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Solid Wednesday
Juli 30, 2009So I played an afternoon session yesterday, I believe it was the first time I have played online during the week since before the WSOP started. My day got off to a disappointing start as I got it in AIP twice in the first hour of play with pair over pair and got two outed on the river both times, once in a three-way pot!
I was able to stay focused and composed despite the rocky start and finished 24th in the UB 80k sniper as well as 2nd in the Stars Quarter Million, the latter for a 37.5k. There were a staggering amount of top players still left in the 250k with three tables remaining including jornxx, DJK, Mendieta19 and Bhanks11. I got it in as 2 to 1 dog three times in the final 4 tables and won all three...guess its safe to say I got the "run-bad" out of my system Sunday
When I busted Bhhanks 4th after tank calling his 4bet overshove with AJ and holding aginst his JT I thought I had the thing all but won. Ended up going into HU play against a $25 average buy-in player with a 3.5 to 1 chip lead and losing. Although I flopped literally no more than 5 pairs over the course of the 1.5 hour HU match I am still extremely disappointed I could not close the door. There is really no excuse for not coming away with a victory in this spot. I take a great deal of pride in my ability to finish tournaments and am looking forward to reviewing the hand histories of this match with friends in an effort to look for spots to improve my play.
Unlikely to play again until Sunday. Plan to play just about every FTOPS and WCCOP day. Once these two series are over I am going to focus a lot more on live tourneys, starting with the Legends 10k at the Bike.
DS
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Been Awhile...
Juli 28, 2009So I busted day 3 of Main and decided to play Venitian 5k. Ended up 15 of 260 losing JJ to TT aip to bust.
Pretty interesting hand along the way I feel is worth sharing. Illustrates a fundamental difference between "online guys" and more traditional players. With three hands left in day 1, blinds something like 400/800 with 50 ante. Stack sizes are exact:
Agro young kid opens 2.6x CU, Devo (Brian Devonshire) flats button with 22bbs, sb flats, I shove 27bbs from bb with KQhh. Agro kid folds, Devo tank calls with ATo. We both flop a pair, he wins. I dont get his line at all. Maybe I need someone with more experience to explain the reasoning, feel free to PM me if you are said person.
After busting Venitian took a week off to relax Montana with my gf and fam. Missed my first Sunday in 6 months. Nice break.
Played yesterday in Vegas with Plattsburg. We both ran so bad that by the end of the night we were literally laughing out loud. Happens.
Back in LA now. Really looking forward to FTOPS and WCCOP. Prob playing Wed/Sunday between now and then.
DS
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Day 3
Juli 10, 2009...starts in about two hours and I very much like my table draw. Although there are a ton of chips (2 225k stacks and a 465k stack) I don't really fear any of the players. Two older live guys with decent results as well as Lemke who shipped a 5k bracelet earlier this series, could be a lot worse.
I want to wish my dad good luck today. Around the same time Jerry Pollack tells us to shuffle up and deal, my dad will be entering surgery for his second hip replacement. Surgeries are always scary and even though it is a pretty standard procedure, he will be in my thoughts throughout the day.
Day 2 was very up and down, in exactly that order. After starting with 90k I built my stack to 175k with the help of a couple donations and some good aggressive play. One hand I limped button with 72cc after 4 had limped in front of me. Initial limper then put in three bets with me on flop and two more on turn to get it all in with TT on 7248 board for 60bb. A few hands later I get moved to a new table and on the second hand, the CO shoves 27bb with ATo. I wake up with AQo on button, tank call and win.
Things started to turn around however, when I opened EP with two red aces and got flatted in two spots. I lead J74 rainbow flop, initial flatter calls and second flatter overships. I call he has KJdd and it runs off dd to give him flush. Although I wasent tilted things didnt go too well after that. Lost min flatting late raise with 88 then losing only 1 bet on 642 flop v TT. Ended the day super card dead.
That will change today tho. I plan to continue to play well and start running like I do online. Who knows, maybe ill even suck out on someone. Honestly hasn't happened more than 3 times in 15 events
.If you want to follow my updates on twitter you can do so at twitter/Doc_Sands. Poker news is also streaming these updates on the right side of live updates page.
GL today me.
DS
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91.2k at the Conclusion of Day 1A
Juli 04, 2009Very solid day 1. Played virtually mistake free poker while exerting constant pressure on my opponents. Was fortunate enough to get an above average table draw with no aggressive players directly to my left. Barry Shulman 4 spots to my left played pretty well post flop but was exploitable because he flatted too often from the blinds and almost never three bet. Over the course of the entire day I probably opened 30% of the pots, and took down over half those pots with c bet on the flop. Since I was only three bet on about 10% of my opens I was able to see a ton on flops and outplay my opponents when they did try to take a stand after the flop.
I got off to a quick start, building a 45k stack with virtually no showdowns. After gaining the CL at the table I upped my aggression and really widened my opening range, especially in late position as I was raising a very weak set of blinds. After stealing back to back pots pre with air, I pick up QQ and end up getting in pre for 12k effective at 100/200 v AKss. Flop comes T74ss and I still hold. Weeeeeee
After that, a lot more opening, c betting and double-barreling to work my way up to 75k. With two hands left to play in the night the following big hand transpires...At 150/300 with 25 ante, aggressive German kid with 65k makes it 950 from CO. We have had several confrontations over the course of the day and he has proven capable of making moves with air. After he opens from CO it is folded around to me in BB where I wake up with AJo. Obviously I three bet since this hand is crushing his opening range. I make it 2850 to go. He flats. Flop Q84 rainbow. I lead 3450. He snap makes it 10k total. I tell myself I have two red Aces and play the hand accordingly. I think for a few minutes before making it 26.4k to go. He folds. I show my Ace high face up and give him a cordial wink
Off to the pool then maybe to see Jay-Z later. I won't play live again until next Tuesday but will likely put in a light online session tomorrow.
Happy 4th of July. On this holiday I feel compelled to take a step back and remember why we celebrate. 250 years ago, before people in their mid twenties could make hundreds of thousands of dollars playing games, hundreds of thousands gave their lives in a fight for our Independence. I am very grateful for their sacrifice.
DS
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