My opening table featured the following players, seated to my left: Doug Poker, Matt Phillips, Luckbox Linda, Steve Germani, Silent Dave and Jon Novak.
25/50 - I ran hot in Level 1. Steve raised and Jon Novak called. With AJ off-suit on the button, I 3-bet to 800. Both players and Doug Poker called. Flop J 2 2. It checks around and I bet 1500. Doug and Steve call. Turn [J 2 2] 3. Doug bets 3500 and I’m the only caller. River [J 2 2 3] 8. We both check and I win a big pot with two-pair (Doug didn’t show). Later in the level, I won 4K off Jon Novak with TT on a 5 5 6 T X board with 4 diamonds. I ended the level with 28000.
50/100 - I pick up AA and won a small pot off Jon on a board with a bunch off face cards. I have 30000 heading into Level 3.
75/150 - I have QQ UTG and raise to 700. Doug Poker moves all in for 2975. Steve thinks about it with big suited ace but folds. I call and bust Doug, who had pocket 2’s. Later in the level, Jon raises to 650 from cutoff. I reraise to 1500 with J8ss. Flop K 9 4, two spades. Jon check-raises my 1500 bet to 3500 and I call. Turn [K 9 4] 4c. We both check. River pairs my 8 and I loosely call his 3500 bet and he wins with KQ. I end the level with 22600.
100/200 - With 3c2c I raise to 800 from cutoff and Matt Phillips and Jon Novak call. Flop 5d 5c 4c. I lead for 1500 and both players call. Turn [5d 5c 4c] 9h. We all check. River [5d 5c 4c 9h] 6s. With a straight, I bet 2500 and they both fold. I end the level with 30400.
Level 5 (150/300) and Level 6 (200/400) were quiet for me and I have 29000 at the first break.
300/600 - The second hand back from break, I pick up pocket Kings in the big blind. Jon raises to 1600 I 3-bet him to 5100. Jon goes all in for about 10k total and I flop a set of Kings to knock him out of the tournament. Now 5-handed, I raise to 1500 from the cutoff with Kh7h. Matt Phillips andSteve call. Flop Ah 4h 5x. I bet 2200 and Matt quickly calls. Steve folds. Turn [Ah 4h 5x] Ks and we both check. River [Ah 4h 5x Ks] 3h and I bet 5000 with my flush. Matt calls and tables AJ off-suit and I drag a nice pot. I end the level with 49000.
400/800 - I check my BB with Ac6d in an unraised pot. Flop 663, two clubs. I bet 800 and Steve calls. Turn is a blank and I bet 1600 and Steve calls again. River is a third club and I check. Steve bets 2500 and I fold my trips face up. I had the Ace of clubs and realized I should’ve moved all in and Steve would’ve folded. Just a missed opportunity. With 10 minutes left in the level, we combine to a final table of 9, which features (to my left) Meat, Pyxis, Luckbox Linda, Steve Germani, Silent Dave, Dana, Jerry and Randy. At a full table, I slow down a bit and end the level with 50200.
500/1000 - Another quiet level. I have 44700.
600/1200 - Jerry limps in and I raise to 4100 with 65hh and he calls. Flop 6x Kh Qh. Jerry bets 5000 and I call with my pair and flush draw. Turn [6x Kh Qh] 6. Jerry bets 2000 and I raise to 12000 and Jerry says, “fuck it, I call”. River [6x Kh Qh 6x] Jd. Jerry leads for another 5k and I move all in. He asks if I will show him and I don’t respond, which upsets him a bit. He eventually folds and I have 71800 going into the next level.
800/1600 - As one of the chip leaders, I slow down a bit and play straight, ending with 66000.
1000/2000 - I’m card dead this level and head into the next level with 61000.
1500/3000 - Silent Dave busts out on the bubble when he flops three eights and is out-kicked by Pyxis’ three eights. Steve Germani busts out in 4th place and the final 3 are Meat, Pyxis and I. Pyxis went from having a few blinds at the beginning of the 2nd break to chip leader.
2000/4000 - I end the level with 57000 and am sitting 3rd behind Pyxis and Meat.
3000/6000 - I raise to 20k on the button with Qd8h and Pyxis calls from the big blind. The flop bring three hearts and Pyxis checks. I bet another 20k and Pyxis thinks about it before raising me all in. I only have 17k left and decide to call since there’s so much money in the pot. Unfortunately, Pyxis turns over the nuts with A9hh and I’m drawing dead before the Turn. Meat and Pyxis battled heads up for a while before Meat won the heads up battle.
High Hand of the Night - 13 entries at $5 per person created a $65 prize pool to the winner. Within a few minutes, we had our first qualifier - Kings full of Sixes on a KK66X board. Two players had a King and would split the High Hand if it held. It wasn’t until later in the tournament that we had a new qualifying High Hand - Kings full of Jacks - that was split by Meat and Randy. Surprisingly, this High Hand held for at least 2 hours and both players won $32.50 for spitting the hand/payout. Given how many players participated, I think I will offer an optional $5 High Hand for all of tournaments in the future.
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