Nlh rounds 11-12

We start round 11 playing 600-1200 with 200 antes. Five players at the table. Thats 2800 before cards are dealt. We only have 26000 in chips so this is going to be quick when it happens.

Three players at our table have at least twice our stack. The fourth is a very short stack - about 10000. Unfortunately he is sitting to our immediate left and will likely push quickly. So anything we bet, we have to be ready to bet 10000 on. Anything we would bet 10000 on, we would have to be willing to push our whole stack in on. So his existence more than anything narrows our options some.

We raise from seat 3 with AJc to 3200 and everyone folds. Great.

Seat 4 raises to 2500 and we call from the bb intending to make a large post flop bet in a little stop and go. Flop comes 8TJ giving us an open ended straight draw. We bet 5200 and he folds.

We raise to 3600 from the button with QK and the blinds fold.

Up to about 34000.

Seat 3 bets 2500 and we call from the bb with 67s. Stop and go won't work here because even though we had a decent flop last time, it had the appearance of stop and go. The flop comes TQA with one spade. We check, he bets 2600 and we fold.

On the button we raise to 3600 with AJc. Second time in 14 minutes! Sb pushes all in for 1800 of the bet and bb folds. Sb shows 25c. We flop a jack. He rivers a 2 but it's over for him.

34000

Seat 3 raises to 2500 and the button calls. It's 1300 to us in the bb with 68. Do we push and hope they fold? Call and hope to hit something? Or fold. For 1300 we call.

Flop comes 39T. All we have is a gut shot straight draw. We check. Seat 3 checks and the button bets 4500. He was weak preflop but may have hit a pair. If we push we win about 15000 if he's bluffing but we lose everything if he's not. We fold.

32500.

Playing 6 handed.

Seat 3 raises to 2500 and the button raises to 5200. Seat 3 raises a lot of pre flop action so his bet means little. The button could have this same read and be re-stealing. Time to play ball.

We push all in from the bb with TKo. Not a bad hand and we have 30k in chips so we can give anyone a black eye. Seat 3 folds. The button goes in the tank for a minute and then folds. Great. That's about 9000 victory chips.

43500. We can actually play a little poker now. At least until the blinds go up in 14 minutes.

Seat 3 bets 2500 and the button calls. We are in the bb with 77. If we push and get a call, we are prob a slight favorite. Or we can play poker. We play poker and just call. Flop comes 235. No 7 but a great flop for us. We bet 7500 and seat 3 calls. That means he likely has 2 big cards but not a pair. We are in the lead. The turn comes 5. Again, great card for us. We push. He thinks for a minute and folds. Great.

We raise to 2800 on the button with 9T. Bb calls. Unfortunately i think we priced him in. We should have bet a little more. Flop comes 78K giving us an open ended straight draw. He checks and we bet 3200. He calls and the turn comes Jc! We made a straight! To make it better, he bets 5200 into us. Hmmm.

We want him in and betting. He could now have a flush draw, an open ended straight draw or a gut shot straight draw. We want to bet enough to get the gut shot out. The flush will be more visible to us, but if he has AT we don't want to see a Q river and surprise us. We raise to 15200.

He goes into the tank. He's staring at us a lot. After a while we take a drink and try to make our hand mildly shake. Candidly not hard to do. He bites and calls as soon as he sees that. Now we just need a rag on the river.

River comes 3s. Perfect. We have the nuts. He checks and we push all in for just over 30000. He goes into the tank again but calls and then folds when we show the bits. Donkey's back!

playing 800-1600 with 200 antes (for a while now) seat 3 raises to 3500 and we call from seat 4 with 55. We have not flopped a set yet in this tourney. Flop comes 47T. He bets 4500. What did he pre flop bet that that hits. A T maybe. Let's find out now if he has us beat rather than call and call. We raise to 12500 and he folds. Great result.

In 78 minutes we've gone from 26000 to 126600. Giddey-up.

We raise to 3400 from seat 4 with 99 and the button (guy we Nutted with the 9T) pushes all in for 16000. We call and he shows ATo. We are a slight favorite, but it's a race. Flop comes 278. Turn comes 4. River pairs the 8 and we take it down. Bye bye.

Seat 3 raises to 3500 and the button calls. For 1900 we call from the bb with 59. Flop comes 56J. We bet 4500 and seat 3 calls. The turn comes A. We check and he bets 7000. Hmmm. 7000 to win about 28000. Also, this guy had a huge stack coming in but doubled two people up calling an all in with a Q high and going all in with a small pair. He has gone from 160000 to about 40000. The strangest player I have ever seen. We call and the river comes 9! We have 2 pair. We bet 15000 and he goes in the tank. Then he pushes all in for 40k. Hmmm, history says call because he's on crack like we've never seen before. Could he have J9 or AJ. Or a set? We have to call hoping he has Jx or Ax. We call and he shows pocket jacks. He flopped a set. Wow, donkey got punched hard.

Down to about 65000. Okay, head in the game.

Our table breaks and we head to four new faces to try to stomp on.

Playing 5-handed the button raises to 3500. We raise to 10500 from the bb with AT. He folds showing A4s.

We finish round 12 with 132 players and 74300 in chips.

All the best,
Donkey Live

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