1. I missed three 560s for the DSE and decided to play the last wsop event before the main which was the $2500 (so..I put up some of my own money along with 560*3).
$2500 event: was pretty happy about my first table. Shannon Elizabeth was on my table, along with 4 nits and 2 fish. It didn't take a long time before I doubled up my stack with QJs on KT569 board against AK who crai the river. Built my stack up to 21k before the dinner break, was playing well, got some cards. After the dinner break, my luck totally turned around and was running horribly bad. Had JJ and lost to a fish's 24dd on 662A2 board. Then I had A9cc from co vs SB fish's A7 on A7554 board (I checked back flop and pot controlled well).
Few orbits later, I busted Shannon with KK against her AQ aipf. Too bad I didn't get a "I knocked out Carbon poker pro" tshirt from her, nor did I get a hand shake or smile from her.
So my stack after the dinner break has been fluctuating up and down...Then I proceed to lost AK vs AT aipf again..and was down to below 10k in chips. just couple mins before the blind went up to 4/8, I decided to take my chance and shove 6k utg w/ Q9o (bad shove but i dont' want to let blinds increase and hit me in the bb and become super short). Got called in two spots, AJo and AKhh. 9 ball on the turn and I trippled up. yay! finally run good once! So I ended day 1 with 17.5k.
Day2:
blind started at 400/800/100, I lost ATs vs AQo for 7bb aipf pot and again became a short stack. Got moved to a new table and open shoved two hands in a row, no calls. the busting hand: had 12k utg at 400/800/100, looked down 88, obv the easiest ship in the world, too bad wasn't good enough against utg+1's AA. gg me.
$5K 6max tournament report: I have to admit, this is by far the toughest tournament field I've ever played in my entire life. I think it's also good and bad for me. Good thing is that it makes me play my A++++ game and concentrate 200%, bad thing is that I know they are not gonna make my life easy. So here we go, some notable hands I can recall. guy two to my right is the famous Shane Schlager, guy to my right is gp333 is I remember it correctly, guy to my left is mattg1983 who also won the 5k plo last year? So anyway, I was lucky enough to get some good cards and got paid off early and built my stack to 23k ish when this hand happened: Shane open from the button, I flat in the bb with 66, flop came down 356, check/check, turn 8, i led and he calls, river was another 8, i check, he vbets, i c/r to 4800ish and he tank calls with his trip 8s. The very next hand, he opens from the hj, i flat in the sb with 33, mattg calls. flop 3T8 two clubs, this time, I decided to lead out (different line with set, to confuse ppl), mattg folds and shane raises. I thought for a little and jams and shane snaps with his oesd. turn boated me up and shane hit the rail. Then gp333 started to become quite active and I wasn't ready to let him get an easy life. We played multiple pots against each other, I won most of them and busted him at the end. just the hand before the 1st break (or 2nd..i don't remember), he opens from the co as he has been doing, I 3bet otb with Q8o, he calls obv, he hates to fold to 3bet. flop came down KJX, he check/calls my cbet, turn was 7 I think, he check/calls again, river was another brick, he check and folds to my 3rd barrel and says nice hand to me. phew... two hands before I bust him: it was bvb situation, folds to him in the sb, he opens as he has been doing all the time to my big blind, I defend with 9To, flop K78, he cbets, I call, turn 8, he bets, I call, river 5, he checks, I bet a 1/3 pot and he instant mucks. Hand I busted him: he opens utg, I flat with AJo, everyone folds, flop A low low, he check/calls my bet as a pfr, turn was another low card, he c/c again, river was a J, he check/tanks/calls my river shove and he hit the rail. Up to this point, I have to say that I was playing my A++ game and was super confident. Then I proceed to lose two big pots. One was where I limp sb with T7o, mattg checks behind, flop J37ss, I led, he raises, and I call. turn was a Q, I check/call again, river was an offsuit Ace, I check and he shoves for 8k, I tank and went through the whole hand and I knew that Ace is almost in his range, nor does he have anything decent, and both Q and A are good scary cards for him to get me off my weak pair hand. So I was thinking, this is either a flopped two pair hand, or a completely air. I called and he showed Q4o lol. Then I lost another big pot against an unknown button who has been raising my bb pretty often. He opens btn, i 3bet with A7o from bb, he tanks and 4bets, I instant ship it in, too bad I ran into his QQ and failed to improve. AFter the dinner break, David Singer was on my table and this busto hand happened: he opens co, I 3bet from sb with AsQh. he calls. flop KsQsJ, I check, David cbets 7kish, I c/r over 60% of my stack and he tanks tanks tanks and decides to shove. I snap and he turns over TsJh. I was in a very good shape against his 6 outers. turn was a J and GG me. Well played David, that's all I can say about you. All in all, of all the events I played, the only one I played bad was the 1600 at the venetian, everything else I was def playing well or even my A plus game. Now, I'm just looking forward to the ME and hopefully the luck can be on my side this time  | |
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