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Date: 8/29
Previous Balance: $56

Buy In: $5 (+.50)
Placed: 2nd
Money won/lost: + $8

New Balance: $64

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Comments:

This was a fun game for me. I felt I really played well short stacked. There were many critical hands that are explained below; I really had to play some poke this time around. I could of won it if it wasn’t for the last hand. I went heads up against a guy who had me 2-1 in chips. I battled w/ him for a while and we exchanged the chip lead a few times. I check with 7h4d. flop comes 3 diamonds. I check, the villain bets the pot. I, thinking he doesn’t have anything (which is correct) or he has no diamonds so I reraise; he calls. Turn comes the Jc. This time I bet the pot and he calls; I figured I was in trouble at that time. On the river comes the 4th D – he goes all in. Now, normally this would be an easy fold but he makes a comment, “call and its over.” I read this as weakness and I think he is weak – I thought he didn’t have any diamonds. I call and he has the Jd.

Here are some other interesting hands:

Blinds at 25/50, Iam UG w/ 1195 in chips. I get AJo, villain, who is deep into the redzone goes all in for 310. Its an easy call for me. Villains 88 hold up. Iam now deep into the red zone.

Blinds at 50/100, I have 735 chips and am sitting UG. I get dealt AQo and I raise. Villain. Who is the short stack, calls. Flop comes Q68 giving me top pair. I go all in and get called by villain and I stack him as an A came on the river to give me top 2 pair.

Blinds still at 50/100. I now have 1,920 chips and am sitting on the SB. U get dealt TT. Few limpers to me and I raise to 500. Villain goes all in for another 400+ chips and I call. Villain holds KTo and catches a K to put me in trouble yet once again.

Blinds now at 75/150. I have 885 in chips. Iam in MP. I get dealt A5o and push it all in. I get one caller who shows Q8o. My hand holds up and I double up.

With 1920 in chips and still at 75/150 blinds I get dealt AQo UG. I raise to 500. I get one caller. Flop comes K23 w/ 2 diamonds. Villain checks and I go all in; villain folds.

Blinds still 75/150. I have 2645 in chips. I battled my way out of the red zone. Iam in LP. I get dealt AQo again. Folded around to me and I raise to 500. I get one caller. The same caller as the last time I won the hand. Flop comes K8A. Again the villain checks but this time I put him on something. I knew if I went all in again he would probably think Iam bluffing so I do and he calls. He shows AK and takes the pot. I had more chips then him but he cripples me.

Limits now 100/200. I have 885 in chips and am sitting UG. I get dealt KT suited (clubs). Folded around to me and I push it all in. No callers.

There are now 4 players left. Its bubble time. There is one player w/ less chips then me so I decide to play defense and see what he does. Iam not gonna go all in unless Iam have a monster. Well, he doubles up which changes my strategy.

I then get A8o two hands in a row; I push it all in both times and get no callers each hand.

Blinds still 100/200. I now have 1385 in chips (deep red zone). Iam in the SB. I get dealt K7s (hearts). Folded to me. The BB has just as much chips as me so I decide to put in the minimum raise to see if he has a hand. He calls. Flop comes 238 w/ 2 clubs. He goes all in and I fold. Not sure if I played this hand right. Should I of raised all in or folded the SB? I don’t just calling here or is that a good play?

Blinds still 100/200. Sitting on the button I get A5o. Folded to me raise it. BB reraises. Iam pot committed so I reraise all in he of course calls. He shows K7 and my hand holds up.

We are still 4 deep and I somehow battle my way to 2nd in chips through different moves.

Still 100/200 blinds. Iam on the button w/ 2370 in chips. I get dealt 22 and raise to 600. BB, who is also the chip leader, calls. Flop comes 6AK. We both check ( very dangerous board for me). Turn comes 9d. He goes all in and Iam forced to fold.

Still 100/200 blinds – a very active level for me for sure. I have 1770 in chips (back in red zone). Iam sitting UG and get dealt AJo. I raise and get one caller. Slop comes 946 w/ two spades. He checks and I go all in; he calls which puts him all in. Villain shows A7o. I survive and am “in the money.”

Still 100/200 blinds. I now have 3555 in chips. I get dealt 88 in the BB. I go all in and get called. Villain shows 77 and my pair hold up to get me head to head.

The last hand was already explained in the first part of this comments.

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Key stats: (stats since I started this blog)

Won hand % = 26% (26.63%)
Saw Flop % = 26% (27.72%)
Preflop Raise % = 15.48% (26%)
Showdown % = 10% (10%)
Showdown won % = 60% (73.33%)

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