Playing 1500-3000 with 500 antes. 7500 in the pot pre deal.
In seat 4 we raise to 7500 with 88 and the blinds both call. Flop comes 249. They check. Ever hear the expression "beware the 9"? No? That's because it doesn't exist. We bet 18000 and they fold.
Seat 3 raises to 6500 and we call from the Sb with 8T. Flop comes 6TK. We check and he bets 9500. We call looking for a second pair. Turn comes 6 pairing the board. We check and he bets 14500. We raise to 30000 hoping the check raise will drive him out. He re-raises to 60000. Not what we were looking for. Obviously not worried we have a 6. We fold. Big loss. Ouch.
In seat 3 we make a questionable raise to 6500 with QT and get calls from seat 5 and both blinds. Flop comes 35T with 2 hearts. We have the Qh. Blinds check and we bet 18000. Seat 5 goes into the tank. He has more chips than we do and we can't get into a big hand with him unless we feel stronger than we do. He folds. The blinds fold. Good result.
We are down to 71 players on 12 tables. We have 233500 in chips.
In seat 4 we raise to 6500 with JQc and the button raises to 15000. The bb calls and we call. Flop comes 56J. Great flop. Bb checks and we bet 22000. Button folds and bb calls. Turn comes 4 putting 2 diamonds on the board. Bb checks and we bet 42000. He goes into the tank and then pushes all in. Wow. We are 80000 into this pot but how do we call an all in? He could be bluffing but otherwise he has 2 pair at least. Maybe a set or straight. If he has 2 small pair we are a desperate dog. Could he be making a six figure semi-bluff with a flush draw? Wtf? We fold. Ouch. Wow. Ouch.
Playing 6 handed 2000-4000 with 500 antes. 9000 in the pot before the deal. We have about 140000 chips.
In seat 4 we raise to 9500 with 89c. Seat 5 raises to 28500. We fold.
We are getting shit canned. Time to regroup.
We raise from seat 5 with AT to 9500. Bb calls us and flop comes 45J. He checks and we check turn comes q. He checks and we check. River comes 7. He bets 4000. We call and he shows 56 to take it down with a pair of 5s.
We are down to 101000. This has been a straight down path for 90 minutes. We don't want to bubble out so its hard to play big right now (62 players left).
Seat 5 raises to 10000 and we call from the Sb with 44. Maybe we will finally flop a set? Bb calls and flop comes 67Q with 2 spades. We check and they both check. Hmmmm, if seat 5 has something he should bet to get the flush draw out. Turn comes 2h. Total rag. We could bet and hope to take it down but if someone calls we won't be able to bet the river. We are now playing with fear. We check. Bb checks and seat 5 bets. We both fold.
61 players. We are now playing hand by hand. Every table plays one hand and waits for every table to finish before dealing the next hand. This is a sucky time. We don't want to be the guy who placed 61st in a tourney paying 60, but we have to continue to play and try to rebuild our stack.
Our 5th hand to hand hand everyone folds to the Sb who pushes all in for 51000. We have 82000. If we call and lose we can still limp to the money but that would suck. We have 77. We are probably the favorite, by at least a little. Do we call and hope to repair our stack a little, even if losing means limping our way to the money. Our do we play like a giant vag?
We call and he shows A7. We are about 70% favorite. Just no aces! Flop comes A36. Oiy! Turn comes 5 and river a miracle 4 to give both of us straights. We split the pot. Phew!
In between hands i walk the floor. There are only 2 or 3 players with fewer chips than we have. This could be a long slow hand to hand.
We end round 16 with 42000 in chips. Frustrating. We are going to have to fold to the money and then die. Hopefully we make it to the money.
To add to my frustration, I ran into the guy who pushed all in on the 456j board when we had JQ and asked him what he had. He responded quickly AQd. He had a diamond draw and two overcards. I hadn't really thought of that, but it's not much different from just the diamond draw. He needed a diamond or an ace. We were about a 75% favorite to double up to about 450k and instead we folded. Cowardly donkey.
All the best,
Oiy Donkey
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