For those unaware, an Ironman tournament has no scheduled breaks. You can leave the table at any time, but you risk losing your blinds if you’re away from the table. My opening table was Cheryl, Missy, Twitch, Colleen, Julie, Bruce, Shekar (new to poker and the CPMG), Todd, David Lee and me in the 10 seat. 13000 chips to start.
25/50 - Bruce raises to 150. Another person calls and I call on the button with 63o. Flop is 63X, giving me two pair. He leads out for 350 and I’m the only caller. I don’t want to get crazy without seeing the Turn and River. Turn is a blank. Bruce bets 800 and I call. The River blanks again, with no straight or flush possibilities. Bruce bets 1500 and this is a big enough bet for me, in the first level no less, to be cautious in case he’s made a better hand. I just call and he turns over pocket Aces. I show him my two pair and rake in a sizable pot. I end the level with 15625.
50/100 - I continued to play position throughout this level, but missed all my draws with hands like 54ss and 87o. I end the level with 13100.
75/150 - From the cutoff, I call a raise of 400 with AQdd. The flop is J34 with two diamonds. Todd M leads for 800 and I flat call. Turn [J 3 4] 4d. This completes my flush but pairs the board. Todd checks and folds to my 1500 bet.
A bit later, I limp in from middle position with K7ss. Cheryl raises to 600, Missy calls and I tag along. Flop K87, with two diamonds. I check. Cheryl leads for 1100 and Missy calls with about 7-8k behind. After considering my options, I re-raise to 4000. Cheryl goes all in for more than I have left. Missy folds, leaving me with pretty easy decision (to also fold). With two cards to come, I do think AA or AK are possibilities. Maybe A8dd, giving her mid pair and a flush draw? There are some hands that I’m beating and with Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Cavs and Warriors starting soon, I wouldn’t be too upset if I was sent home early. It doesn’t take me long to make a VERY loose call, and I’m really not surprised to see her set of 8’s. The Turn and River are no help to me and I’m on my way home after an hour at the felt.
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Julie’s Rebuy Tournament ($60+$20) - 6/2/2018
16000 tournament chips to start with 15 players. 20 minutes levels. Opening table is Big Country, Dave A, Mick, me, Nicole, Colleen and Dave P. I have never played with the Daves, Mick or Colleen before.
25/50 - I was fairly involved this level, trying to see some cheap flops. I end the level with 16175.
50/100 - Dave P opens for 300. I re-raise on the button w 98o. On an Ace-high flop, I bet 1100 and he calls. Turn is a [A X X] 9 with three hearts on board. We both check. River is no help to me.Dave bets 3k and I fold my pair of nines.
Meats joins table. I end the level with 13075.
75/150 - From UTG+1, I raise to 525 with pocket Jacks and get 2 callers. Flop Q88, two clubs. I lead for 600 and am quickly re-raised to 2500 and fold. I end the level with 11425.
100/200 - I call a 3-way pot with A9 on the button. Flop A97. I bet 500 and get one caller. Turn A. I bet 1k and Colleen folds.
Nicole raises to 1k UTG. 3 callers so I call in BB w A8cc. Flop 864 2 hearts. She leads for 2000 and we all fold. I end the level with 10425.
150/300 - KJcc in mid position, I min-raise to 600 and get 3 callers. Flop 762, 2 clubs. Action checks around to Meat on the button who bets 1200. I call. Turn [7 6c 2c] A. We both check. River 7c completes my flush. I bet 2400 and Meat folds. I end the level with 12975
200/400 - KQhh UTG, I min-raise to 800 and get two callers. Flop Q Xh Xh, two hearts. I lead for 1500 and get one caller. Turn is a blank, but I bet 2500 and he folds. I end the level with 16100 - 100 chips over what I started with.
*BREAK*
300/600 - I’m in the small blind the first hand back from break with T8cc. Meat raises to 1600 and I’m only caller. Flop is JTX. We both check. Turn [J T X] 2. We both check again. River [J T X 2] J. I bet 1500. Meat calls and mucks when I show my Ten. Next hand, I have A5o on the button and min-raise. Meat is only caller in the big blind. We both check down to the river and both show a pair of fives, but my kicker plays.
400/800 - The cutoff raises to 2000 and I’m the only caller on the button with TT. Flop TXX, two spades. Dave A leads for 2600 and I flat call. Turn is a blank. Dave leads for 3600 and I flat call again River is the Qs, putting 3 spades on the board. Dave checks and I bet 4000. He deliberated for a minute before folding. I show the Ten of diamonds and he says he had me beat. Winning that pot put me at a much healthier 28700 in chips. Unfortunately, I lost a AQo vs AK showdown against Big Country a few hands later and end the level with 23300.
500/1000 - We combine to the final table of 9 with 17 min left in the level. Meat, Big Country, Dave A, Julie, Dave P, me, Randy, Tom Gross and Mick. I sit tight for a few hands to feel out the table, but with 5 minutes remaining in level, I call a raise of 2700 with JJ in a four-way pot. Flop is 745, two hearts. The initial raiser leads for 3500. Me and Big Country call. Turn is [7 4 5] K. BC and I fold to another bet. Dave A shows pocket Aces and I’m down to 14100. Last hand of level, I limp UTG with JJ with the intention of moving all in if someone raised. Randy obliges immediatley, tossing out three yellow 1000 chips. Everyone else folds, I shove, he snaps w AKhh. The flop is rags with 2 hearts, giving Randy a ton of outs. Fortunately, my Jacks hold and I double up over 30k.
600/1200 - I get pocket Jacks again (third time this tournament) but lose a chunk of my stack. A bit later, I limp with QJo from mid position. Dave A raises to 4400 total from the big blind and I call with position. Flop is JT2. He leads for 4500 and I flat. Turn is another Jack, giving me trips. He checks and I go all in for 14300. He looks disgusted and folds. I end the level with 32300.
800/1600 - Card dead and end the level with 28600.
1000/2000 - Another uneventful level. I think I saw T5o about four times. I did get pocket fives on the button in a limped 4-way pot and won a showdown that was checked all the way to the river. I end the level with 25300.
1200/2400 - K5dd in BB. With 3 limpers ahead of me, I go all in for about 20k more and they all fold. I show my K5 as I rake in a much needed 7200 in chips. Unfortunately, I saw flops with KJss and JTss and missed both times. I end the level with 20000 and am the short stack at the table.
*BREAK* - There are 6 players left in the tournament. 3 get paid with $450 for first place. I still haven’t collected any bounties.
1500/3000 - Meat raises UTG to 7500. Big Country re-raises to 18000, which is basically all I have left. With pocket Jacks (4th time), I have a tough decision to make. I’m short-stacked at a 6-handed table, but both are strong players who raised from early position. After a minute of deliberation, I toss my hand into the muck, knowing both players wouldn’t be messing around with a couple of short stacks at the table. Maybe I should have called given my chip count and my strong holding at a short-handed table? Let me know what you would have done in the Comments.
Down to 15500, I move all in with AJhh. Mick, who has been playing very tight all evening, snap-calls with KK for less than what I have (14000). The Flop is somewhat encouraging, bringing 2 hearts and a gut-shot (I need one of the 2 remaining Kings in the deck), but I end up bricking the Turn and River.
With 1500 left, I triple up with Ace-high. The next hand, I move all in UTG for 4500 with T8o. There are 4 callers (the small blind folded), which means if I win the pot, I'd have more in my stack than I started the level with. I flop a pair of tens and turn two-pair, but Meat makes a straight on the River after he shows pocket 9s. I'm eliminated in 6th place, 3 spots from the money.
It was an up-and-down tournament for me overall. I was pleased with my play in Level 1 but disappointed with the way I played in Levels 2-5, up until the first break. After the first break, I thought I played much better. Despite the poor finish, I really enjoyed myself and gained some confidence back after 8 months away from the felt.
Now that we've gotten some repairs done to the new house, I should be able to start hosting some games in the weeks/months to come.
25/50 - I was fairly involved this level, trying to see some cheap flops. I end the level with 16175.
50/100 - Dave P opens for 300. I re-raise on the button w 98o. On an Ace-high flop, I bet 1100 and he calls. Turn is a [A X X] 9 with three hearts on board. We both check. River is no help to me.Dave bets 3k and I fold my pair of nines.
Meats joins table. I end the level with 13075.
75/150 - From UTG+1, I raise to 525 with pocket Jacks and get 2 callers. Flop Q88, two clubs. I lead for 600 and am quickly re-raised to 2500 and fold. I end the level with 11425.
100/200 - I call a 3-way pot with A9 on the button. Flop A97. I bet 500 and get one caller. Turn A. I bet 1k and Colleen folds.
Nicole raises to 1k UTG. 3 callers so I call in BB w A8cc. Flop 864 2 hearts. She leads for 2000 and we all fold. I end the level with 10425.
150/300 - KJcc in mid position, I min-raise to 600 and get 3 callers. Flop 762, 2 clubs. Action checks around to Meat on the button who bets 1200. I call. Turn [7 6c 2c] A. We both check. River 7c completes my flush. I bet 2400 and Meat folds. I end the level with 12975
200/400 - KQhh UTG, I min-raise to 800 and get two callers. Flop Q Xh Xh, two hearts. I lead for 1500 and get one caller. Turn is a blank, but I bet 2500 and he folds. I end the level with 16100 - 100 chips over what I started with.
*BREAK*
300/600 - I’m in the small blind the first hand back from break with T8cc. Meat raises to 1600 and I’m only caller. Flop is JTX. We both check. Turn [J T X] 2. We both check again. River [J T X 2] J. I bet 1500. Meat calls and mucks when I show my Ten. Next hand, I have A5o on the button and min-raise. Meat is only caller in the big blind. We both check down to the river and both show a pair of fives, but my kicker plays.
400/800 - The cutoff raises to 2000 and I’m the only caller on the button with TT. Flop TXX, two spades. Dave A leads for 2600 and I flat call. Turn is a blank. Dave leads for 3600 and I flat call again River is the Qs, putting 3 spades on the board. Dave checks and I bet 4000. He deliberated for a minute before folding. I show the Ten of diamonds and he says he had me beat. Winning that pot put me at a much healthier 28700 in chips. Unfortunately, I lost a AQo vs AK showdown against Big Country a few hands later and end the level with 23300.
500/1000 - We combine to the final table of 9 with 17 min left in the level. Meat, Big Country, Dave A, Julie, Dave P, me, Randy, Tom Gross and Mick. I sit tight for a few hands to feel out the table, but with 5 minutes remaining in level, I call a raise of 2700 with JJ in a four-way pot. Flop is 745, two hearts. The initial raiser leads for 3500. Me and Big Country call. Turn is [7 4 5] K. BC and I fold to another bet. Dave A shows pocket Aces and I’m down to 14100. Last hand of level, I limp UTG with JJ with the intention of moving all in if someone raised. Randy obliges immediatley, tossing out three yellow 1000 chips. Everyone else folds, I shove, he snaps w AKhh. The flop is rags with 2 hearts, giving Randy a ton of outs. Fortunately, my Jacks hold and I double up over 30k.
600/1200 - I get pocket Jacks again (third time this tournament) but lose a chunk of my stack. A bit later, I limp with QJo from mid position. Dave A raises to 4400 total from the big blind and I call with position. Flop is JT2. He leads for 4500 and I flat. Turn is another Jack, giving me trips. He checks and I go all in for 14300. He looks disgusted and folds. I end the level with 32300.
800/1600 - Card dead and end the level with 28600.
1000/2000 - Another uneventful level. I think I saw T5o about four times. I did get pocket fives on the button in a limped 4-way pot and won a showdown that was checked all the way to the river. I end the level with 25300.
1200/2400 - K5dd in BB. With 3 limpers ahead of me, I go all in for about 20k more and they all fold. I show my K5 as I rake in a much needed 7200 in chips. Unfortunately, I saw flops with KJss and JTss and missed both times. I end the level with 20000 and am the short stack at the table.
*BREAK* - There are 6 players left in the tournament. 3 get paid with $450 for first place. I still haven’t collected any bounties.
1500/3000 - Meat raises UTG to 7500. Big Country re-raises to 18000, which is basically all I have left. With pocket Jacks (4th time), I have a tough decision to make. I’m short-stacked at a 6-handed table, but both are strong players who raised from early position. After a minute of deliberation, I toss my hand into the muck, knowing both players wouldn’t be messing around with a couple of short stacks at the table. Maybe I should have called given my chip count and my strong holding at a short-handed table? Let me know what you would have done in the Comments.
Down to 15500, I move all in with AJhh. Mick, who has been playing very tight all evening, snap-calls with KK for less than what I have (14000). The Flop is somewhat encouraging, bringing 2 hearts and a gut-shot (I need one of the 2 remaining Kings in the deck), but I end up bricking the Turn and River.
With 1500 left, I triple up with Ace-high. The next hand, I move all in UTG for 4500 with T8o. There are 4 callers (the small blind folded), which means if I win the pot, I'd have more in my stack than I started the level with. I flop a pair of tens and turn two-pair, but Meat makes a straight on the River after he shows pocket 9s. I'm eliminated in 6th place, 3 spots from the money.
It was an up-and-down tournament for me overall. I was pleased with my play in Level 1 but disappointed with the way I played in Levels 2-5, up until the first break. After the first break, I thought I played much better. Despite the poor finish, I really enjoyed myself and gained some confidence back after 8 months away from the felt.
Now that we've gotten some repairs done to the new house, I should be able to start hosting some games in the weeks/months to come.
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