{"id":258,"date":"2011-07-02T17:03:19","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T00:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2011-07-02T17:03:19","modified_gmt":"2011-07-03T00:03:19","slug":"first-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=258","title":{"rendered":"First of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aces Player’s Club $10K Guarantee (10,000 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

My club card was full, so I didn’t have to pay the door this evening. Got sat down at Table 4 Seat 2, so I had the first SB.<\/p>\n

Got off to a decent beginning playing K<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> against one of the players on the far end. Hit two clubs on the flop and made a flush on the turn; was just a card away from a royal flush. Up to 11,800 chips by 0:15.<\/p>\n

Seat 4 tried to represent a strong hand on my first BB when I was holding 9<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Top card on the flop was T<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and I kept playing back, calling several thousand in raises by the river. He couldn’t beat my pair and I was up to 15,725 by 0:25.<\/p>\n

Called a raise to 525 with A<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>, then folded after a re-raise and all-in behind me. The re-raiser had J<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and the all-in was holding K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. A river K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> just sealed that one; my hand never improved.<\/p>\n

Holding A<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span>, I called a raise of 500, then folded after an all-club flop was raised.<\/p>\n

At 45 minutes I was still holding 14,000.<\/p>\n

A late arrival to the table in Seat 1 was talking about a couple of wins he’s made a few weeks back and it turned out he was the giant stack at the Encore’s $10K<\/a> who took me out with sixes. Apparently he’d also won the Aces $10K the night before that.<\/p>\n

Playing Q<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> I got a straight draw on the flop but had to push and bluff the Beast inSeat 1 and another player off the flop.<\/p>\n

My 8<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> made top two pair on a flop but a 7<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the turn made the straight for another player’s J<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and I lost several thousand hoping for a full house.<\/p>\n

A Mutant Jack A<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> made a straight on the turn, angering some of my fellow players.<\/p>\n

By the first break (at one hour) I was at 9,500, having recouped slightly after the big loss. The 5K add-on took me up to 14,500.<\/p>\n

Folded 1,000 with Q<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and a straight draw on the turn after getting priced out, then lost another 800 with A<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> when the board had a lot of full house possibilities but not for me.<\/p>\n

As BB with K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>, I called a raise to 1,000 from the Beast, hit middle pair on the board, then raised 600 and got him to fold. He was knocked out by someone else shortly after that.<\/p>\n

Gambled on 7<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> 8<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> on a K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> board and was beat on the river by a flush.<\/p>\n

Went all-in with a bunch of limps ahead of me holding 5<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Only caller on the final bet of 5,700 had A<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Bombs fell all between his cards but my pair held up and I was up to 13,80 by 1:55 in the game.<\/p>\n

Called a raise of 1,200 with J<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and had to bail after the flop.<\/p>\n

Went heads-up as SB v BB with a low pair on the board but BB made trip kings and I lost about 4,800.<\/p>\n

Laid down K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> T<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> on a flop with Q<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Would have made a straight and won by the end of the board.<\/p>\n

At 2:15, I was down to only 5,600 chips and got A<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the BB. I went all-in, a bigger stack called, and a smaller stack was in, too. The big stack had 8<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 8<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span>, the small stack had just 4<\/span>x<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> but the board ran low, putting another 8<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the flop for the big stack and a straight to the 8<\/span>x<\/span><\/span><\/span> for the small stack.<\/p>\n

160 minutes. Finished 48th of 70 players. -100%ROI (including buy-in and add-on).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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