Mon 22 Jun 2009
12575 to end day 1 resume 2pm
Posted by Spencer under Tournaments, World Series of Poker 2009
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All but the last 30 minutes of the day at one table. It would normally be more frustrating not gaining any traction, but 8 game is just too much fun.
The guy from the J7 vs AJ hand is a canadian called Mark who I think ive played a little at medium O8 online. He was not a happy camper over that hand, I’m comfortable with it tho. He opened Q9 in LHE and I 3 bet JhJx. Flop Q62 with 2 hearts. Check check. Turn offfsuit K. River off 8. I put in thin value bets both times and he just check calls. Marginal but I have just enough back to squeeze it out I think.
The fun continued in the O8 round. He’d still open raising 60% of pots folded to him (which was part of why I couldnt stop laughing at his disgusted reaction to my J7s overcall). sklanksy just fails to make it back to his seat in time and we have a dead BB. Mark opens HJ and I look down at Q7hh54. I 3 bet from co. He calls after the others fold. Flop Ah Th 8h. He bets. I call ( I should probably raise) Turn 2x and river 3x. He check calls both streets and is set off again when I declare nut low and Q hi flush.
Looking forward to play resuming tomorrow, I’m a little behind the 21k average but still very much in it. If I can run good early the bubble play is gonna be a lot of fun. The only slightly annoying thing is feeling a little constricted during the NL and PLO levels just because busting there would feel so dumb considering the edge in the other games.
Sasha finished on 19k, I was in time to see him lose a big final deuce pot of the day rough 87 vs smooth 87.
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