leaving the Crowne Plaza Hotel headed to stones gambling hall let's fire another
bullet in a $600 main event $150,000 guaranteed final tables tomorrow let's
get on that live stream playing a tournament for once if all else fails
I'll be playing in the big No Limit game with Chris Moneymaker tonight it's a 5 5
10 with big bomb pots 50 to $100 straddles allegedly Mike post Ali is the
host of the game local crusher and a bunch of from what I can hear action
players so the swings are gonna be big you're not gonna want to miss this one
but first let's bag and tag the $600 bait event at Stone's yeah don't keep
playing
sometimes it's the day work now eat drink up will be in go back wanted to do
200 mm easy only 30 minutes
bullet number two at the stones $600 150 K 25 k starting stack playing a lot more
confident and aggressive and fearless today my old style takes balls to win
tournament let's show them our balls today
a few bluffs got through chipped up around 35 K a lot of action players at
this casino let me tell you they don't like to fold you got to go for value
under the gun plus one action player makes it 1700 new guy the table snap
flat calls that can't be a trap I'm in the cutoff with pocket jacks could three
bet could flat I think I'm gonna go with the three bet I'm not sure what I'm
gonna do if I get four bet but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it
6500 is the total both players call they don't give fuck flop comes ace
eat eat to clubs I don't have a club they check to me and I don't think I
should turn my hand into a bluff just yet check behind the turn is a queen
another great over card they check to me and I check again the river is a deuce
of clubs bringing the flush both players check and I check behind first guy just
bucks second guy shows pocket sixes and we take down a nice pot we now have
50,000 chips on second break going to 400 800 let's stay focused bag and tag
and make day two
five-five see you again
Servius Table twelve with blinds at 600 1200 I'm in early position with the Ace
King suited raised up to 2500 there's only one big blind one big blind ante
because the player was eliminated last hand action folds that big blind who's a
very aggressive over betting pretty crazy player from Latin America he puts
in the call with any two cards the flop comes King three deuce believe a flush
draw he checks about 2500 I started the hand with 75,000 he started the hand
with about 90,000 he takes about 1.5 seconds and makes it 30,000 to go what
the hell's going on he's repping King three King deuce three deuce
maybe I set three introduces possibly he's also done this with a lot of gut
shot draws in the past hands like four six eight five base for just some real
wild play not loving it believe it or not with top top but sometimes you just
gotta stick it in there and play to win I have seen him fold two shoves like
this when it's just like a little more than the men raised so I think we saw a
fold equity against his random crap maybe even some worst Kings so we shove
all in and he snapped calls and shows three deuce off suit and here's the
video drinking stinking
okay
you got me and then 30 year old Caucasian male in early position makes
it 2700 to go I'm in the cutoff with East 10 off I call Asian woman age 30 to
50 in the big blind calls flop comes East three deuce action checks to the
razor who bets 4200 blaze it I flat call with my top hair and the big blindfolds
the turn is an off suit nine he checks time to go for some value and make it
7,500 and he puts in the call I could have could still have us out kicked with
little pot control ace Jack a screener possible the rivers a king he checks
really contemplating going for value but you know pots already about 30,000 or
something so I just check it back any shows pocket kings good river for him
and I'm now on the last break of late entry with about 160,000 about 100 lines
to work with I have a hundred and eighty thousand and eight hundred sixteen
hundred Asian woman aged thirty to fifty opens under the gun plus one to thirty
five hundred folds me in the small blind I have Ace King off suit of course we're
gonna Forex this make it 14 thousand action folds back to her and she is all
in 62,000 of course we snap call she shows pocket sevens board comes Jack
nine six the turn is a ten and the river is a ten she doubles up
finds at 1,000 mm actually folds me the small blind and I have ten six offsuit
big blind has 24,000 easy jam with almost any two cards here he calls the
pocket threes I turn and open ended with two overs and the river is a brick and
we double him up raise up pocket jacks under the gun european-looking third
year old male is actually from santa cruz flats out of the gun plus to flop
comes ace five deuce i see about 5500 he calls turn is an eight goes check check
rivers nine check check he wins with ace Queen
21 players remain 17 pay I have a hundred and thirty thousand blinds at
1500 2500 I make it six thousand under the gun plus one short stack in the big
blind calls flop comes Queen five deuce and he pulls the old stop-and-go on me
23,000 all-in does he have a queen does he have a five does he have something
like ace three ace four there's only one way to find out we put in the call and
he shows Queen nine of Hearts the turn is an ace and the river is a king we
double him up we're now on break 21 players remain and
I have a hundred thousand ships
day two of the stone $600 main event $150,000 guarantee prize pool slight
overlay a little more value that's great 15% in the field remains we're in the
money let's get to the final table we'll be on the live stream on Twitch if not
I'll be in the commentary booth with Chris Moneymaker tonight
either way it's a win no the great time at Stone's it feel a lot better to win a
tournament though let's win
the blinds at 2000-3000 about a 30 year old the Caucasian male raises under the
gun seven handed has a man bun says he's from Santa Cruz makes it eight thousand
to go and actually folds us in the small blind were seven handed I have 120,000
at an East Jack offsuit I show up all in big blind has sixty thousand and under
the gun thirty-year-old euro with a man bun puts
him to call he shows pocket sevens a snap call no less let's win a flip flop
comes nine six for the turn isn't eat in the rivers of five and we double him up
let's play a lot of small pots chipping back up stabbing getting some folds
people are playing pretty straightforward except for one guy named
Josh or just open jams 50 to 100 blinds randomly with premiums
extra folds the Asian woman on the button aged 40 to 60
she opened jams quickly in under a second in the past I have a bit of a
timing tell on her quick means strong slow means weak so when I looked down at
East eight in the small blind facing a 13 blind jamb not really loving it
I eventually tamed fold big blind folds I asked her to show East ten
she looks very surprised and shows exactly ace ten so that feels good
with blinds at two thousand four thousand few orbits later say in Asian
woman quickly jams 56k at 2k t 4k on the button I'm next to act with East nine of
diamonds a slightly better hand I have about 135,000 at this point and I'm very
very close to calling but for some reason I lay it down is really 5050
could have went either way big blind calls with fives Asian woman
ends up having east three off and I would have won so lucky for her unlucky
for me those are the decisions and inflection points that really make or
break your tournament but we're okay we still have a hundred thousand going to
the next blind level probably twenty five five one our levels eight handed
play twenty four remain at stones great structure great staff
pretty flat payout structure here at stones until you to the final table so
incentivize to really gamble and accumulate chips there's no pay jump
until 21 which is I think a 500 hour difference from 1300 to 1800 it's
currently 22 players remaining so there's no hand for hand but other is
some incentive not to go out next immediate 500 our pay jump come out of
the gun with 110,000 and pocket tens my standard is men raise so we're gonna
stick with that action folds to the button some sort of third year old
bearded local Munson who puts in the three bets at 26,000 action falls back
to us we have a decision to make looks like we should have fold equity if we
decide to for bet but people haven't been getting too out of line pocket tens
as a premium and I have 20 blinds I want to play to win but I got to play smart
there is a slight difference between for betting small and shoving or bending
small well believe it or not give me more time off the clock where it's more
likely someone's gonna bust and I get you know dollars of equity every second
that goes by with the $500 immediate paid jump that is if the hand continues
etc etc so I want to make my hand look as strong as possible you know I just
rather take it down pre I make it 65,000 to go which I would do with aces kings
queens hopefully we can get him to fold hands like ace queen ace jack maybe even
jacks he immediately says why didn't she just go all-in and asked to see my chips
again sees I have 45,000 behind and he puts in the call the flop comes Jack six
seven I believe two hearts I do have the ten of hearts
same plan as before I'm not really stalling but you know I'm taking my time
and I bet 30,000 fifteen thousand behind and he immediately goes all-in what's he
got Queens ace Jack King Jack take some more time it doesn't look like anybody's
busting three tables remaining and we put in the call and he shows east jack
offsuit good flaw for him alright let's win this over 200k pot why did you just
hold and I bust in 22nd place 21 is the pay jump
in for 1200 out for 1350 that's gonna be a hard way to make 150 dollars it's
really focused that's all we can do someone Hine said it was kind of my
mistake I guess he was being truthful if I did shove all and he'd fold even
though small for bets way stronger scene he thinking player but it wasn't really
too deep of a thinker he just said how much more ya 39 more I'll I'll call that
so gave my opponent too much credit and might have been a little too concerned
about the $500 pay jump with sizing and timing but you live and you learn
got to play your opponent will get them next time