Chris Hartman (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} chrishartman) wrote,@ 2006-07-01 11:38:00 |
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$1500 limit holdem WSOP (Event 4)
Full report of my $1500 WSOP limit holdem event.
My first table has Shawn Sheikhan (http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/p
Interesting Hands:
Level one. Blinds 25/25. Start with T1500.
I open with KcJc from middle position, only the BB calls. I like the Ac 7c 2d flop, until I'm checkraised. Qc comes on the turn, so I get to raise, and bet the Qs river. He disgustedly shows A2.
Level two. Blinds 25/50. I have T1750
I have AsAd in the big blind and I don't raise after two limpers and SB (Chad) call. Flop is Qc 7c 4c, and I go for the check-raise, but the SB check-raises the 2nd limper instead, so I just call. I'm planning on raising the turn if it's not a club, or betting if SB checks. First limper folds, but the three of us check it down after the 2c turn and blank river. The small blind's flopped two pair with 74o isn't enough to beat the limpers flopped set of fours. Heh. I had AA beat in a three handed pot at showdown for a total cost of 1.5 BB.
Later I have 82o for free in the big blind, four or five players. Chad bets out at the 856 flop, I raise, clearing out the limpers. I love the 2 turn, and it goes check - bet - call both there and on the river. Chad says he had me on the flop (but doesn't seem too upset.)
Our table breaks here, and I get moved just to the right of David Williams (runner up in WSOP main event to Greg Raymer in 2004 for a $3.5 million payday). He's friendly. His mom is playing in the main event this year!
I get in a bit of trouble in about my third hand with A9o in the BB. David raises UTG and everybody folds to me. I defend, and check call the whole way on a A65 T 5 board. David has 66. Can I possibly fold the river?
Level Three. Blinds 50/100 I have T1675.
I defend T8o in BB to a good player's mid position raise. I checkraise the JTx flop, and bet the A turn, he folds. Phew.
I raise UTG 88, David 3-bets me, the next player makes it 4. Yikes! I flop perfect with 98x and checkraise. David folds, other opponent calls here and folds turn. Hmmmmm. Perhaps I should have bet out then slowplayed?
I steal a few blinds, and get my stack up to 2100 for level four, blinds 75/150.
I then get hurt pretty badly with KdTd. I open raise in middle position, and it gets three-bet. The SB stays in, and we see a flop of Qd Jh 8h. Three bettor bets, SB check-raises, and I call two cold. SB bets the Jd turn, and now I'm stuck in with a royal flush draw. The river is blank and I fold, SB wins with 88 for 8s full. I'm glad I didn't hit a diamond or a straight card, needed on of the two straight flush outs.
I'm crippled after I get AQ in the SB. I three-bet the table maniac and we see a T9x flop heads up. He calls a bet, so I check the K turn, he checks behind. The river pairs the x, and I check call. He had T5o. Sigh.
I'm down to 1.5 small bets, so it's basically find a hand to go all in with. Ac2c in middle position looks good until it gets re-raised behind me and the SB re-re-raises to almost all in. The guy who raised me had AK and the SB wins the pot with AT after a T comes. Heh. (Horrible play by him, but it didn't hurt me, I was losing to the AK anyway.)
I go play a bit of $50/100 which ends up short-handed and the players have no clue. In about two hours I win $1800 to be up for the day, heh. Best live game hand: I raise with 88, and a very weak passive player reraises me, meaning I'm pretty much dead to his huge overpair. The flop comes AJ9 and it goes check-check. Ok, so he flopped a set of aces, or I misread him. He looks a bit disgusted, but it could be an act. I stab at the turn (blank) anyway. He shows KK and immediately mucks. I tell him "Yeah, that wasn't a good flop for your hand." Well, it wasn't. I mean, if he was gonna let me take the pot from him...
That's it. My next event is the $3000 limit holdem, tomorrow (Sunday.)
Full report of my $1500 WSOP limit holdem event.
My first table has Shawn Sheikhan (http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/p
Interesting Hands:
Level one. Blinds 25/25. Start with T1500.
I open with KcJc from middle position, only the BB calls. I like the Ac 7c 2d flop, until I'm checkraised. Qc comes on the turn, so I get to raise, and bet the Qs river. He disgustedly shows A2.
Level two. Blinds 25/50. I have T1750
I have AsAd in the big blind and I don't raise after two limpers and SB (Chad) call. Flop is Qc 7c 4c, and I go for the check-raise, but the SB check-raises the 2nd limper instead, so I just call. I'm planning on raising the turn if it's not a club, or betting if SB checks. First limper folds, but the three of us check it down after the 2c turn and blank river. The small blind's flopped two pair with 74o isn't enough to beat the limpers flopped set of fours. Heh. I had AA beat in a three handed pot at showdown for a total cost of 1.5 BB.
Later I have 82o for free in the big blind, four or five players. Chad bets out at the 856 flop, I raise, clearing out the limpers. I love the 2 turn, and it goes check - bet - call both there and on the river. Chad says he had me on the flop (but doesn't seem too upset.)
Our table breaks here, and I get moved just to the right of David Williams (runner up in WSOP main event to Greg Raymer in 2004 for a $3.5 million payday). He's friendly. His mom is playing in the main event this year!
I get in a bit of trouble in about my third hand with A9o in the BB. David raises UTG and everybody folds to me. I defend, and check call the whole way on a A65 T 5 board. David has 66. Can I possibly fold the river?
Level Three. Blinds 50/100 I have T1675.
I defend T8o in BB to a good player's mid position raise. I checkraise the JTx flop, and bet the A turn, he folds. Phew.
I raise UTG 88, David 3-bets me, the next player makes it 4. Yikes! I flop perfect with 98x and checkraise. David folds, other opponent calls here and folds turn. Hmmmmm. Perhaps I should have bet out then slowplayed?
I steal a few blinds, and get my stack up to 2100 for level four, blinds 75/150.
I then get hurt pretty badly with KdTd. I open raise in middle position, and it gets three-bet. The SB stays in, and we see a flop of Qd Jh 8h. Three bettor bets, SB check-raises, and I call two cold. SB bets the Jd turn, and now I'm stuck in with a royal flush draw. The river is blank and I fold, SB wins with 88 for 8s full. I'm glad I didn't hit a diamond or a straight card, needed on of the two straight flush outs.
I'm crippled after I get AQ in the SB. I three-bet the table maniac and we see a T9x flop heads up. He calls a bet, so I check the K turn, he checks behind. The river pairs the x, and I check call. He had T5o. Sigh.
I'm down to 1.5 small bets, so it's basically find a hand to go all in with. Ac2c in middle position looks good until it gets re-raised behind me and the SB re-re-raises to almost all in. The guy who raised me had AK and the SB wins the pot with AT after a T comes. Heh. (Horrible play by him, but it didn't hurt me, I was losing to the AK anyway.)
I go play a bit of $50/100 which ends up short-handed and the players have no clue. In about two hours I win $1800 to be up for the day, heh. Best live game hand: I raise with 88, and a very weak passive player reraises me, meaning I'm pretty much dead to his huge overpair. The flop comes AJ9 and it goes check-check. Ok, so he flopped a set of aces, or I misread him. He looks a bit disgusted, but it could be an act. I stab at the turn (blank) anyway. He shows KK and immediately mucks. I tell him "Yeah, that wasn't a good flop for your hand." Well, it wasn't. I mean, if he was gonna let me take the pot from him...
That's it. My next event is the $3000 limit holdem, tomorrow (Sunday.)
