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$600 NLH Double Stack $150K GTD Day 2

13/11/2017

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Updates from noon.

Off we go, with a tricky big stack to my left, and Ryan LaPlante to my right. A couple of short stacks also on the table, but for now we'll just see how it unfolds. I win a small early pot, and we are already on 48 players from a total of 342 starters. I'm on 280K at 500/2500/5000.
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Ryan gets the mother of all Christmas presents from a kid with about 200K. He raises with 54, flops a 445 boat, and the kid calls on in on the river when he makes a flush! Amazing stuff. 

40 players left. 4 off the money. Ryan is running good and has busted a few players. Another O'Leary joins the table, safety in numbers. I'm on about 260K still, which is now average chips at 1K/3K6K.

Back down to 200K. Really interesting hand came up, which I can't go into detail about now. I'll explain later. 38 players remaining. Suffice to say I'm probably the only person in the room who would have done what I did.

On the bubble now, and I've sneaked back up to 245K again.

In the money. Took a fair bit of time. 250K. Everyone's guaranteed something, but I haven't to this point paid much attention to what it is, it diverts focus. Screen says $1,221, so at least we have our first cash of the trip. Let's try to run it up to something better. Still a long way to go.

​One for all the experts out there. You're going to love this!

Back from the break and I've been utterly card dead. It felt a bit for a while like the vultures were circling. I've been playing conservatively, but only because to me with 31 players left we're still not near the business end of the tournament yet. I can outplay the weaker stacks even with garbage hands, but against the bigger stacks I don't want to be bleeding off chips trying to hit miracle flops. The way I am playing right now is certainly different to the rest of the table. I have seen 99, AQ and 10 10 all get over 300K stacks in preflop, and all bust. I just see no need for it. I guess everyone is different.
My website is again misbehaving and failing to post some stuff...apologies. Hopefully will sort itself out soon.

Now 27 players remain, and  we've had a table redraw. Most of my starting table are on the new one, in the same seat order. Ryan is on my right again, which is perfect.

I've missed a bunch of flops  and now my 210K is looking more like 100K. At 2K/6K/12K this isn't good, and a bunch of people will no doubt be saying that i should have taken my chances with the KK. I shouldn't, so let's move on.

I need to find a spot now, and Ah Qd when it's folded round looks like the one. In it goes. I jam, and the big blind decides that AK is a good call. With his stack he's probably right. Over we go, and I run out a flush with the Ah. It's nice to get lucky sometimes.

There are times I fold with big hands (we've covered that), and also there are times I shove with lesser, or even crappy ones. My defining moment just appeared when I look down at two red jacks. One player makes it 35K to go and a second player flats the 35. I now jam, and one calls with AK. My JJ holds and I'm up to 330K and healthy again. Maybe patience does pay off.
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Better now. 715K at 2K/8K/16K. The boy learned how to get some value. 

I limp with QQ. The table looks at me and I say "a lot of old guys do that". A bunch of people call the limp, then a 100K stack jams, and I repop it with my queens. A player behind me also calls with a short stack and when we go over it's A 10 and A 3 (yep) versus me.

I flop a queen to immediately ease the pressure, and bust one and cripple another. Now we have chips with which to play. 21 players left and average is 488K.

19 left, next break and I'm on just under 800K. Picking off small pots vs Ryan who is still stealing a lot, which doesn't concern me right now. As I said to someone earlier, my style of tournament poker is a bit like Patrick Swayze in Road House.


"Be nice. Until it's time to not be nice".

If that makes any sense.
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I kind of feel like this is how my chip stacks should look more often. A lot of people confuse playing tight with playing solid, and Ryan I believe has me pegged as a pretty tight player now, so in the interests of keeping things quirky, I make it 85K from under the gun on his big blind with 6 high, and then show it to him.

We've been at 19 players for a very long time now. There's a small money jump from 19 to 18, but that really doesn't concern me. The game ebbs and flows, and I pretty much keep my stack around the 800K mark. This is all situational stuff now, where to a lot of people will smash out when they really shouldn't, and others will catapult up to a huge stack with dogshit hands. The trick in my book is to be aware of what's going on and then act accordingly.

830K for our hero with 16 players left. Average is 603K. Blinds 4K/12K/24K. Here we go......
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Just in case anyone was curious, this is what 1.2 million chips looks like.

13 players left. blinds 4K/12K/24K.

Level 25, blinds 5K/15K/30K and I've mostly avoided things since my last big confrontation. I gambled with two red Aces (must be nice) and found myself up against 6c 5c for about 200K. He flopped a flush draw, and then turned a five for more outs! Amazingly, I fade the world, and bust another one.

One guy on my new table is shall we say...a trifle Asperger's or something. He sits stoically behind mirrored shades, and whatever the decision when it's up to him, he always takes a minimum of 90 seconds to do anything, even if it's an obvious fold. The rest of the table is incredibly irritated by what seems an overly silly tactic, possibly designed to get people on tilt. It seems horribly inconsiderate, but who knows what goes on inside some people's heads. It doesn't affect me at all, and I don't complain about it. I Just let people do what they like however retarded it seems. Poker is full of weird people with weird habits, that's for sure. I'm just interested in trying to win the damn thing.

​10 left. Final table. Guaranteed $2,940 and I have 950,000 chips, which is about the average stack. Let's do it.



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A bit of early moving and shaking from a few faces, but the 30 min dinner break arrives, and I pack up and leave for some poker free time and a bite. Back soon.

Back from the break.

And out first hand in 10th.

I look down at Kc Ks under the gun. I limp as there is pretty much always a raise. This time no-one decides to raise, and the button and the blinds call, making a pot of around 110K. 


Flop comes 9c 10c Jc. Good for me whatever anyone has unless they flopped the nut flush. WE check to the button, who bets 125K. The other two fold, and I jam for 900K. He dwells and looks like he doesn't like it. The asks for a count, and calls.

He turns over J9 offsuit, for top and bottom two pair. The pot is around 2 million to make me chip leader. I can make the Holy grail with the Qc for a straight flush. Failing that, a non pairing club, or a queen, or a King wins me the pot. Also a ten, or a running pair to make me Kings up. Despite how it looks, I'm actually almost a 60% favourite to win in this spot.

He immediately catches a 9 to make a full house, leaving me one out. I don't hit it.

That was that. 10th for $2,940. Not ideal but I don't mind playing a pot like that when I'm making the action, have pure nut outs, and I've put someone else to a what I think is a hard decision. Earlier I was very passive but this was the time to get busy, I got busy, and it didn't go my way. Simple as that. I'm already over it. Sorry to those who hoped for better things.

Onto the next one. Thanks for the messages and the sweat.
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7 Comments
mark
13/11/2017 08:14:13 pm

You're clearly playing great poker and really do deserve so much more. Very unlucky again. Amazing attitude tho ....Big result coming soon.......

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jimi Sotimehin link
14/11/2017 12:52:44 am

Wishing you all the best in Vegas. Always remember, there is greatness in you. Thank you for your kind words also. I couldn't have been out there running on my own. Thanks buddy :-)

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Mike Panteli
14/11/2017 04:02:25 am

well done mate first FT of the trip and many more to come :)

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PAUL Davis
14/11/2017 08:27:51 am

Nice run, but have to say playing KK like that at that stage of a comp is suicidal. SB limp fair enough but with that many to act and assuming a raise is just over confidence or arrogance, plus your playing with OPM, which makes it more reprehensible.

Just my opinion and nothing personal.

WP and GL for the rest of it...

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Kevin
14/11/2017 12:26:45 pm

Hi Paul,

All good, thanks for the comments, and I'm always happy to take feedback on board good or bad. Six of the final ten players had been on my table all day prior to the final, and I felt the UTG limp was going to get raised for sure. As it turns out I was wrong, but I pretty much hit the bingo flop and from there it played itself anyway, especially heads up. My style (if you can call it that) is certainly unorthodox, but most if not all the backers have known or played with me for years and know that I can be super patient, or switch to wild if the situation dictates. I effectively played the exit hand for the final table chip lead as a favourite, but went out 10th, which isn't ideal. I'll keep trying. Thanks for the feedback.

Kevin

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Shaz
14/11/2017 03:23:16 pm

Well done on breaking the ice, much more to come I'm sure as you are playing well and a great attitude. GL & run good Kevin.

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Kevin
14/11/2017 04:13:00 pm

Hi Shaz,

Thanks for the words. A lot of people won't agree with some of what I do, but I suppose in my defence my record shows it works more often than not. I mess around and do goofy things, but always try to be professional when it matters. I'm unconventional, and that's OK, because conventional poker is everything I oppose, but of course it comes with it's occasional pitfalls. Hope you are enjoying my updates, and thanks for the gin! (hic)

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