{"id":2840,"date":"2018-12-01T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T07:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=2840"},"modified":"2018-12-01T23:56:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T07:56:40","slug":"r-day-minus-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=2840","title":{"rendered":"R-Day Minus 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><em>The\u00a0<strong>Poker Mutant\u00a0<\/strong>will be retiring (mostly) from poker\u00a0on 1 January. This is the latest installment in his thrilling countdown to the\u00a0<strong>End of Times<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Every fucking time. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rMrFzEBoL9\">pic.twitter.com\/rMrFzEBoL9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TJ Jurkiewicz | Nutrition Coach (@tj_jurk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tj_jurk\/status\/1063125985183248384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Played a little\u00a0<strong>Ignition Casino $100 NLHE Super KO<\/strong> while watching the broadcast recaps of the\u00a0<strong>PokerStars Caribbean Adventure<\/strong><strong> Main Event<\/strong> from last year. Last hand I played <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-h\" title=\"five of hearts\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">5<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2665<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-h\" title=\"six of hearts\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">6<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> flopped <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"ten of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">T<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"five of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">5<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"six of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">6<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span><\/span> and managed to get it all in against jacks, then the board paired the turn eight on the river and I was out without so much as a bounty after 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2846\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-12.36.19-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"811\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-12.36.19-AM.png 811w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-12.36.19-AM-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-12.36.19-AM-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-01-at-12.36.19-AM-485x300.png 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The end of the day was the\u00a0<strong>Final Table $2K GTD NLHE<\/strong>. I got to the club just before the first break and got sat in between the blinds, so I didn&#8217;t play either of the last two hands before break, late-regging despite my better judgment.<\/p>\n<p>I got aces on my seventh hand (there were only 7 players at the table) in the small blind. Aces in the small blind again at the beginning of my second level of play. I was below average but considering that nobody had busted completely after six levels (half the players had rebought before the break), I was doing fine. I got queens in the small blind and took hand with an all in.<\/p>\n<p>A pair of jacks was where things started to go wrong. A couple of the stacks were getting short, one went all in for about 8bb in early position, I shoved with the jacks to isolate, but the small blind woke up with kings. The short stack made two pair with <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"ace of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">A<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-x\" title=\"nine of unspecified\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">9<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">x<\/span><\/span><\/span>, and I was down to about 6bb.<\/p>\n<p>I managed to survive through a couple of punishing big blinds (shoving <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-h\" title=\"two of hearts\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">2<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2665<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-h\" title=\"four of hearts\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">4<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> and showing, at one point) then\u00a0<strong>Dave<\/strong>\u2014one of the aggressive players at the table\u2014min-raised at the 1200 big blind level. I only had 3300 but I had a\u00a0<strong>Mutant Jack<\/strong> hand: <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-c\" title=\"ace of clubs\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">A<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2663<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-c\" title=\"jack of clubs\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">J<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> and shoved. The player whod had the kings shoved over the top from the small blind (again) and Dave called with deuces. The small blind had <span class=\"inline-cards\"><span class=\"inline-card inline-card-c\" title=\"nine of clubs\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">9<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2663<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"inline-card inline-card-c\" title=\"eight of clubs\"><span class=\"inline-card-rank\">8<\/span><span class=\"inline-card-suit\">\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>. The flop was jack-high with two spades, putting me in the lead, but the board ran out a backdoor straight for the small blind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2848 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/D7C453F3-FE11-49FA-B289-F94F4204FF8E-1024x500.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/D7C453F3-FE11-49FA-B289-F94F4204FF8E-1024x500.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/D7C453F3-FE11-49FA-B289-F94F4204FF8E-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/D7C453F3-FE11-49FA-B289-F94F4204FF8E-768x375.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/D7C453F3-FE11-49FA-B289-F94F4204FF8E-500x244.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congrats to <strong>Ryan Stoker<\/strong>\u00a0for taking sixth at one of the opening events of the\u00a0<strong>WPT Five Diamond<\/strong> at Bellagio this weekend! And condolences to\u00a0<strong>Darin Stout<\/strong> who had a good Day 1 in the\u00a0<strong>Wynn $250K GTD NLHE\u00a0<\/strong>but ran into some trouble on Day 2.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Busto 6th for $6400. Currently eating Thai food considering a cash game later somewhere on strip<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ryan Stoker (@StokersPoker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StokersPoker\/status\/1069029475008958465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Poker Mutant\u00a0will be retiring (mostly) from poker\u00a0on 1 January. This is the latest installment in his thrilling countdown to the\u00a0End of Times. 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