Today we're at the most common of games today, NLH. Today should be the softest field we face as this is a relatively cheap entry (1k) and a Sunday start. So we will have even bigger donkeys in the field for the first few hours.
We are in seat 1 of a 9 handed table playing 25 25 with 3000 in chips. We start in the SB. First hand everyone folds to the button who raises to 75. We have AJ and raise to 375. BB and button fold. We're up!
We fold the next ten hands, all the way through our blinds. At this stage of the tourney, that only cost us 50.
Everyone folds to us in seat 8 and we raise to 75 with K9h. Everyone folds and we've won our 50 back by stealing the blinds.
We limp in from seat 6 with 56c. Seat 8 calls and seat 9 raises to 150. The blinds fold and we call, along with seat 8. Flop comes 457 with 2 diamonds. Great flop. We bet 250 and they fold. Okay.
Seat 4, who is very loose, limps. Seat 5 limps and seat 8 raises to 75. We call from the BB with 38d. Seat 4 calls. Flop comes 24Q, all diamonds. Excellent, we flopped a flush. Problem is that if another diamond hits, our 8 high probably won't be good. We bet 175 and they both call. Turn comes As. Perfect card. Hopefully one of them has an A to fall in love with. We bet 750 and seat 4 calls. River comes 6d. Terrible. We check, she checks, and we take it down. She didn't have any diamonds. The 6d only stopped us from betting the river.
We steal a couple small pots and then raise to 125 from the button with JK and get called by the BB and seat 8. Flop comes 26Q. The BB checks and seat 8 bets 150. We lay down our biggest loss so far.
We are now playing 10 handed. From Table Seat 1, I have trouble seeing if 9 and 10 have cards. Again, annoying.
There are two women at the table, in Table Seats 3 and 4. Seat 3 is a tourist. Very sweet, but she's the loose player at the table. She keeps talking to the woman in seat 4, who just smiles and tries to nicely ignore seat 3. After 35 minutes of this, the new dealer came in and asked seat 4 to move her chair a few inches to create the right distribution of room at the table. It became clear at that point that seat 4 doesn't speak English. Someone said she's Russian. She did move, conveniently away from seat 3 who stopped talking to her.
In seat 3 we raise to 75 with TJ. Seats 46 and 7 call; the blinds fold. The pot is 350. Flop comes 7TA. Didn't want to see an A. We think, then check. Everyone checks and turn comes Q. We bet 350 and seat 4 calls. River comes 7. Pot is now 1050. What does he have? We bet 450. If he has an A, he'll call. If not, he'll fold. So we're getting more than 2 to 1 odds that he doesn't have one. He folds. Guess he didn't have one.
Seat 4 raises to 75 and seats 7 and 9 call. We call from the SB with K6 and the BB calls. Flop comes 234 with 2 spades. Everyone checks to seat 9 who bets 175 (he only has 1000 left). Here's the math. The pot has about 550 and I need 175 to call. Everyone else will likely fold. If I hit a 5 on the turn, I will get the pot plus his 1000 he'll almost certainly push on the turn. That's close. K or 6 are probably good too. We call. Turn comes Qh. We check, he bets 1000 and we fold.
We raise to 125 from seat 9 with AT. The blinds call and the flop comes 348. That's terrible against the blinds. We check, they check, turn comes 9 and everyone checks again. River comes 6 and SB bets 175 and takes it down. This is the loose player, but our A high probably isn't good.
We limp with 57d from seat 5. Seat 6 raises to 125 and seat 8 pushes all in for about 1000. We fold and seat 6 folds.
The dealer looked over at my KCC insignia card cover and asked, "yer from Kansas City?" I'm not sure what he thought the second C of KCC meant, but I tried to be nice as he seemed like a good guy and sometimes I have truble speling to. Okay, this isn't spelling, but you get my point right? Fine, I'm a dick. Anyway, back to the cards.
We finish round 1 with 4625 in chips. Great start. Now playing 25 50 in Round 2.
We raise to 175 from seat 9 with 77. Our first pocket pair today. Not great, but let's steal blinds. The SB (loose player) calls and the flop comes 8KK. Actually an okay flop for us. She checks and we bet 350. She calls, which means nothing. Turn comes 5. Great turn for us. She checks and we bet 650. She calls. No idea what she has. River comes 9 and she bets 1000. Hmmmm. She needs an 89K or overpair to beat us (or 55 or 67). I'm lost on this one. I'd rather lay it down and take the 1200 hit on the hand than call and risk another 1000. We fold. Ouch.
We call a seat 6's raise to 150 from seat 9 with JQ. Flop comes 57A. Seat 6 bets 400 and we fold. Down to 3400.
We limp from seat 5 with 37c. Very strange play that I don't recommend to anyone at home. Seats 8 and 9 call and the SB folds. 4 of us see the flop come 467. Great flop. We bet 225. Let's take it down now! Seat 8 calls and the turn comes 5. Giddey-up, we have a straight. The only fear is she could have a higher straight to the 8 or could get one on the river. We bet 525 and she calls. River comes A; perfect. We bet 750 and she folds.
We limp in seat 3 with TT and get four other limpers. Great, if we hit this will be a monster. Flop comes 29Q and everyone checks. Turn comes 8, giving us a gut shot straight draw. We bet 225 and get 2 calls. Oiy! Was hoping they'd fold. River comes A. We check and fold to the bet of 225.
Our table becomes a push fest and we lose two people in 5 minutes, including the Russian woman.
We lose another player and are playing 7 handed waiting for new players. New player enters before the cards are dealt.
Seat 3 (loose) raises to 150. This is her first pre-flop raise, which means she has a hand, but also that if we hit we should be able to fleece her for all her chips. Seat 4 and 7 call and we call from the BB with K3c. Flop comes 45Q with one club. We need runner runner for a flush or a straight; not good. Seat 3 bets 225 and gets 2 calls. As bad as our chances are, the pot odds and upside equity demand we call. Turn comes Q and seat 3 checks. Everyone checks and the river comes 9. We have no hand and it's easy to fold with everyone else when seat 3 bets 1000. She is on a wild run and taking down pot after pot. I suspect someone is going to hit a hand and get well paid; I just hope it's us.
We limp from seat 6 with 55 and seat 7 calls. The SB raises to 250 and the BB calls. Odds are right to call, so we do. Seat 7 calls. Flop comes 6TQ with 2 hearts. The BB bets 600 and we fold.
After 2 hours, we go on break with 3350 in chips. Not terrible given we have had no premium hands. We go back in playing 50 100.
Eric Kurtzman
Kurtzman Carson Consultants
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