We are back in the saddle. Today we play six handed no limit hold em. Couple of interesting features. First, this is a high buy in tournament, so we will have a smaller field of better players. Second, because there are only six players at each table, the hands that play will be different. For example, an Ace Jack is a decent hand with 10 players, but a much stronger hand with only six as it is much less likely that someone else has an ace with a king or queen or a high pair. Conversely, suited connectors (eg 67h) that can play very well with 10 players, are not as good in this smaller game. There is simply less chance that if you hit your hand, someone else will be there to pay you off.
We start with 15000 in chips.
Seat 4 raises to 200 and we call from the button with 66. Flop comes 458 with 2 spades. Probably didn't hit him. He checks and we check for the free card. Turn comes 9s. We have a spade flush draw but really want the 6 or 7 for a straight or set. He checks and we bet 350 hoping he will fold. He doesn't. River comes Jc. He checks. Unlikely he will fold to a bet now as if he has overcards he may have hit the jack and the only thing the river hurts him with is a high spade flush draw or TT. We check and he shows TT with the Ts. Pure comedy. He probably wouldn't have folded anyway.
We get slowly chipped down to 12,500. Seat 3 raises to 200 and we call from the button with 56h. Flop comes 239 with one spade and 2 diamonds. He checks and we bet 400 to see if he will fold. He plays the double reverse and raises to 1000. It's 600 to us, which only makes sense if we think we can win 7000 if we hit a 4. The pot already has over 1300 and his check raise would indicate he's willing to invest more. So we call and pray for a black 4. Turn comes 4c. Totally sick. Also, Guns n Roses Get in the Ring starts playing. He bets 1500 and we raise to 3500. He calls. River comes Js. He checks. We have the nuts. How much can we get him for? He didn't re raise the turn and the river probably hurt him if anything. We bet 4600 and he snap calls showing 33 for a set. We take it down. We probably could have gotten all his chips if we had pushed all in. Oh well, happy to take a huge pot down.
Seat 3 raises to 225 and gets calls from seat 4 and 5. The button raises to 700 and we call from the BB with 55. 4 players see the flop for 700 each, creating a pot well justifying our call, but the flop comes AK8 and we fold very quickly.
I do t recall the preflop action but we were out of position heads up with AQd and the flop came AK5 rainbow. We checked and he bet 325. We just called. Turn came 9, unlikely to benefit him, so we are probably in the lead. We check and he bets 350. An oddly small amount. We raise to 1150 which he likely views as a check raise bluff. He calls. River comes 6. He likely has a K. We bet 1500. He calls and mucks when we show our cards.
Seat 3 raises to 250 and gets called by 4 and the button. We raise to 1250 from the Bb with TT and seat 3 folds but seat 4 raises to 3500. Another 2250 makes sense if we think we win 18000 if we flop a T. He doesn't have quite that much. Also, we are out of position and won't know what to do if the flop is three rags and he bets it. He is representing QQ or better. We reluctantly fold.
Next hand seat 3 raises to 250 and gets 2 callers. We simply call from the SB with AQ. Flop comes 348 of clubs and we fold to the betting.
We play a few more hands like these, losing 3-700 per hand and find ourselves back to 18000 in chips. Respectable, and playing 50-100.
In Seat 4 we raise to 250 with ATh and get called by the button and the BB. Flop comes 467 with 2 hearts. BB bets 350 and we raise to 1050. Our pre flop action followed here represents an overpair. Hopefully he folds, but it's fine if he doesn't too with our but flush draw and 2 over cards. He calls and the Qd turns. He checks. The Q is a scary card for him. We bet 1350 and he calls. The river comes 2s. Total rag. He checks and we check. He shows 67. He flopped 2 pair. We muck our cards.
Starting to get frustrating that we have only had one piece of good (although really good) luck and one good hand since we sat down. Lots of ugly flops though, so at least we didn't spend too much chasing losers.
Last hand of Rpund 2 we raise in seat 4 to 250 with 9Ts and get calls from seat 5 and the SB. Flop comes 29T with 2 clubs. Giddey-up. SB checks and we bet 800. Very large bet at this point but Seat 5 calls. The turn is Ah. We bet 1350 and he calls again. He could have an A or a set, but as we have a 9T, he would only have a decent shot at a set of 2s. He could also be on a club flush draw. River comes Ac. Not good. If he has an A or a club he beats us. We bet 1400, largely to stop him from making a larger bet if he hit a flush. He goes into the tank and then calls with QQ to take it down with aces and queens.
Thankfully we are in break now. I don't understand the last hand in any way. Preflop he called when he should've raised. Post flop he called when he should've raised. If I were still in the hands after his multiple raises, he should have folded when the turn came in Ace. I really have no idea what just happened, but we end the round with 9000 chips, our smallest stack yet.
Your bewildered Donkey
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