major project on or ahead of schedule. Work has calmed down to the point I was able to take tomorrow off, so I decided I had to get some poker in tonight. Entered the Party $40k Guaranteed, the Full Tilt 16k Guaranteed, and a Bodog.com $6k guaranteed that had a little more than a $1000 overlay in it. I also fire up a stream of SNGs in the background to keep a fourth table going. I end up busting out of the Party 40kG and the Tilt 16kG in about the middle of the pack. No really spectacular hands to discuss, just typical tournament poker.
However, in the Bodog.com $6k Guaranteed I make a massively deep run, scoring my first MTT cash in several weeks. I didn't do a great job blogging it, but let's pick up in the final 10% of the tournament:
In four consecutive hands: Aces, trash to fold, Queens, and Ace-King. With 56 left out of the 453 that entered, and top 45 get paid. I had jumped to second in chips in the tournament. The chipleader? sitting three to my right. Betweem us we're terrorizing the table.
A few hands later I make a collosal mistake. Bodog's players may be weak, their games may be the juiciest, but their software is pretty terrible. Trying to pop it to 2000 under the gun, I instead make it a 20k raise. thankfully I just take down the blinds, as my massive overbet is uncalled.
The bubble that builds up around 50 players remaining is one of the juiciest I can remember in my MTT career. I'm able to grow my chipstack nicely, sniping the blinds and antes for at least half of each orbit.
We hit the money, and the tables loosen significantly, as usual. The table chiplead takes a couple hits, so for a moment I'm chiplead at the table - but still #2 overall, i think - i'm certainly not #1, but bodog's software makes it really hard to see anything more than that. Then i pop it from MP with ATo, get raised behind and the former table chiplead pushes. the raiser calls, and the former chiplead becomes the chiplead again, nearly doubling up with JJ vs AQ.
A couple hands later, I raise my standard raise from the button, and get called by the big blind. He's aparently decided that he's sick of my constant stealing, and doesn't think i've got much of a hand. I end up getting all his chips, when he doesn't give me credit for an ace and thinks the king he hits on the turn is good. I jump to what appears to be a commanding second place lead with around 50k in chipsto the chip leader's 60k. Only two other players appear to be over 20k in chips, and they're at 25k and 30k respectively.
Sadly the uberpassive table breaks a few hands later. The next table I get bumped to has several people around 25k in chips, and the guy who is aparently in third place around 32k. Several of these guys are aggressive, so while I win a couple pots and keep growing my stack, I can't steal at anywhere near the same rate as before.
We hit the third break with 23 players remaining. I'm at 56k in chips, and am now third in chips behind two different players with just over $60k - one at each of the other tables, in fact - and with a player at 52k chasing my heels.
We get down to two tables almost immediatley after the break, quickly running down to 18 players remaing. I end up getting pushed in to on a couple of my steals and have to fold, and between those and the blinds/antes I run down to around $46k pretty quickly. The Bodog software doesn't seem to be keeping up with many updates, so while the lobby shows we're down to 18 it actually appears we've only got 14 remaing. I can't quite figure out what's up. it looks like I'm around 5th in chips, maybe 6th.
I limp 22 under the gun as my table's been limping a few flops occasionally, with the antes so high. it folds around to the small-stack SB who pushes for about 1/6th my stack. I think it over, and call for the coinflip. He's got Kd9c. I catch a third duece on the flop to take a big lead, but the flop is three clubs. He catches his four-card flush on the river and I drop a little. however the poker gods are kind tonight, handing me QQ on the next hand. I re-raise a preflop raiser in EP who just calls. The flop comes beautiful rainbow undercards, and I push the flop. I'm called by AKs who's well behind, and fails to suck out. I jump over 100k in chips briefly.
Next hand I pop it from MP with AQo and get called by the big blind. The flop comes 8T4 rainbow, I bet 1/3 pot and he folds. Still accumulating.
We sit at ten players waiting to consolidate for a long time. A player pushes in front of me with ATd and I call with AQo. The flop drops a beautiful A99, which sadly gives my dominated opponent a couple outs to the chop. Sure enough, the case ace hits the river and we chop our full houses.
following that, I drag two pots in a row - in the second I call the button's standard preflop raise with 99, and lead the 8TJ flop for 1/3 the pot and take down a nice one to jump up near 100k.
we jump to the final table and start mowing through people. We consolodate with only eight left, I knock out a short stack with ATs vs their J5o, and we're down to six players before I can blink.
I raise JQs UTG and get pushed behind from one of the two short stacks and have to call. He's got aces. i connect with a flush draw on the turn, but fail to suck out on the river as planned. However next hand I'm rewarded with kings and pull the blinds and antes.
A couple hands later, I KO a player callling their all-in with pocket tens and hold up against their A6o. We're down to five. Next hand I get 77 and pop it for cujofan and take the blinds and antes.
Aparently something's even more messed up with the bogog software - we've got five players remaining but one is invisible (Illini21). I can see cards in his spot but not his chipstack. Very annoying. Thankfully just after posting, his KQ goes down to ATo and we're actually down to four, and now minus the invisible swordsman. I'm third in chips, with a significant lead on fourth place and pretty close to second.
I lose two quick hands in a row, and go home after the second. In the first, I semi-steal with A4o from the button and get called by the chiplead in the big blind. The flop drops three hearts, he checks and I cbet strong, really hoping to take this pot right now. My opponent thinks a bit and he calls. The turn brings an offsuit ace, and he checks and I check. The river brings pairs the jack on board with a non-heart jack, and he pretty quickly puts in a little less than half my remaining stack - which at this point is about a half pot bet if I recall correctly. Juicy odds, anyways - if it was indeed half pot, if he's bluffing - or I'm ahead - more than one time in four I'm going to have to call this.
I think for quite a while, and then think that my two pair board kicker is quite possibly good here: I'm behind to exactly these hands: AT+, 22, any hand with a jack, and a flopped flush. I don't think AT is very likely, AQ or AK almost certainly not as I would have been raised preflop. 22 is likewise unlikely as he gave me a free card on the turn, risking letting me draw to a potential flush. So either he hit the bingo with a flush on the flop and slowplayed me, or there's a strong possiblity my ace is good (or I'm up against the case ace for a chop. My gut says call, and I do. Unfortunately, I indeed find he flopped and slowplayed the second-nut flush, and I drop down significantly in chips, almost tied with fourth place.
The very next hand I get JKo, and end up all-in against ATo. No one connects - the flop brings extra outs in the form of a gutshot straight draw, but I fail to improve against his ace-high and get bounced in fourth for a $420 payday. third would have paid $630, second $924, and first a decent $1500. Congrats to "SeanSpringsYall" and to "awwweeen" who battled it out for first and second after I was gone.
Still, a nice night and a nice little payday, especially when i add in the SNG returns I was able to grind through in the background per usual. Can't ever argue with a final table.
However, in the Bodog.com $6k Guaranteed I make a massively deep run, scoring my first MTT cash in several weeks. I didn't do a great job blogging it, but let's pick up in the final 10% of the tournament:
In four consecutive hands: Aces, trash to fold, Queens, and Ace-King. With 56 left out of the 453 that entered, and top 45 get paid. I had jumped to second in chips in the tournament. The chipleader? sitting three to my right. Betweem us we're terrorizing the table.
A few hands later I make a collosal mistake. Bodog's players may be weak, their games may be the juiciest, but their software is pretty terrible. Trying to pop it to 2000 under the gun, I instead make it a 20k raise. thankfully I just take down the blinds, as my massive overbet is uncalled.
The bubble that builds up around 50 players remaining is one of the juiciest I can remember in my MTT career. I'm able to grow my chipstack nicely, sniping the blinds and antes for at least half of each orbit.
We hit the money, and the tables loosen significantly, as usual. The table chiplead takes a couple hits, so for a moment I'm chiplead at the table - but still #2 overall, i think - i'm certainly not #1, but bodog's software makes it really hard to see anything more than that. Then i pop it from MP with ATo, get raised behind and the former table chiplead pushes. the raiser calls, and the former chiplead becomes the chiplead again, nearly doubling up with JJ vs AQ.
A couple hands later, I raise my standard raise from the button, and get called by the big blind. He's aparently decided that he's sick of my constant stealing, and doesn't think i've got much of a hand. I end up getting all his chips, when he doesn't give me credit for an ace and thinks the king he hits on the turn is good. I jump to what appears to be a commanding second place lead with around 50k in chipsto the chip leader's 60k. Only two other players appear to be over 20k in chips, and they're at 25k and 30k respectively.
Sadly the uberpassive table breaks a few hands later. The next table I get bumped to has several people around 25k in chips, and the guy who is aparently in third place around 32k. Several of these guys are aggressive, so while I win a couple pots and keep growing my stack, I can't steal at anywhere near the same rate as before.
We hit the third break with 23 players remaining. I'm at 56k in chips, and am now third in chips behind two different players with just over $60k - one at each of the other tables, in fact - and with a player at 52k chasing my heels.
We get down to two tables almost immediatley after the break, quickly running down to 18 players remaing. I end up getting pushed in to on a couple of my steals and have to fold, and between those and the blinds/antes I run down to around $46k pretty quickly. The Bodog software doesn't seem to be keeping up with many updates, so while the lobby shows we're down to 18 it actually appears we've only got 14 remaing. I can't quite figure out what's up. it looks like I'm around 5th in chips, maybe 6th.
I limp 22 under the gun as my table's been limping a few flops occasionally, with the antes so high. it folds around to the small-stack SB who pushes for about 1/6th my stack. I think it over, and call for the coinflip. He's got Kd9c. I catch a third duece on the flop to take a big lead, but the flop is three clubs. He catches his four-card flush on the river and I drop a little. however the poker gods are kind tonight, handing me QQ on the next hand. I re-raise a preflop raiser in EP who just calls. The flop comes beautiful rainbow undercards, and I push the flop. I'm called by AKs who's well behind, and fails to suck out. I jump over 100k in chips briefly.
Next hand I pop it from MP with AQo and get called by the big blind. The flop comes 8T4 rainbow, I bet 1/3 pot and he folds. Still accumulating.
We sit at ten players waiting to consolidate for a long time. A player pushes in front of me with ATd and I call with AQo. The flop drops a beautiful A99, which sadly gives my dominated opponent a couple outs to the chop. Sure enough, the case ace hits the river and we chop our full houses.
following that, I drag two pots in a row - in the second I call the button's standard preflop raise with 99, and lead the 8TJ flop for 1/3 the pot and take down a nice one to jump up near 100k.
we jump to the final table and start mowing through people. We consolodate with only eight left, I knock out a short stack with ATs vs their J5o, and we're down to six players before I can blink.
I raise JQs UTG and get pushed behind from one of the two short stacks and have to call. He's got aces. i connect with a flush draw on the turn, but fail to suck out on the river as planned. However next hand I'm rewarded with kings and pull the blinds and antes.
A couple hands later, I KO a player callling their all-in with pocket tens and hold up against their A6o. We're down to five. Next hand I get 77 and pop it for cujofan and take the blinds and antes.
Aparently something's even more messed up with the bogog software - we've got five players remaining but one is invisible (Illini21). I can see cards in his spot but not his chipstack. Very annoying. Thankfully just after posting, his KQ goes down to ATo and we're actually down to four, and now minus the invisible swordsman. I'm third in chips, with a significant lead on fourth place and pretty close to second.
I lose two quick hands in a row, and go home after the second. In the first, I semi-steal with A4o from the button and get called by the chiplead in the big blind. The flop drops three hearts, he checks and I cbet strong, really hoping to take this pot right now. My opponent thinks a bit and he calls. The turn brings an offsuit ace, and he checks and I check. The river brings pairs the jack on board with a non-heart jack, and he pretty quickly puts in a little less than half my remaining stack - which at this point is about a half pot bet if I recall correctly. Juicy odds, anyways - if it was indeed half pot, if he's bluffing - or I'm ahead - more than one time in four I'm going to have to call this.
I think for quite a while, and then think that my two pair board kicker is quite possibly good here: I'm behind to exactly these hands: AT+, 22, any hand with a jack, and a flopped flush. I don't think AT is very likely, AQ or AK almost certainly not as I would have been raised preflop. 22 is likewise unlikely as he gave me a free card on the turn, risking letting me draw to a potential flush. So either he hit the bingo with a flush on the flop and slowplayed me, or there's a strong possiblity my ace is good (or I'm up against the case ace for a chop. My gut says call, and I do. Unfortunately, I indeed find he flopped and slowplayed the second-nut flush, and I drop down significantly in chips, almost tied with fourth place.
The very next hand I get JKo, and end up all-in against ATo. No one connects - the flop brings extra outs in the form of a gutshot straight draw, but I fail to improve against his ace-high and get bounced in fourth for a $420 payday. third would have paid $630, second $924, and first a decent $1500. Congrats to "SeanSpringsYall" and to "awwweeen" who battled it out for first and second after I was gone.
Still, a nice night and a nice little payday, especially when i add in the SNG returns I was able to grind through in the background per usual. Can't ever argue with a final table.
posted by Performify at 12:02 AM
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Way to go, nice score!
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