the wynn $1600 main event part of the wind poker classic over 1 million dollars
guaranteed in the prize pool this is a No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament my
specialty there's no reason I can't win I'm feeling great let's stay positive
roll with the punches and bag up a big stack right around 200,000 come back
strong on dates you and take this baby down
we made it the win / encore pool party is back in effect at 67 degrees I love
Vegas
30,000 starting stack we sit down at a six handed table to our direct left is
Darren Elias four-time WPT champion also known as the end boss that's probably
not good for us to my right is a Asian regular it's been doing well at Venetian
and such and to Darren's left is Mark O'Donnell Adam
so let's play some poker blinds were 100/100 soon to be 100 100 100 300 big
blinds look down ant pocket fives and the cutoff make it 300 Mark McDonald
makes it 1,200 from the small blind we call flop comes King at Queen for two
clubs we have two red fives he bets upholstery 700 ships and we cannot
continue he takes it down
having the cutoff with pocket sixes make it 300 to go
Darren Elias it makes it 1,200 to go on the button we're deep
let's flop a set the flop comes jack 10-4 i check he bets 1800 and refold and
we now have 30 thousand back to starting stack after winning a few small pots on
first break let's stay focused
with blinds at 100 200 200 first hand back from break feeling good
looked down at Jack ten suited under the gun plus two so I make it 600 next to
act dare analyse the end boss makes it 2,000 normally I had flat see a flop you
know I try to outplay my opponent but you gotta really be humble and
disciplined in spots like this why would I want to play a three-bet position with
Jack high against the end boss so we lay it down blinds have 100 200 200 I'm in
the middle position with ace jack of spades mmm go 3x this baby make it six
hundred ago the only softer spot at the table and older Caucasian recreational
calls the button and Joe each on calls the small blind with three ways to a
flop flop comes jack 10 deuce we got top top extra checks to
us about 1,500 button calls and Joey calls still think we have the best hand
turn is an off suit 3 Joey checks I bet 5,000 button size and folds and
Joey puts in the call rivers a seven and Joey thinks for about 15 seconds before
checking eight nine does get there but I don't think he's going to continue with
8 9 on the turn he could have jack 7 off or so played
setting and score likely as a hand like Queen Jack or King Jack so I think we
have to go for value we can wrap a lot of missed draws like East King ace queen
king queen so i about 11,000 and he calls within 10 seconds and we take down
a nice pot with blinds at 100 300 300 d cindy opens to 700 under the gun run to
the gun plus 2 with king queen of clubs good flat good 3 bet this time we decide
to flat next to act Darren Elias makes it 3,000 he's been very active a lot of
three betting a lot of cold for betting even he's here to gamble re-entry is
still going on until dinner break everybody folds back to me and I decide
to put in the call let's see a flop the flop comes 10 10 7 1 club we gotta
back to a straight draw we got a backdoor flush draw we got overs we
check and he bets 2500 he's repping an overpair but he can't really have any
attends of his range maybe ace 10 while us we're gonna be flagging all of our
Jack tens 10 9 Queen ten suited type hands and calling a raise so we can rep
the 10 we also have a few combos of pocket sevens in our range so let's wrap
it we make it 7,000 to go we have them covered we can definitely continue and
jam turns with any club or straight draw card he thinks about it for a long time
asked to see my chips and bolts take it down with lines out 100 300 300 d Cindy
opens the hi jack to 700 I'm on the button with two black nines I definitely
could fly out here but we're pretty deep and I want to take the lead make it 20
100 to go this is also to dissuade Darren Elias from squeezing but he
doesn't care he goes into the tank and I know what that means here comes the cold
for bet he makes it 6,500 pretty big sizing everyone folds back to me do i
back jam 5 bet no we're a little too deep for that Darren started the hand
with 50,000 I started the hand with 60,000 so let's see a flop let's hit a 9
let's make it easy the flop comes King 9 5 2 diamonds he bets 5000 with about
40,000 behind what's our best plan of action here did we just flat call let
them barrel off if a diamond comes off it could kill our action and we might
not be able to stack hands like ace king in pocket aces I decide to try to induce
a spew I raise it to 15,000 he should still jam over this raise with ace king
aces is a sex a diamond flush draw type hands he's not just gonna flat out of
position with a nut flush draw so we want him to get it inverse our set
and this does put some Bluffs in our range we could be turning a hand like
Queen Jack jack-jack 10 into a bluff he's trying to
take it down here he goes deep in the tank ask to see my chips again and he
folds but that's ok we take it down we're now on second break with 70,000
chips from a 30k starting stack feeling good
all dealers is gonna come back in here
blinds at four hundred eight hundred under the gun plus one is Mark McDonald
he makes it eighteen hundred off a 70k stag
recreational flats were in the big blind with five eight of diamonds we complete
let's see a flop the flop comes eight seven five two hearts I checked over to
mark he bits it puts in a bed of 3,500 he's wrapping an overpair all the guy
fold so we could go for the check raised but they want to be a little more
deceptive under up our hand put in the call let's hope for no heart or no one
line or do a straight turns an off suit ace a check and he bets again 7,500
what's he reppin a set we block a lot of sets
two pairs we block some two pairs don't see any reason to raise here so we put
in the call the river is the worst possible card in the deck the four of
hearts straight gets there flush gets there I check and he quickly checks I
show two pair he looks confused and we take it down we're now on break with a
hundred and fifty thousand going to one thousand big blind if you can maintain
over 100 big blind stack throughout the tournament that's some good living we're
in the comfort zone let's bag and tag in two hours I think
with blinds at 500-1000 another gun plus one Matt Waxman limps is about a 30 K
stack I'm next to act with 10 9 suited I've lost the last four out of five pots
let's not give up we make it 3500 to go Asian male aged 25 to 45 on my deck left
with two iPhones on the table puts in the call action folds back to what Axman
who also calls the flop comes seven seven deuce one Spade
great flop for our range Waxman checks I bet three thousand as I do with all my
over pairs in this situation we do have back door drawers Asian male aged 25 to
45 calls the 3,000 Matt Waxman folds the turn is the four of spades a great card
we now have a flush draw but I don't think I can get him to fold his middle
pair just yet am I gonna have to barrel him off the stacks of hot ratio dictates
that I have a good hand for a check jam that's right we check it over to him he
bets 6,500 with 25k behind and I slide in 80,000 he goes deep into the tank I'm
trying to play it cool I'm trying to look confident and he eventually puts in
the fold we take it down with 10 high back up to 160,000
the blinds at 600 1200 under the gun plus one middle-aged Caucasian male
opens to 3,000 I'm in the LoJack with ace Jack suited part me wants to 3bet
but there is a pretty fishy player in the big blind we want him to come along
so I put in the call and the big blind does call were three ways to a flop the
flop comes jack 10 deuce rainbow goes check and a 7k bet from the original
RAZR he's wrapping an over pair but we got top top we're not going anywhere we
got position I put in the call and the big blind folds the turn is an off suit
for original RAZR now bets 17,000 he could be barreling with ace king ace
queen king queen type hands or he could just have an over pair and we're in deep
trouble but I don't think we can full top top just yet let's see what the
river brings we put in the call the river is a four pairs the board no help
for him if he was drawing but solidifies his over pair value status he thinks
about it and checks now I have to think about going for value he probably would
check call with a hand like Queen Jack or King Jack we beat both of those but
he's just gonna check fold all ace king ace Queen King Queen type hands so
there's no reason to bet if he's never calling with those hands anyway so we
make a tight check back with top top and he shows King Queen off suit and we now
have a hundred and ninety thousand chips
two things you have to do it's very important your name your tip count on
the bag make sure it's clear
bag up a big stack right around 200,000
and I have bagged 197,000 chips from a 30k starting in the $1600 win classic
main event over 1.4 million dollars in the prize pool over 200k for first it's
a three-day event we're coming back strong tomorrow for day two and we're
gonna take it down on day three what a great structure one our levels I
loved playing at the win stay tuned for part two it's gonna be good