16 hours in we are going to be playing 500-1000 with 100 antes so 2400 chips before cards. That's a lot of chips compared to our stack so we will be looking for a chance to steal chips but we have to be ready to push all in soon. Really, pushing all in is all we can do if we fall to 15000; so we don't have much room for real poker.
Thought more about the TQh hand, and spoke to a couple people about it. I think I played it right. The only question is whether I should have pushed after the flop. Maybe. If I had i would have busted because he wasn't laying down top two pair (he could put me on a straight afraid of the flush and fold but highly unlikely). So with perfect hindsight I like the no push. That's the hand that's going to haunt me. Huge swing based on whether a T K or heart fell.
Anyway, we are back in now. Let's see if we can double up.
First hand seat 4 bets 2400 and seat 6 goes all in for 16400. We fold K3. Seat 4 calls. He also has about 25000 and shows 44. Seat 6 shows 55 and they hold up to take it down. A lot of us in push position.
Second hand we fold 36h in seat 7. 8 bets 2500. Button calls and sb bets all in. Seat 7 calls and they both show AK.
First 2 hands back all in pre flop. It's a new game.
In seat 5 we raise to 2500 with TKh and get called by a short stack button. Flop comes 236 and we bet 3200. Big enough that he can't really call without being pot committed. He folds.
Next hand we fold K9s in seat 4 as that seems a little weaker and our credibility won't allow too much bluffing.
Then we fold KT in seat 3.
Button is a small stack with about 23000 and raises to 2300. We are in the bb with K6 and raise to 6900. Why? Because he looks like he's stealing so he won't want to push because I will likely call having already put almost 30% of his stack in. Calling will cripple him if he loses. He calls. Not good. Flop comes 359 all hearts. We have the Kh. We push all in hoping he will fold. He tanks and then calls with JQ including the Jh. We are way ahead. He has 5 outs and we have lots of redraws. Turn comes 8d and river 5d. We take it down. Big win!
Lorenzo raises to 2200 and we call from the button with QK. Flop comes 666. He bets 2400. We raise to 6800, just enough to get a fold if he's hunting for an overcard. We want to get rid of Ax. He folds. Giddey up.
In seat 5 we raise to 2400 with 9Jc and get calls from 6, 7 and the bb. Flop comes 4JQ with 2 hearts and no clubs. Bb checks we check and seat 6 bets 4500. Seat 7 calls and we call looking for a J or 9. Turn comes J! We check and they check. Too bad. River comes Kh. Scary card. Flushes and straights are on the board. We bet 9500 and seat 7 calls. He mucks when we show the J.
Seat 3 raises to 2200 and seat 6 calls and the button calls. We call from the bb with TKd and see the flop 4QA with 2 hearts. We bet 4300 like we have something and get called by seat 6 (the guy who crushed out TQh). As the turn is coming you should know that even as an ardent blackjack player, I have never prayed so hard for a black jack! Turn comes a miracle Js. We have a straight! Now all we have to worry about is a heart putting a flush on the board or a pair opening up full house possibilities. We bet 6500 and he raises to 14000! He could have a set or a flush draw or a straight. We don't want him to get a free card and we want to set up an all in push. We raise another 25000. He tanks for a while and then folds. Okay.
We are suddenly alive again. Wow. Huge upswing of luck and all of this was in 50 minutes of play! We have 102000!
We raise to 2200 from seat 5 with ATs and Lando calls from the bb. Flop comes 236 with 2 spades. He checks. He could have a pair but even if he does he has to worry we have an overpair. Let's build the pot and see if we get a spade. We bet 2300. Very small. He is in pain folding but he does. Ok.
We raise to 2200 with QK from seat 8 and get called by the button. Flop comes AQ6 and we bet 3300. He calls. Not good. Turn comes A. That makes it less likely that he has one and we have the best kicker if he is playing a Q. We bet 6000 and he calls. Hmmm. River comes J. We check. He bets 7000 and we call. He shows A7c. Calling the river was certainly questionable. Damn. That hand cost us 18500! We have 86000.
Seat 5 bets 2000 and seats 6 and 8 call. We call from the bb with TQd. Here we go again. Flop is 49Q with 2 hearts. We bet 4300 and seat 6 calls (the TQ Crusher). Turn is 5s rag. We bet 9500 and he calls. River is Jh putting a heart flush on the board. We bet 9500 and he raises to 25000. He's representing a flush. What else has he been calling down with? We fold. Damn! We are down to 60000! This game is moving too fast. Going to try to slow down but not so good at that.
In seat 8 we raise to 2400 with 88 and everyone folds.
New guy just sat down to lando's left with over 200,000 chips!
We raise to 2200 from seat 5 with 45c and get called by seat 6. Flop comes 38K with 2 clubs. We bet 3300 and he calls. Turn comes Kd. We bet 5500 hoping he will fold but also with our club flush draw. He raises to 15500. Pot odds are close to a call scenario especially with what we can get on the river, but we fold. We have to tighten up.
We raise to 2200 in seat 5 with TT. Seat 8 pushes all in for 11500 and we call. He has KQc and flops a K. He takes it down. We are down to 38000.
Luck swings are absurd.
Person to my right gets knocked out leaving no small blind for the next hand. Monster stack goes all in from the button. We look at our cards hoping for something big we can call and double up with. 57o we fold.
Seat 6 raises to 2600 and we call from sb with 9Tc. Bb calls and flop comes 59Q with 2 diamonds. We check and bb bets 5000. Seat 6 folds. We fold.
Lando raises to 2200 and we call from seat 7 with A9h. Flop comes KK7 with 1 heart and Lando bets 2000. Small prod but we are too small stacked to limp around. We fold.
We finish round 9 with 30,000 chips. Oiy!
All the best,
Struggling Donkey
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