NLH

First hand back we are playing 2500-5000 with 500 antes and raise to 14000 from seat 4 with AQd. Seat 5 pushes all in and everyone folds to us. It's 100,000 to call. Thats huge but we are a favorite against anything but AA QQ KK or AK. We call and he shows AK. His hand holds up and our stack is crushed back to the land of the average.

We Struggle for about 20 minutes and come to a very similar situation. In C4 we lead out for 10,000 with JJ. Everyone folds to the small blind who pushes all in for about 100,000. We are only afraid of three hands, the pairs of queens, kings and aces. There are, of course, races, such as against an ace queen, but we are not afraid of those. This is the same situation we just fixed. We call again and see him turn over a deuce. Our first thought is that his push with a suited ace deuce was crazy and we are about a 70% favorite. However, then we see his second deuce? He pushed all in with a pair of to Dueces? We are a massive favorite and our jacks hold up.

We play seven or eight hands over the course of the remaining 70 minutes winning or losing between 30,000 and 80,000 in chips each time. I only remember one clearly.

Seat four bets 12,000 playing 3000-6000 with 1000 antes. We simply call from seat eight with AK. We believe that if we hit our cards, he will pay us. Also, we are hopeful to induce one of the blinds to push all in. The blinds call and the four of us see the flop come 3TJ. Not but we were looking for. Everyone Checks to us and we check to see another card. The turn comes 4. Seat four bets 18000, we call, and the small blind calls. The river comes an ace. Excellent! The two players check to us and we bet 55,000. They both call and seat 4 takes it down with AT.

We finish the level with 355,000 in chips and 43 opponents.

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