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Poker Log Entry for DeiYuo
February 5, 2008, 3AM: Played 12 hours, 30 minutes, Made $1,038.00 at Venitian - Las Vegas
$340 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (10th out of 590 Players)
I didn't even want to play this tournament but Jimmy wanted me to play for him since he could not make it. So I was his horse in the event.
Day 1:
Was focused from the start. The alternates line was 150 deep, I ended up being 67th since I new people in line and merged with them. 45 minutes after the start I was seated. I think moving into an established game is better for me since everyone has settled down and is playing their "normal" game. New games/tournaments people are sharp and tighter giving me a false impression of their true playing style.
To make it to the top 10 from 11-40th I had to make a lot of moves, I mean a lot. My stack and the blind increases with tightness of the table made blind stealing attractive and effective. I would just pick the players blinds I wanted to steal and raise 2-3x the BB to nab it up. Sometimes I would not look at my hand as doing so could deter me from making the play and possibly give off that I was weak.
When down to 14 playes it was all about moving all in since I was so short. No one would would make margin calls so I never could double up with a real hand.
I ended day one with 101K in chips only. The 12 hours of the 1st day I never had one all-in coin flip and only had 2 all in calls. One with AA vs AQ calling and the other with T3 stealing vs A7 BB who I outran.
I played like a champ all day and had been grinding my balls off. No mistakes.. played perfectly!
Day 2:
1st place is $43K, 10th place is $1800 9th place is $3300. I'm sitting 9th in chips with only 101K in chips, total chips in play is 3.3 mil.
We will play down to 9 players then combine for the final table. We all thought it would be one table of 10 but one player objected to the merger and as stated in the rules, final table is 9 handed. So, the other table has a mountain of chips and no short stacks. I can't wait them out to make it. My 5 handed table, I'm sitting in the SB to start with blinds of 10/20K and a 4K ante. Lady on my left has 160K, next to her old man has 200K, next to him is agro pro boy who has about 300K, next to him(on my right, is Betty) who has 85K.
Since Betty and I ended day one as the short stacks and she was so concerned about going out 10th, as the pay between 10th and 9th is so great(1500 difference). I approched her with a save of $500. Meaning if either of us went out tenth, the player that did not go out 10th would give the other player $500, this way we can both afford to take more risks and not play for 9th.
1st hand I'm in BB and UTG old man goes in and doubles up the BB asian tight girl who has JJ. He is crippled and has less chips than anyone now.. this is looking good.
Next hand, my button, Betty picks up the blinds.
Next hand, Agro boy gets a walk in the BB. This *could have* been a blind for me to steal but with the short stack in the SB with 40% of his chips in the pot I assumed he would go all in.
Next hand Agro SB and Betty BB I am under the gun with A4s. Asian gal telgraphs fold (like she had been doing ALL tournament) all in boy now has less than one BB and agro boy in SB hasn't looked yet. This is where I have to make a critical decision that seems easy but is not. I have way to much information on the hand, asion fold, old man folding to money higher, Betty BB does not want to bust me either or go bust herself so unless has monster will muck and SB is wild card. My stack at this point is now only 71K, if I raise and win I can one more round of chips. If I raise and lose.. well I'm out. If I fold then I will be in BB next and dump another 24K when agro boy steals it like he always does, dropping me to 47K. Then in the SB with a stack of 33K (10K of it in the SB) If I am lucky enough to have everyone fold then I will only be able to raise the BB tight lady only 23K more.. she most likely will call.
My only chance of survival, if I fold this A4s UTG, is if next hand no one steals my blind and I get a walk or if I pick up a hand in the BB and defend. I weigh the chances of that happening vs the chances of the SB or BB waking up with a better hand than A4 now. I decide the A4 is the play is the better of the two options and shove. They all fold to the BB, Betty, my $500 save partner, and she thinks for a quite awhile and calls with AJ. I don't improve and I'm toast, out 10th. She later tells me if it was anyone else she calls in a heatbeat, but the fact that she likes me and it will cost herself $500 to bust me (since short stack boy now only has 15K) it was very hard decision.
Although I was frustrated to get so close to a "big" money I was very happy with my play. Something extremely valuable I learned and will apply next LIVE tournament is building a stack from 10-18 players so I can anticipate the blinds during final table play. I did a bit of this during this tournament but not not enough. Since 18th pays the same as 10th, why wait around for a real hand? So I can squeak into 9th?
All in all, good day.
BTW, short stack boy somehow managed to win 5 all-ins and get 6th, Betty made 5th, and agro boy 3rd. The kid that was next to me during most of the day that would never make a deal(they wanted to chop it 14 ways at one point for like 8K each or soemthing and he was the only objecter) ended up winning it!
Last Update: February 6, 2008, 3:51AM
7 Comments
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| February 7, 2008, 1:26PM Posted by jfrostman  |
I always hate to see that the one person who should be payed back (for not chopping) gets the win. Did he have a huge chip lead or something? |
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| February 6, 2008, 8:42PM Posted by NateDawg  |
Ya, I would have done the same given the two alternatives. Besides, you know how much I like my A rag? If it were an A5 you probably would have hit a nicer flop, lol. Good job dude! |
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| February 6, 2008, 10:31AM Posted by EightFive  |
Sucks that 18th pays same as 10th. I like the shove with A4 (if that means anything lol). And......ya T3! |
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| February 6, 2008, 12:36AM Posted by EightFive |
Good Luck! Take it down for OPL one time. |
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| February 5, 2008, 11:03PM Posted by grlg  |
good luck jesse I will send good poker vibes your way. I agree with Nate stay positive and focused and you will take 1st..................... |
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| February 5, 2008, 10:39PM Posted by NateDawg |
Good job dude! Keep your head on straight and avoid the "all-in" mode. Fight your ass off and let the others make the mistakes!!!! Good luck. |
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| February 5, 2008, 8:38PM Posted by chris |
Nice, a couple good plays is all it will take now. |
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