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.
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