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Brief look back at last round, we made a mistake betting the A3 on the river and we may have over bet or K-high flush. We could have squeezed more money out of that hand, but we also avoided seeing another heart come and having to muck our hand to a big bet.
Well, Donkey looking forward now. Let's charge forward! But in a soft, careful way.
We start Round 2 with 31,150 playing 100 200 NLH.
We limp in S3 with 55. S4 and S6 limp and S7 (who we will call Huck, and who is the guy we had the K flush against) raises to 1100. Huck has raised the limps consistently, so we re-raise to 4100 and he folds along with everyone else.
Huck raises to 600 and we call from the BB with TJs. Flop comes 48J. We bet 750 and he calls. Turn comes T. Fantastic. We bet 1500 and he calls. River comes 7. Now a 9 gives him a straight. We should still be good, but let's be careful. We check and he bets 2250. We call and he mucks his bluff.
Seat 8 raises to 400 and we call from the SB with 4Td. BB calls and flop comes 88J with 2 diamonds. We bet 600 and BB calls. S8 folds. Turn comes Kc. Hoping he'll fold we bet 1200. He calls. River comes 6s. Our only chance to win now is by betting and making him fold, so we bet 2300, but he calls with a J7. Can we scream? No. We are, however, allowed to punch ourselves in the face.
We raise to 450 from S7 with 66. The blinds both call. Huck, in the BB, comments that he's only playing so he can lose more chips to me. Flop comes 28T with 2 spades. They both check. We check, just in case they hit something and just in case we turn a 6. We don't. Turn comes 2 pairing the board and they check again. We bet 625 and they fold. I guess they didn't hit anything, so both our just in cases were irrelevant.
Seat 4 limps and Seat 7 raises to 600 and we call from the SB with AJ. S4 calls and flop comes 4TJ with 2 hearts (we have Ah). Jacks have been great for us so far and flopping quite a bit. We check, 4 checks and 7 bets 800. We raise to 1600. 4 folds and 7 calls. Turn comes T. That's not good if he has a T. We bet 2000. Let's see. He calls. No raise is nice, but he's behind us and could be slow playing. River comes A. Great card as we now have aces and jacks. If he was hoping to hit an over (eg playing a QA, we're probably solid (unless he has QK). We bet 3500 and he folds. Fine result.
On a side note, going back to the K flush hand, Huck mentioned that he had the Ah. Was he lying? Possibly - this is poker. But he went on to replay his mistakes. He should have flat called, he could have lost less, etc., so maybe it's true, in which case my play was right, but luckily so, not necessarily skillfully so. 6 commas. Great literature this is says Yoda.
S3 raises to 600 and we call from S4 with JJ. Flop comes 79Q and he bets 800. We call. Hoping for a J or that he doesn't have a Q. Turn comes 4. He bets 2000 and we call again. That didn't help him. River comes 9 and he checks. He may be afraid we have a 9, which means he has at least TT and prob a Q. We check and he shows AA and takes it down. Ouch, but that could have hurt more. If he had made a mid bet on the river we would have called and lost that too!
Everyone folds to the button who raises to 550 in a classic blind stealing mode. SB folds and we have A5, which may be the best hand out. We raise to 2100 assuming he'll fold, but he calls. Flop comes 34K with 2 spades. A miracle 2 would be fun? In any case, our pre-flop bet could certainly mean we have AK or KQ, or even AA. We bet 2200. Bet it like you got it. He goes into the tank for a bit and folds. Nice pick up of 2200 chips.
Seat 6 raises to 550. S7 calls and we're in S8 with A2h. We call and so does S9 and the BB. 5 players! Flop comes 24Q with one heart and everyone checks to us. We bet 1600 and S9 calls, but everyone else folds. Turn comes Kh. How much would a heart on the river rock? We check, hoping to see a free card and he checks behind us. River comes 3s. Not good. Doubtful that our 2s are good, but maybe. Pot is about 6000. We bet 3500 hoping he folds and he does. Yay!
Seat 4 raises to 500 and we call from S6 with A2d. Here we go again. BB calls and flop comes 47K with 2 hearts. BB bets 700 and we both fold.
Seat 7 raises to 500 and we call from the button with 79s. SB raises to 2200 and BB and S7 fold. We could win a huge pot if we hit, but 1700 more to see the flop? We fold.
Very next hand we raise from S8 to 550 with 89d and get called by the same guy, now on the button. Flop comes 33J with 2 diamonds. Today is the day of diamonds and jacks. We bet 750 and he folds. Okay, we're even on that exchange.
We raise to 550 from S4 with 79c. Deja vu of sorts. Seat 7 raises to 1750 and then the BB pushes all in for about 16000. This is his second recent pre-flop massive over bet push, but we can't call and we fold. So does S7.
S5 limps and S9 (the pusher) raises to 600. We're in the BB with JJ and raise to 1900. S5 folds and the pusher goes into the tank. Now we're worried. If he pushes again, we can't call. Not with JJ. Even if we're in the lead and he has A9, we can't risk 17000 chips on a roll of the dice. After a minute, he folds.
Huck in S4 raises to 500 and we call from the button with A2d. This must be the 4th time we've had suited A2. Crazy. BB calls and flop comes 569 with 2 spades. Huck bets 1700 and we fold. Ultimately the BB wins this pot making a straight with 67d. Would have been a great time to make a Diamond flush!
From S7 we limp in with 34c. The SB folds and we see the flop with the BB. 9JQ comes and he checks. We bet 200 and he folds. Not a great win, but we'll take it.
S4 raises to 600 and we call from 8 with AJ. S9 calls and the flop comes QQK. S4 bets 1100. Every now and the we like to float behind the bettor and see what they do next. If he doesn't have a Q or K, he should check the turn. Also, a T gives us a straight, which is against the odds but would be nice. We call and S9 folds. Turn comes 5 and S4 bets 2100. This philosophical floating thing is over. We fold.
In S6 we limp with 33. S6 raises to 1000, which we would have called, but Huck goes all in for 3200. I don't believe Huck, but S6 could raise after we call, so we fold. S6 calls with KQ. Huck has A8. It's painful to watch. The flop is 36J. Neither of them ever hit anything and Huck's ace takes the pot, but we would have flopped a set of threes. Oh well, play safe.
So we took a couple mid level hits, but the slow consistent play is working well at this point. We conclude Level 2, after 4 hours of play, with 40,025 in chips. Pretty happy about that.
All the best,
Eric Kurtzman
Kurtzman Carson Consultants
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