First hand seat 7 raises to 500 and we call from seat 9 with 55. Flop comes 49T with 2 spades. He bets 400 and we call. Turn comes 6s. He checks and we check. River comes 3. He checks and we bet 950. He goes into the tank and then folds.
Same guy raises to 500 next hand from seat 6. We call from seat 8 with 66, as do the button and both blinds. Flopping a set would be huge here. Flop comes 58T. Everyone checks to the button (loose) who bets 1000. Everyone folds.
We limp in from seat 4 with 7Js. Seat 8 and the blinds see the 6QK flop with us. The blinds check and we bet 450 into the 800 pot. Everyone folds. Inching forward.
We discard our K2 BB to a 600 raise and our 7Qd SB to a 750 raise.
Seat 3 limps and we limp from seat 6 with J9h. SB folds and BB checks. Flop comes 6JQ with 2 clubs. They check and we bet 450. They fold. 500 pick up there. Inching forward.
Here come the blinds.
We're in the BB with KJ. Everyone folds to the SB who calls. We raise 600 more and he folds.
Everyone folds to us in the SB and we limp in with 36. BB checks and flop comes 3TQ. We begin getting chips to bet and he discards. Not bad, we won 400 on our blinds. Inching forward.
From seat 7 we raise to 600 with A9. Everyone folds and we pick up the 300 blinds. Great result.
In seat 4 we raise to 450 with 89s. Seat 6 (loose) calls and the SB pushes all in for about 2500. We fold, but Loose calls with KK and beats his JJ. She's got chips!
We have A6 in the BB and get a walk, winning 100. Then in the SB we limp with 9T (two limpers ahead of us), but the BB raises to 1400. Loose calls, but everyone else folds. Ultimately BB takes it down going all in on the river without a call from Loose.
Seat 7 raises to 450 and we call from seat 8 with TQh. Blinds fold. Flop comes 4QA. He checks and we bet 350. He calls. Turn comes T. I like it. He checks and we bet 850 and he calls. River comes 3. He checks. This doesn't smell right. We check and he shows AA underneath. I'm surprised he let us see the river with a TQA on the board, but whatever. That hurt 1650, but could have been much worse.
Same guy raises next hand to 425 and we call with AQ. BB calls. Flop comes 27Q with 2 hearts. BB checks and he bets 950. We raise another 1600. That amount makes it inappropriate for him to call with the heart flush draw. BB folds and he goes into the tank. He folds. When our table breaks, he tells me he had JJ.
Table breaks and we're at white 49 seat 8. Damn. We've lost Loose!
Moving into Round 6. We have about 9000 in chips playing 100 200 with 25 antes.
New table, new round, have to study the players. In Seat 3 we fold 47d.
Now we're in the blinds.
Seat 4 raises to 475. There's 1025 in the pot now and it's 275 to us with Q7. We call. Flop comes 6QK. Not bad, unless he has a Q or K. We bet 725 and he raises to 1500. This is not the hand to get crushed on. We fold. Ouch.
We fold the 36 SB.
In seat 7 we raise to 450 with 78h and everyone folds. Great result. The blinds and antes are 550.
Of the 3144 starters, 1070 are alive.
Seat 9 raises to 600 and we call from BB with JQd. Flop comes 67A. Not good. We check and he bets 600. We can either fold or raise to 1500 and hope he doesn't have an A. We fold. Oddly he shows the A before discarding his winner.
Now is when we need those premium hands!
We raise to 450 with A9 from seat 5 and get calls from seats 6 and 8. Flop comes 22A. Good flop. We bet 1100 and seat 6 calls. Turn comes 5 putting 2 diamonds on the board. We bet 1100 and seat 6 raises all in for another 3000. We have about 5000 in chips left. There's little difference between losing 3 and losing 5. I hate to fold. What could he have? It would be a bold bluff. Or he could have a 2 or an A with a better kicker, in which case I have 3 outs to win and 4 to tie? With greater restraint than I usually can bring to play, we fold.
As the dinner break starts we raise to 450 from seat 3 with K9h and everyone folds.
We head to dinner at the end of Round 6 with 5600 in chips. Well over half the field is out. The fish are dead. Hopefully you won't hear from me for 3 1/2 hours.
Eric Kurtzman
Kurtzman Carson Consultants
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