day 2 of the Venetian $600 super stack $750,000 guaranteed I think they got
around 1.2 million in the prize pool
about 500 people remain 250 or so pay reeling feeling great today with two of
my buddies on separate day threes one of the World Series one at Aria WPT 550
200k up top there my other good friends playing for 888 K 28 left in that so
even if I lose this I'm gonna just be happy that they could be successful
today but today's goal is to play fearless aggressive aggression wins
tournaments I'm not going to be fear full of my opponents or their holdings
if they got it they got it you got a gamble let's play to win
nice try today's Tom Sawyer me there's good reason to have to change
with lines at 5,000 10,000 were about 20 people away from the money action folds
to the cutoff who makes it 20 thousands this player played a hand before where
he bet the second pair on the river the guy called with trips top trips and he
said oh I was hoping I'd scare you off that so we know he's not a very deep
thinker but let's proceed with the hands action pulls us in the big blind I have
about four hundred and twenty thousand and Jack deuce off suit I think all
options are on the table here as crazy as it sounds I think about three betting
trying to win it free and game the post flop range advantage but I think a plat
is good too and you know we can we can navigate some some boards the flop comes
Queen ten nine two hearts we're open-ended I check he checks half
three checks I'm putting him on hands like a sigh that mist under pairs or
maybe just bottom pair no nothing too great the turn brings a deuce which does
give us a pair so now we beat always a size we check and now he bets 40,000 I'm
pretty big bet what's your prepping here because you
have something like ace Jack ace king pair in a straight draw not sure but I
think we can definitely put in a call and see what happens on the river the
river is an off suit six I check and he bets 40,000 again a very weak bet I
think he's trying to take me to value town with bottom or middle pair I don't
think our deuce is good enough to call with so this is a great time to go for
the check jam he has a hundred and seventy thousand total chips plenty of
fold equity although he seems like a recreational player I don't think he's
gonna call his tournament off with a marginal top hair or even
button even bottom to pair I'm wrapping a straight to pair plus I have the
straight block with the Jack and I have bottom set blocked if that's relevant at
all so we shove all in he thinks for about
two seconds and tosses in the call I guess I read him wrong I show my Jack
deuce and he shows ten eight off suit second pair eight kicker
we now have two hundred thousand ships
the river check-raise bluff in live tournaments is very rare it's almost
always value felt like I had to go with it this time with relevant blockers
unfortunately I'm officially the worst blocker in the world and don't worry
guys I know I won't try it again don't be mad at me
but the good news is we fold it into the money and we have 200,000 going to 8,000
16,000 with 40 minute big blind 40 minute blinds so we can definitely run
this stack up and cruise to the final table we're not giving up yet
all right that blinds at a 12 24 I'm sitting with over 400 K I opened an
early position with pocket fours I make it 50,000 folds around to the small
blind playing an 8 handed table 30 year old male white he he has the American
card room badge on I'm sitting there HIDA let's to go all-in for 330 folds
back to me I don't go on the tank I look up see how many more big blinds
it is it's about 10 to 13 big blinds I'm thinking man maybe this guy got AIDS
King maybe ace queen maybe you names Jack suited think for a while I put in
the call the guy shows pocket jacks
dealer rolls out clop ten four five I'm pumped I'm pumped
let's go only two outs paid the two outer turn Jack River ten
put me down to five big wines
with blinds at fifteen thousand thirty thousand first hand back from break I'm
under the gun with King Queen off suit so I make it seventy thousand out of the
gun plus two makes it a hundred and fifty thousand of seven hundred and
thirty thousand to start at the hand and it folds back to me good call good jam
or I could just play it safe and fold this guy hasn't gotten too out of line
so we just lay down King Queen with blinds at 15:30 action
folds the cut off who raises 265 thousand I have six hundred thousand and
Queen ten of diamonds good flat buddy's been pretty active so I'm just going to
jam all in with my suited Broadway's everyone folds and we pick up 100k
pocket sixes under the gun plus two and I shove all in for seven hundred and
twenty thousand we're currently seven or eight hand old recreational players
pretty pretty crazy snap calls it off button tanks and eventually folds
ace-queen he says and we're heads up verse H 10 off suit let's hold here's
the video yes did you win
I'm devastated
cutoff raises I'm on the button with pocket fours I shove all in for 220,000
he calls with King eight of clubs the board bricks out and we double up the
very next hand action folds to us in the hijack
we have East deuce of clubs and 500,000 shove all in cutoff goes all in for
700,000 blinds fold we're up against pocket nines he stands up and starts
pacing around flop comes ten seven six the turn is a nine and the rivers are
seven and we're out of the venetian $600 750 K hundred and forth plays for $1,800
that's right for binds oh no I'm sorry three bytes for a net profit of just
over $1,200 I love tournament poker but the good news is my buddy Bobby is now
heads up at the Aria Grill Poker Tour $550
xanga poker whatever big 200k up top so we're gonna head over to Aria and sweat
this heads-up battle let's get it
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