Day 2 Hand Recaps
Out of the 1,630 players that played off on Day 2, I ended up in 38th chip position out of the 598 players that survived. That being said, it was another long (12-hours) day of poker. Here's how things began ...
I started off the day with $45K in chips, but after the first 2-hour session I had droppd down to 38K, by truthfully, getting out-played. There were no big hands, I just couldn't seem to get started when the preflop raises I made were constantly being reraised. The next two hour session was worse! I did not even play one single hand! I couldn't even play my LB or BB when raised. I have never seen such a bad run of cards before, live or playing on-line. I know pro poker players will say you don't need good cards to play in NL, but because my table was so aggressive reraising bets, I feared being stuck playing a marginal hand for all my chips if I played. So at the end of session 2, I was down to 32K. My luck turnd when on the button I had A,9 and I called a raise from early position from an aggressive player. I hit my A on the flop and he kept betting into me until the river when he checked and then I bet. He folded QQ and showed them to me. That brought me up to 46K. A few hands later I woke up with A,K in my BB when there were 4 limpers. I raised everyone out of the pot with a decent sized bet. Now, that play was key because the next round I woke up with 10,10 in my BB and the exact same situation occured. There were 4 limpers and I reaised. This time I was called by the table chip leader (and professional poker player + WSOP bracelet winner) Brian Wilson. Wilson had over $170,000 chips and he is a good player. Flop comes q,8,2. Since I bet pre, I raised right away 6K. He smooth calls. Turn is a K. I calmly bet 8K. Again, he smooth calls. I'm worried. River was a 2. I have 24K left and I bet 10K. He thinks, asks me how much I have left and then calls. I say to him, "nice call, you probably have it". I show my 10's and then unbelieveably, he shows 9,9. That pot put me over 70K.
I played two more interesting hands, before my "biggie". Juan Carlos Mortensen's wife, Cecelia was moved to our table. She raised preflop. I called with 55. There were two other callers. Flop comes 9,5,2 with 2-hearts. Cecelia bets 5K. I call with my set of 5's (in later position than her) and the two other players fold. Turn comes 10 of hearts. She checks, I bet 10K because the 3 hearts on the board scare me a little. She calls. River is 9 giving me my full house. She checks, I bet and she folds (she probably had A,K or A,Q). An hour or so later I have QQ, but she opens up and bets 4K from 1st position, which any decent poker player knows to be cautious with a player that bets "under the gun", so I just call with my QQ. Flop J,9,3. She checks, I check (I'll tell you why in a minute). Turn is another 3. She bets 4K. I call. River is a K. She bets 9K. If the bet was any larger I would have folded. I call and she flips over J,K and she made her 2-pair on the river. I thought about this hand afterwards and I think the only thing I could have done differently to win the hand was to push a big reraise to her after he initial bet (preflop) in order to get her to lay down preflop. However, that could have been dangerous if someone behind me had a big hand or if she herself had a big hand. Remember, my table was very aggressive. So I think I played it correctly. In fact, if I pushed harder after the flop, we both could have gotten all our chips into the pot when she hit top pair (of Jacks) on the flop and I had the over pair. That would have been great, except I would be broke right now because that K still came on the river. A very interesting hand to say the least...
This brings me to my "biggie". I had about 60K left after jousting with Cecelia and I picked up AA in early position. Ironically, it was the first time I had AA in two days of poker. Brian Wilson had been our table chip leader at $170,000, but he got caught in some big pots and had been dropped down to$25,000. The two previous hands to me catching AA, Brian had gone all in. Blinds were $600-$1,200 and antes were 200, so if you just scooped the pot, you got $3,800. Truth be told, I knew Brian would go over the top all-in on me. He was mad he had lost most of his chips, he had gone all-in twice in a row and won and to be honest, I think he was willing to simply just gamble in order to try to double up. You can read exactly how the hand played out on page 2 of the cardplayer.com Live Player Update Log, but if not, here's what happened. I preflop raised 4K. Brian goes all in for 35K, the player to his left takes a second, then says call. It is a dream situation for any poker player to have players all in when you have AA. I thought about just calling in order to 'slow-play' my AA, but then I realized the pot was alreay over $100,000 and I would prefer it if the third player folded, rather than take the chance and have to go up against two hands in the pot. So, I go all-in. By this time there were a lot of cameras and people around watching. The player took about 5-minutes to make his decision and he kept asking me questions like do you have AA, do you have qq, do you have A,K? He eventually called with KK and I won a huge pot when the board filled in 8,8,8,4,3. Wilson was eliminated and I was up over $150,000 in chips with 30-minutes left to play in the final session. What a way to finish the day!!!
I'd like to thank everyone for their well wishes and congratulations so far. However, it's important to note, I have not won a thing yet. There are still approximately 300 players that need to be eliminated before anyone makes a dime. So, even though I am in good position, as any NO LIMIT holdem player will tell you, you can lose everything on one hand or one 'bad beat'.
So, there is still a long way to go.
I started off the day with $45K in chips, but after the first 2-hour session I had droppd down to 38K, by truthfully, getting out-played. There were no big hands, I just couldn't seem to get started when the preflop raises I made were constantly being reraised. The next two hour session was worse! I did not even play one single hand! I couldn't even play my LB or BB when raised. I have never seen such a bad run of cards before, live or playing on-line. I know pro poker players will say you don't need good cards to play in NL, but because my table was so aggressive reraising bets, I feared being stuck playing a marginal hand for all my chips if I played. So at the end of session 2, I was down to 32K. My luck turnd when on the button I had A,9 and I called a raise from early position from an aggressive player. I hit my A on the flop and he kept betting into me until the river when he checked and then I bet. He folded QQ and showed them to me. That brought me up to 46K. A few hands later I woke up with A,K in my BB when there were 4 limpers. I raised everyone out of the pot with a decent sized bet. Now, that play was key because the next round I woke up with 10,10 in my BB and the exact same situation occured. There were 4 limpers and I reaised. This time I was called by the table chip leader (and professional poker player + WSOP bracelet winner) Brian Wilson. Wilson had over $170,000 chips and he is a good player. Flop comes q,8,2. Since I bet pre, I raised right away 6K. He smooth calls. Turn is a K. I calmly bet 8K. Again, he smooth calls. I'm worried. River was a 2. I have 24K left and I bet 10K. He thinks, asks me how much I have left and then calls. I say to him, "nice call, you probably have it". I show my 10's and then unbelieveably, he shows 9,9. That pot put me over 70K.
I played two more interesting hands, before my "biggie". Juan Carlos Mortensen's wife, Cecelia was moved to our table. She raised preflop. I called with 55. There were two other callers. Flop comes 9,5,2 with 2-hearts. Cecelia bets 5K. I call with my set of 5's (in later position than her) and the two other players fold. Turn comes 10 of hearts. She checks, I bet 10K because the 3 hearts on the board scare me a little. She calls. River is 9 giving me my full house. She checks, I bet and she folds (she probably had A,K or A,Q). An hour or so later I have QQ, but she opens up and bets 4K from 1st position, which any decent poker player knows to be cautious with a player that bets "under the gun", so I just call with my QQ. Flop J,9,3. She checks, I check (I'll tell you why in a minute). Turn is another 3. She bets 4K. I call. River is a K. She bets 9K. If the bet was any larger I would have folded. I call and she flips over J,K and she made her 2-pair on the river. I thought about this hand afterwards and I think the only thing I could have done differently to win the hand was to push a big reraise to her after he initial bet (preflop) in order to get her to lay down preflop. However, that could have been dangerous if someone behind me had a big hand or if she herself had a big hand. Remember, my table was very aggressive. So I think I played it correctly. In fact, if I pushed harder after the flop, we both could have gotten all our chips into the pot when she hit top pair (of Jacks) on the flop and I had the over pair. That would have been great, except I would be broke right now because that K still came on the river. A very interesting hand to say the least...
This brings me to my "biggie". I had about 60K left after jousting with Cecelia and I picked up AA in early position. Ironically, it was the first time I had AA in two days of poker. Brian Wilson had been our table chip leader at $170,000, but he got caught in some big pots and had been dropped down to$25,000. The two previous hands to me catching AA, Brian had gone all in. Blinds were $600-$1,200 and antes were 200, so if you just scooped the pot, you got $3,800. Truth be told, I knew Brian would go over the top all-in on me. He was mad he had lost most of his chips, he had gone all-in twice in a row and won and to be honest, I think he was willing to simply just gamble in order to try to double up. You can read exactly how the hand played out on page 2 of the cardplayer.com Live Player Update Log, but if not, here's what happened. I preflop raised 4K. Brian goes all in for 35K, the player to his left takes a second, then says call. It is a dream situation for any poker player to have players all in when you have AA. I thought about just calling in order to 'slow-play' my AA, but then I realized the pot was alreay over $100,000 and I would prefer it if the third player folded, rather than take the chance and have to go up against two hands in the pot. So, I go all-in. By this time there were a lot of cameras and people around watching. The player took about 5-minutes to make his decision and he kept asking me questions like do you have AA, do you have qq, do you have A,K? He eventually called with KK and I won a huge pot when the board filled in 8,8,8,4,3. Wilson was eliminated and I was up over $150,000 in chips with 30-minutes left to play in the final session. What a way to finish the day!!!
I'd like to thank everyone for their well wishes and congratulations so far. However, it's important to note, I have not won a thing yet. There are still approximately 300 players that need to be eliminated before anyone makes a dime. So, even though I am in good position, as any NO LIMIT holdem player will tell you, you can lose everything on one hand or one 'bad beat'.
So, there is still a long way to go.
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