Donkey is back playing the bloggable NLH. This is a $1000 tournament so the first couple hours will have lots of fish. They will be quickly harvested.
We start with 5000 chips playing 25-50.
In round 1 we only play two big hands.
Seat 6 and 7 limp. The button raises to 200 and we raise to 900 with 99 in the bb. Seat 6 and the button call. Seat 6's action makes no sense. He could have limped a monster but then he should have four-bet after we raised. Anything he can't four bet with he should have folded in fear of the button four-betting. Anyway, the three of us see the AQ4 rainbow flop. Terrible. We check, seat 6 checks and the button bets 1500. We fold and seat 6 folds behind us.
3 people limp to us in seat 8 and we limp with 25o. Yep, one of the worst possible hands, but the play in this tournament is so weak we want to see as many cheap flops as possible. Button calls and blinds call. 7 players see the flop 349. We have an open ended straight. Everyone checks to us. We like the big field for our straight draw but don't want to give anyone a chance to check raise us out so we check. The button bets 250 and everyone folds to us. Hmmmm, heads up we are about a 32% against any hand that has made a pair. We raise to 950 hoping he folds or we get lucky on the turn. He folds.
Playing 50-100 we are in seat 4 with AKo. We raise to 350 and get called by seat 6. Flop comes 37K rainbow. Beautiful. We check and he bets 450. Beautiful. There's really no risk here so we just call. Turn comes Qc. We check again and he bets 1000. Now there's risk. There is a flush draw, a straight draw, and 2 high cards he could have paired or be looking for a second pair. We raise to 2700 and he folds. Good result.
We are in seat 6 and raise to 400 with TT. Seat 7 calls and the blinds fold. The two of us see the flop 9AA. Two aces are less scary than one because he's less likely to have one now. Nonetheless, we check and he bets 450. Hmmmm. We call. Let's see what he does on the turn. If he bets it we will fold. Turn comes T! No folding here - we have a full house. We check as planned and he checks. That's sad. River comes K. He beats us with KK if he has it, but there's no other hand he could have that he would have bet the flop And not the turn. A9 AA AT or AK all would have either checked the flop or bet the turn. We bet 750 and he folds. No ace there.
We are in seat 4 with Q9h. Not a great hand. It's a slightly good hand heads up, but we are playing 9-handed! We raise to 325 anyway because if we hit we will be able to go fishing. Probably not a good play but we did it anyway. We get calls from seats 6 and 7 and see the flop 26Q with 2 diamonds. Great! We bet 525 hoping they fold but seat 7 calls. Hmmmm, does he have diamonds or a Q? Turn comes 9s putting two spades on the board and giving us 2 pair. Probably the best card we could have received. If he does have a Q, we are almost surely in the lead. We bet 925 hoping he will stay on board and he does. River comes Ac. Well, no flushes, but could he have aces up now? Unlikely he has AQ and hasn't raised, but he could have been playing A2 or A6. A2 he could have played with diamonds. Hmmmm. Those are all unlikely. Also, he shouldn't have a set as he would have raised the flop and turn to make us pay for the flush draw. Have to feel confident here. We bet 2000 and he looks us in the eyes for a moment and then looks away. He was looking for something that shows fear or confidence. By the way, that's really hard to see in most players and when you do see something, it's just as hard to interpret. Nonetheless I felt bad that I had missed my chance to act scared. He went into the tank and then looked up at me again, this time at my body and this time I was ready. I took a slightly extra deep breath, something that is more of a bluff tell. He immediately grabbed two yellow chips and tossed them in. Just as quickly he mucked when he saw the Q9.
Seat 5 raises to 200 and we are in seat 8 with AQc. Seat five is a very aggressive fish who has actually pushed us out of several small pots already. Although none of them are worthy of individual mention, the end result is a pattern we would like to capitalize on. While normally we would raise to 700 or more with this hand, here we flat call. Blinds both call and we see the flop come 79K with 2 clubs. Now all we need is a third club! The blinds check and seat 5 bets 500. We call and the blinds fold. The turn comes Td. Not what we were looking for. Now we need a club for a flush, Jack for a straight, or an ace is probably also a winning card for us. He bets 1500 and we call. The river comes ace of spades. He thinks about it for minute and then checks. what should we do? We probably have a winner, and we can simply check and find out. on the other hand, we can bet and get more money by winning. However, if we bet, we give him the opportunity to check raise us and crush us if he does have a monster and if he doesn't have a monster, he may just fold anyway. based on the last two hours of play, and the fact that this player has been in many hands, he does not seem like he has the savvy or patience to check raise here. We bet 2200 and he goes into the tank. After a minute he calls and throws his cards away when he sees our ace.
We end round 2 with just over 16,000 in chips. What a great first two rounds.
All the best,
Donkey en fuego
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