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Day 1C finished. Avg stack is somewhere around 42K. I finished with 59k. I had Mike Carrol (sp) at my table, who was cool with one of my boys so we stayed away from each other mostly. There was a real tough Swedish player -- very aggro, mixed it up etc, who I tried to stay away from for the most part. Besides that there were 2 decent players but they were overly tight, and a bunch of complete morons.

I grinded most of the day and didn't play too many big pots....

A few interesting hands

Blinds 100-200, MP open to 550, Aussie Girl flats and I 3 bet to 2150 (the first 3 bet at the table all day) with A:s:K:s:. PFR folds, and Aussie flats again :confused: ok she has a big one obv....

Flop A:d:J:c:6:d:

She checks and I check

Turn: 4:h:

She bets 3k and I call

River 4:s:

She checks, I bet 6500 and she snaps me....

I turn over AK and she flips.... KK :eek: ... um WTF R U DOIN???

Another semi interesting hand, I raise the 150-300 A25 blinds to 800 with Q:c:T:c: from the hijack and a weak player 3 bets me to 2500 from the BB. Eh whatever, hes pretty easy to outplay post and I could hit a big one anyway, I'll make a loose call... Flop comes 9:h:8:h:4:c:. He leads out for 2400.... lol ummm ok, you obv have nothing here, lemme flat and hope to hit a J , some clubs, or pick it up on the turn when a blank hits and you give up. Turn is 5:d: He checks I bet 5100 he snap folds...

For the most part I grinded out small pots... this super passive donk to my left shouldve given me so much more with AA vs JJ. Blinds were 100-200 I raise to 550 and he flats. Flop T:d:7:d:4:s:. I bet 700 he flats. Turn 5:s: I bet 1850 he flats again. River 9:c:. I should VB here, but I give him 98 or X:d:X:d: so I check too see if he'll stab, but he snap checks behind and turns over JJ. I scoop the pot in disgust and somehow tilt after winning!

One last interesting hand from the Swed... He raised the 150-300 blinds to 800, the SB calls and I call light out of the BB with 4:c:3:c:. Flop comes 7:s:6:c:3:d:. Checks around. Turn 6:h:. SB checks, I bet 1700 and he raises me to 5850. SB folds... I like have to have the best hand here right? He doesn't check behind 6s or overpairs like ever here.... I just don't wanna play a big pot with him so I tank a little and eventually muck telling him im 99% sure Im folding the best hand... at the end of the session we talked a little and he said he had AK.... yea I figured.... nh. He said he was betting 12k on most rivers, so bleh...

GL tom JD and Windbreaker, keep me updated. Im at table 133 Fri for Day 2A if anyone wants a mini rail.

Nice work, Zy... I expect big things from you.... gogogo!

Your Day 2 Seating Assignment.

Alan Brodsky 12,575 AMAZON / 133 / 1
Lance Gettler 16,200 AMAZON / 133 / 2
Marc Naalden 37,925 AMAZON / 133 / 3
Greg Himmelbrand 58,500 AMAZON / 133 / 4
James Haver 34,675 AMAZON / 133 / 5
Alexis Cordova-Nieto 18,000 AMAZON / 133 / 6
Brian Taylor 10,225 AMAZON / 133 / 7
Nicolas Fierrogottner 47,175 AMAZON / 133 / 8
D'Andre Brown 87,700 AMAZON / 133 / 9

Alright!
 

Good to hear, Zy. Go deep!

Should hand #1 been played more aggressively on the flop and/or turn, or does that risk not getting sufficient value from TPTK?

I'll be 2nd in chips and there's 3 shorties... looks solid for me

I could certainly be wrong, but the hand is pretty standard as far as I go.

I figure by checking the flop we ensure a few things:

-We save ourselves $ the times that villain flopped a set of Jacks
-We should get two streets of value from AQ, where as by betting we will probably only get one
-We allow villain to bluff the turn a lot when he wouldn't have called the flop

By making our hand look like QQ/KK (check behind flop call turn bet in position like we would with QQ/KK) I think we'll get bet into the river a lot and or looked up on a river bet a lot if they check, where as if we 3 bet pre, bomb the flop and they call and then we bomb the turn again, they'll give us AK+ and fold a lot.... (again i could be giving ppl too much credit but...)

Hey good luck, I agree with your play on hand 1

Say the dealer gives u 500 chips back that aren't hrs in main event, do u say something or no?

This tourny is going horrible for me so far n I still have starting stack. If I can make a single hand I think I'll b fine. I've gotten every good hand under the gun n nothing besides QQ in late psotion when an ace n fd flop

Hell no dont say anything. Were playing for TEN MILLION DOLLARS. This is war

8.9 mill for first....71-72k at break.....easy table...making hands...playing good.

People keep paying me off. Made 3 flushes, two straights, one set...or something like that.

I only recognize Aaron Gustaveson (sp?).

51.5k to end the day....players were so bad....but never got anything going after dinner break. Aaron went from like 3k to 143k....kept making hands and guys kept paying him off.

Made most of my chips early on with mediocre hands that ended up being straights or flushes....I never had the nuts once.

Lots of chips at this stage still.

19k to end, i played pretty good besides 1 hand. i have yet to make any hands. best hand ive had was AT on AT9 flop, vs JQ and lost obv. besides that ive hit 2 pair once and nothing else.

bluffing and stealing pf only way im still alive. gonna hit some cards tomorrow tho

Your day 2 seat draw:

David Larson 44,975 PAVILION / 182 / 1
Guillaume Rivet 26,350 PAVILION / 182 / 2
Ken Michelman 30,950 PAVILION / 182 / 3
Joseph Davidson 19,325 PAVILION / 182 / 4
Pablo Peralta 5,150 PAVILION / 182 / 5
David Olson 57,525 PAVILION / 182 / 6
Mads Andersen 29,625 PAVILION / 182 / 7
David Chiu 48,500 PAVILION / 182 / 8
Fabrizio Gonzalez 30,100 PAVILION / 182 / 9

You still have a lot of chips....kind of sucks to have a short stack in seat 5. Pretty sure Seat 6 and 7 only play poker for a living. And David Chiu, I'm sure you know...not the best seat draw....but don't worry about it. Think positively, play well, play hard.

Where do u go to find table draws? Im at 2nd break 93k btw. full report after day

Kevmath on 2+2 finds all these things. Basically wsop's twitter has a pdf file with all players remaining and seat assignments arranged alphabetically...he takes and rearranges according to tables.

Day 2A


Day 2B

Seat 7 for sure, he was at the WPT final table that Joe Hachem took down.

Ok...

Finished the day with 121k. I had 152k 3 hands before the end but ran into a major cooler... I kinda fucked up a little also.

500/1000 A100, folds around to Button with 130k who opens to 2300. SB folds and I call from the BB with 7:d:6:d:. Flop comes T:d:8:h:4:d:, giving me a double gutshot and FD. I check, he bets 4800.... hmmm

I planned on C/Ring initially, but when he like pots it almost I thought he may've had a big hand... I didn't wanna c/r to 15k or so and then have him 4 Bet at this point bc Im never folding and I didn't wanna play a 260k pot 3 hands before the end of the day.... so I just flat (I suck)

Turn is a 2:c: I check and he checks

River is a 9:c:. I bet 11,100, he tanks and then min raises to 22,200.

WHGLJKHGOERUG098UT9034GROK EHUHGSLJRKTEHRGEOJI

WTF is goin on ... let's see how I can get coolered.... I call....

Guy flips J:h:7:h:....JESUS

Whatever my goal was 120k at the start of today and I have that, avg is around 70k i think.

Other notable hands

I open the 200-400 blinds to 1050 w TT, short shoves for 9300, next guy w 47k insta calls.... im like hmm ok and I fold. Shover has 77 and caller has QQ, flop comes T high JG;EUR RTPUHGUGTRKGKHTJT i get everything if i call.

Right before the first table breaks (softest table in american history btw, furious that it broke) shorty shoves for 8100 and i wake up w QQ in the BB and call. He shows KQo. Flop AJT.... thats nice....

New table was tough. Aggro guy to my right opening a ton everytime Im in a steal posiiton hes opening before me. Guy to my right is a 3 bet machine... and had a team PS pro also i dunno his name but recognized him....pretty solid.

At new table UTG opens to 1500, i repop to 5k with KK and he shoves 99 for like 11k total. I call and knock him out.

Aggro CO opens to 1100, I flat OTB with A:d:9:d:, BB who had 3 bet several times 3 bets to 3600, CO folds and I flat IP, thinking he's light and unoriginal so I can probably outplay post. Flop comes 633 two hearts one diamond. He bets 5200 with 24800 behind. I float overs and BD FD. Turn J:h:, he checks I bet 8100 (I think small bet accomplishes everything I want to givin his stack) and he folds.

Another interesting hand vs pro with A:h:Q:h: but my cpu time is up... will edit later

Im at table 298 Monday

GL Windbreaker and JD

Hand 1 - I like to bet the flop so I can bet-3bet...instead of going check-raise-call....and missing turn and going now wth do I do.

Seems like your playing fine. Don't worry about results....even a 10 bb stack is so valuable in this tourney.

You have a ton of chips...good luck Monday.

- And JD/Zy.....I have another wrist band for the Stars Party on Sunday night if you guys need one.

Rest of previous post... A:h:Q:h: hand crazy.

250-500 PS Pro raises to 1100 from 2nd and I flat out of the BB with A:h:Q:h:.

Flop comes 7:h:5:h:2:c:. I check and he checks behind

Turn is a 4:c:. I bet 1600 and he raises to 5100 w 20k behind.

I have 2 draws, 2 over cards, and potentially the best hand considering he checked the flop... I consider both reraising and flatting but finally decide to flat with the intention of CRAI all hearts and c/cing all 3s.

River is 9:c:. I check and he bets 16k........ wtf:confused: I actually don't automuck and begin to think my A high could be good here... this is like backdoor clubs or air right? I eventually fold bc I dont have a good enough read to call here and I dont wanna give this guy chips.

Had a big hand with 99 faded major outs. Aggro raiser opened to 1800, I call with 99, CO calls and BB calls.

Flop J:d:9:d:3:h:

BB checks, PFR bets 4600, I raise to 15,200, CO folds and BB shoves for 36k, PFR tanks and folds and I call....it sucks bc I already know he has to have a combo draw unless its 33.... obv its a combo draw and he flips Q:d:T:d: blehhh... i actually fade it somehow. There's a few other hands but i lost the 2nd message in my phone damn it... oh well

Oh yea and Norman Chad came by my table and bullshitted with me for 5-6 minutes and took my info down before he left -- maybe ill be tracked day 3.

Windbreaker if you could hook up my table whenever u get it I'd appreciate it.... and yea I'd be down for the Stars thing lemme know whats up.

GL to u guys tom, take it down... JD u got a tough table but hopefully u get some deserved cards.

Keep me posted about everything... hopefully see both of u Monday

JD - I think your table is one of the first to break....so don't worry about it. (I assume they break Pavilion High to Low). If that's the case, your table probably won't last an hour.

Zy - can meet up Sunday. I'm over at where the Party is at.

And table draws won't be listed till about 10-11 AM check with
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.....full one list won't happen till tomorrow since day 2B is going on.

Oh shit -- I totally forgot about this other complete setup hand where I had QQ vs AA and lost ONE BB.

UTG opens the 500/1000 A100 blinds to 2300. UTG is the bum thats been 3 betting a ton. UTG+1 has just recently moved to the table and has 100k and 3 bets him to 7000. Folds around to me in the BB and I look down and see QQ.

gvhbrthy g98egh8eorghuiy685h8rtj

I tank for a long time and then figure even if I have the best of it, Im OOP with nothing in the pot and don't wanna play a huge pot where Im not sure so I muck it. UTG folds.... Im curious about his hand, so I quickly say, I hope you know I folded two Queens for you right there.... he nods his head and flashes me AA..... sick, they're trying to felt me!!

Windbreaker, we'll figure out Sunday for sure. Im def down just gimmie the details of where and when -- Im goin out tonight to a club somewhere with some of my boys that are in town for the weekend if either you or JD want to come thru after, but I doubt you'll be up for it after a long day. Play finishes around 10:50 we play 4 levels ending with half of the 500-1000 level

GL today guys, put in work!!

Nice work, keep it up!

You have two pretty sick players at your Day 3 table so far Zy....Cole South and Jason Somerville.

They have a good stack and position.

Edit - Weird they have your entire table draw already... I guess 2A guys play 2A guys on Day 3.

Cole South 304,200 AMAZON / 298 / 1
Nicholas Schwarmann 45,100 AMAZON / 298 / 2
Sylvian Solfrini 22,200 AMAZON / 298 / 3
Dash Dudley 150,600 AMAZON / 298 / 4
Duane Carlson 81,000 AMAZON / 298 / 5
Greg Himmelbrand 120,800 AMAZON / 298 / 6
Thor Hansen 40,700 AMAZON / 298 / 7
Jason Somerville 185,200 AMAZON / 298 / 8
Eetu Lehtonen 119,700 AMAZON / 298 / 9

cts is at your table. sucks to be you. gl though.

Wow that is a tough draw. Do u know where my table is on the break list?

GL fellas... keep us posted. Enjoying the updates.

Frustrating day - Have 29k.....might talk about it later....lol.

You still got 29 BBs. U can kill it. Also can u do me a favor post out my boy ofir's table 248

Full table draws won't be listed tonight. Usually comes up at around 10 AM the next day.

I'll post a link when I find out.

Today basically sucked. Start with 51k....busted a guy early in the day. Probably the biggest mistake I made...lol.

Open Q4o on the button. BB calls. Flops Q107r....bb bets 1850, I call. Turn 3...he shoves 8500...I call and beat K10.

I get it up to 72k. And the seat I bust....gets filled by a guy that I guess is a high stakes cash game player.

Basically the theme of our table, is no walks. I think there was two walks the entire day. 3 bet pots was getting called 90% of the time. Basically the cash game player would put everyone in difficult situations...and when he gets to showdown...he'll show up with the best hand in one way or another.

I never really had any big hands. KK twice....lost a medium pot one time. I open 2/4 a50 to 950 from utg. Late MP calls....button calls. Flops 7s 6s 2h. I bet 2650....MP makes it 7k, button folds I call. Turn Qs. I check....and fold to 10k. Cause I don't really see what I can be beating aside from a bluff. (No Ks)

There were a few fun incidents. One older guy was pretty bad....but got some chips. He got into a huge pot. 3 handed...in just a single raised pot. PFR c-bets 3k on KJx two clubs. Older guy makes it 10k. PFR makes it 50k. The Older guy has about 70k left. And for the second time in the day...against the same player he takes out a coin...to make the decision. KJulius asks him...what does heads mean? He says...heads a shove...tails a fold. So he flips...and it's tails. KJulius (not in the hand) was like....best 2 out of 3...best 2 out of 3. So he flips...and the coin bounces...and is heads. Ok one more....flips...and heads again.

So he shoves...and the guy has to call. Coin flipper had KQo. PFR had AKo.....and I sit there with my measly stack wondering when I will get a hand.

The coin flipper was pretty upset afterwards...took the everest seat cushion with him as he's walking out...and apparently flung it across the room when he left...and hit a guy in the crowd or something...lol.

In any case, basically my day consisted of opening with small pairs....missing every time....and folding. I would open a few hands c-bet...and have to give up.

I have yet to flop a set, have aces, or QQ the entire 2 days. Today was much worse, since I didn't even flop a flush or straight draw...outside of a bottom end of a gut shot.

I made two hands on the flop the entire day....and I played one poorly.

One hand...I raise utg with q9o...cause I have an image of such a nit since I have nothing the entire day. Get one caller...flops 997...c-bet and take it down.

The hand I misplayed. UTG opens at 300/600 a75 to 1500....I make it 3800 with Q7s (I know, I'm getting creative now...lol). The cash game player calls.....fold to utg...he calls. Flops Q97. There's 13k in the middle...and I c-bet way too much to 8100. Should have taken more time.

I only recall there ever being two walks the entire day at the table...and I had JJ in the BB once.

By the end of the night...all I could do was never give up, try to stay positive....and stay alive to fight another day.

Out at XS so will comment on hands when i read. My boy played yest not today. is his table up?

Dont' see a table 248 listed. I think he has the wrong table number...cause I see the official list from WSOP. They have an amazon 348. Or tell me the name and I can search that way. There's a Michael from Woodside? That him?

Not sure you can see this list.



I have the pdf version from WSOP...but you have d/l it.

name is ofir mor i think

it is 348 im retarded. post that plz

Michael Downey 12,900 AMAZON / 348 / 1
Preston Derden 90,200 AMAZON / 348 / 2
Kyle Johnson 50,000 AMAZON / 348 / 3
Lin Wang 39,400 AMAZON / 348 / 4
Ofir Abaamovici 79,600 AMAZON / 348 / 5
David Marcus 49,300 AMAZON / 348 / 6
Dwyen Ringbauer 211,500 AMAZON / 348 / 7
Brian Wong 19,500 AMAZON / 348 / 8
Phillip Faux 139,900 AMAZON / 348 / 9

Thanks for posting that Windbreaker...

Seems like you just caught an unlucky run -- don't lose patience, 30 BBs is a stack still... at least you don't have Cole Fuckin South (with 300k in chips!!!) at your table Monday.

Lemme know the details about the stars thing, I'd be interested.

Ok bombed from XS (off the hook party btw w tons of b-ball players, girls out the ass etc etc) gunna crash now

Great job so far, guys. Let's have 2 TP Nov9ers!! :thumbsup:

lol....I don't understand this table draw at all...apparently I'm playing heads up on day 3. I actually wouldn't mind that if it was true.

I don't see JD on the day 3 list....assume he busted.

Zy....The party starts at 9 at Palms tonight. I'm staying at Palms place, so let me know when you're coming down here and I can get you the wrist band.

- Oh nvm...harrahs has spelling errors.

I spoke to JD earlier yest - yea he did bust, shoved AQ from the SB (was short) and ran into Kings... WB u wanna PM me ur number and ill hit u up when im comin thru. Im obv gunna keep it low key and only chill a few hours since we gotta play tom (and i was out until 6AM drinking at XS met hasheem thabeet marcus camby, girls out the ass etc). I guess ill meet up around 900 and we can go whenever if thats cool

LOL that's awesome....Hasheem Thabeet, the guy who can't catch, and Marcus Camby, the guy who can't stay healthy. I just imagine Thabeet picking his drink off the bar and dropping it onto Camby's knee, injurying him for 6 - 8 weeks.

Literally LOL!

Out - down to 20 bbs...a 145k stack opens utg - loose player....I ship 99 for 20 bbs on the button...he has JJ. I think he can have all pairs, suited connectors, etc in his range....as there are a ton of deep stacks and only 2 reship stacks.

I don't get there...overall...frustrating....never made a hand after day 1.

bummer Windbreaker, but thanks for the updates and well played anyway.

Today was the most frustrating day of poker for the tournament yet. First off I had Cole South and Jason Somerville at my table. Jason was 2 to my left and was ultra aggro opening a ton of pots. Cole was actually playing fairly snug and solid. very bad player would get into a pot with Jason and then donkey their stack to him.

Overall in pots I was probably slightly ahead on both Jason and Cole in terms of money swapped between us....

So Im obviously posting at 6:55PM, which means Im out... so what went wrong...

Well two main hands basically, although there were some other interesting ones that I'll post later

Some moron freshly moved to the table opens the 800/1600 Blinds from the CO to 4800 with 45k behind . I repop him out of the BB to 17k and he calls with KJ. Flop comes KKx and he gets a double up from me.

That leaves me short at around 50k. I dwindle between 30k-60k for a while and the blinds have gone up to 1000-2000. Im being patient and avoided a few spots that I could've shoved...

Then I get AA in the BB with 47k left... 2nd pos opens to 5k folds around to me and I 3 bet it to 15k, he tanks a minute and then shoved on me... he only has me covered by 20k btw. I call.... he shows AQo yea thats right AQo. Can I ask to be shown a better hand than AQo??????

Window card is a Q and I think ok I got a tiny sweat now.... nope I don't. 2nd card is a fuckin Queen also.

GH

will post interesting hands when I stop steaming. AA was brutal to me today...

that is a bummer Zy. WP in general and better luck next time.

Good run Zy
 

Brutal end, but a strong showing none the less. Thanks for the updates.

Gross ending Zy. What did you have vs. the guy with KJ?

He had AA both hands.

Gross, indeed.

Yuck,, I was so disgusted I didn't realize I didn't include that. Yea I had AA there as well... although my play there could somewhat be suspect as I was shoving close to a PSB there, but I kinda thought a little more of his stack was in pre as than actually was.... but yea...

I also wanna share is SICK hand with Jason Somerville and a BB

Jason has 340k to start and the BB has roughly 155k. Jason opens the 800-1600 blinds to 4000 from the CO, folds to the BB who 3 bets to 11k. Jason 4 bets to 24.5k, BB 5 bets to 55.3k. Jason asks him how much he has left tanks a minute and then shoves. BB insta folds, and Jason shows a 4. BB nods and said he had a 2.

Too bad Zy...ya, I saw your table draw, and knew that it would be a tough table with two of the best players in the world so deep. You played well...and just ran bad when it matter.

I have seen Jason's video on PokerVT...and have seen his progress in the last year...and he's definitely one of the sickest players out there....and has continued to improve.

Guys like him make me think I have a long ways to learn...lol.

Off topic, but my friend Ofir whose table draw I asked you to check for Day 3 final tabled the WPT Borgata, and has the chip lead going into tomorrow (today). 1st place is around 730k