day two of the Bellagio $10,000 five diamond World Poker Tour event it's
about fifty five thousand ships we're going to hopefully bag around 200
thousand after six levels of play 90-minute levels table draw looks pretty
good le ledger on my right couple short stacks on my left San Diego businessman
crazy Asian High Roller guy so we know we're working with we're going to adjust
appropriately today I put on my twenty thousand dollar profit hoodie
let's hope it's lucky again how lucky can one guy be I kissed her she kissed
me
like the fella once said ain't that a kick in the head
with blinds ants 500 1000 1000 Alex Greenblatt opens under the gun plus
1into 2200 I'm a middle position with pocket aces 55,000 stack mandatory 3 bet
to 7000 folds back to him and he puts in the call the flop comes Jack 9 8 2
diamonds we don't have a diamond he checks bad board for our range good
board for his range he has all the pocket jacks pocket nines pocket eats
green ten suited etc so we check behind turns a queen putting a one card
straight out their pocket tens now beats us he checks and don't see any reason to
bet here I check the rivers a deuce he checks again think about which hands I
can get value from they are limited to collie king queen and ace queen so I
check again he shows king queen of spades and we
take down a nice pot right now I'm 65,000
with blinds at 500 1000 action folds to us on the button I've ace queen offsuit
make it 2200 in both blinds fold the very next hand it folds to be in the
cutoff I have King 8 of diamonds make it 2200 the small blind who's a apparently
a high-roller Asian businessman of some sort puts in the call and the big blind
calls the flop comes Jack 9 7 2 diamonds action checks to me I definitely could
bet here but this flop does favor their range slightly and if we check behind
and turn straight or a flush our hand is very disguised so I checked the turn is
the 10 of diamonds I make a straight and I make a flush and I block all straight
flushes small blind Asian High Roller bets 3500 big blind raises to 10,200
what do I do here I think raised would be a little bit too strong I can fold
out worse flushes and we still have position so I'm going to put in the call
and play various rivers I call and the small blind also calls king queen did
get there and all eight axes are straight and there might be some lower
flushes I'm pretty confident I have the best hand with the second nuts here the
river brings an Ace of Spades inconsequential card considering the
board small blind shacks and the big blind goes deep into the tank a few
minutes and checks so now we got to think about what type of bet we can get
value from at least one of our two opponents think 20,000 is a nice round
fun number so that's what I bet the Asian High Roller and the small blind
shoves all in for thirty-eight thousand just under a minute how can this be a
bluff does he have the queen-high flush or does he have the ace high flush I
think he might just called the queen-high flush the big blind
disgustingly folds she probably has King Queen for a straight or maybe a real low
flush I'm not loving it but getting over a five to one I think we just got a call
with the second nuts I put in the call and he shows Queen nine I think queen of
clubs nine of spades and I eliminate a player and I now have 130,000 chips in
the Bellagio 10k what a gift let's keep the ball rolling Ron first break with
blinds at 600 1200 with a 1200 big blind action folds to Stanley on my right he's
in the high Jack he makes it 2,800 nice to act with ace Queen suited a flatted
six is the previous hand so we're gonna flat the ace Queen also Asian male aged
thirty to sixty on my direct left he just doubled up and commented on his
happy doesn't have to rebuy shoves all in for twenty-six thousand two hundred
Stan folds and the action is to me I started the hand with about 125,000 I
can definitely afford to gamble but I do fear we're up against a hand like a
skiing or kings but we're here to win sometimes you got to put it all on the
line I put in the call he shows pocket tens the flop comes Queen ten deuce two
diamonds turns the seven of hearts
and the river is the sixth we double him up
Oh
with lions at 600 1200 with the 1200 big blind ante few minutes left in the
90-minute level I've been very active so I opened up King at 10:00 with the King
of Hearts in the under the gun plus three
Shannon Shore flats the button and Kristen Bicknell flats the small blind
three ways to a flop flop comes Jack five five two hearts pretty good forward
for me to see bet I bet fifty two hundred Shannon Shore calls
Shannon Shore started the hand with the bow it's thirty thousand Kristen
Bicknell folds the turn is an off suit King great card for our hand now the
question is should I check or he has about a pot size show up behind I want
to show but I don't think I'm gonna get value from his jack axe I think he might
fold that and you think he might fold out his flush draws maybe we can get him
to maybe I can check and get him to overvalue his jack axe or pocket pair or
jam the flush draw undecided I check and he checks the river is an East not a
hurt I think we have good showdown value still putting him on a Jack X or a small
pair type of hand let's see how specifically to ace high flush draw
which should be good I check and he bets 14500 is it turning a jack into a bluff
does he still have a small pair did he miss his flush draw or is he going for
value with a sex of hearts pocket jacks or maybe a few combos of 5x that he
didn't bet the turn there's only one way to find out we put in the call and he
shows East Jack we're now in second break with just over
50,000 not a good level let's turn it around the room was completely black I
hadn't the she hugged
with blinds that's 1000 1500 1500 I folded every hand for 80 minutes that's
right but the exception of completing with pocket sixes in the big blind in a
threeway and all over is coming check folding I haven't played one hand a lot
of discipline required there let's see if it pays off 10 minutes remaining in
level action folds to the highjack who shoves all in for 18,500 next to act
with 35,000 and east the Jack of Diamonds easy riche of the blinds fold
or up against Queen Jack offsuit flops a queen king queen x turns a 9 rivers of
brick and we lose a huge crucial pot
next levels 1000 2000 with a 2009 the big blind coming back from break that's
right 25% of my stack will be in the middle
hopefully I get a good hand like this say less head and that'll hold my head
keep spinning I just need pinky kirinda first hand
back from break action folks to Matt Salzburg middle position he shoves 20000
holds me in the big blind and I have 6 3 offsuit and I fold six deuce off suit in
the small blind there's a raise and I fold action folds to me in middle
position i.e s-- three of hearts shove it in shannon shore ISOs he has pocket
sevens the board comes Jack deuce deuce deuce 3 2 pair no good and I'm out of
the Bellagio $10,000 5 diamond event gave it my all but it wasn't meant to be
and that's the reality of tournament poker thanks for watching hit the like
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