This morning my favorite local casino, River Spirit, conducted its WSOP Main Event satellite freeroll. Approximately 90 players showed up to compete. It's been about, well, I guess about 16 months since I last played a live NLHE tournament. Back when I played tournaments on a daily basis, I did manage to cash most of the time, but felt like my game was pretty rusty going into this one today.
The first two levels were rough. Starting stack: 10,000 chips
Level 1: 25/50; Level 2: 50/100
Raise pre with JJ, 2 callers. Flop K45. C-bet flop. Check-fold turn.
4 players limp, I overlimp Qs3s on the button. Flop a flush draw. Called flop. Called turn getting 6-1 odds. Miss and fold river.
Raise pre with QQ, 1 caller. Flop KJ6cc. C-bet flop. Check-fold turn. Villain shows KJss.
Raise pre with AdKd, 2 callers. Flop 689cc. Check flop. Fold turn.
4 players limp, I overlimp with 5d6d. Flop Kd6h7d. Checks to me, I bet the flop smallish ~40% pot, 2 callers. Turn 7s. Check-check and I check. River 3c. I fold to a smallish river bet.
Raise pre with TT, 3 callers. Flop J75. Checks to me, I check, player behind me bets. Folds to me and I call. Turn 8. Check-check. River 7. Check-check. Villain bets small and I call. He shows KJo.
By now my chip stack has dipped to 5,000. Level 3: 100/200 thru Level 9: 800/1600/200
I limp in MP w/9hTh. 3 more limpers behind me and both blinds come along. Flop Jh8h7s. SB bets 1K, BB calls, I raise to 3K, everyone folds.
Raise pre in LP with Ad9d. Button calls, BB calls. Flop KT7dd. C-bet flop, button calls. Turn is the 5c. Check-check. River 5h. I check-fold.
I'm UTG+2 and look down at 77. I shove, hoping to pick up 900 chips uncontested. Button calls, everyone else folds. Button has 99. A 7 falls on the turn and I double up.
I successfully steal the blinds 3 more times this level, with KQs, JTs, and ATs.
I basically fold every hand for an hour. I've been moved to a new, more aggressive table, with zero limping allowed. Being dealt lots of 52o, 93o, 73s type hands.
Antes start. I blind down to around 10k, then steal and get back to the 12-13k range.
UTG+1, pick up AA and raise to 4k. Button, another short-stack who nevertheless has me covered, shoves. I call (obv). He has 88. AA holds and I jump to 29k in chips.
I raise a few more times and either get no callers or no flop resistance and chip up to around 35k.
I pick up TT UTG+2. Blinds at this point are 800/1600/200. I raise to 4000. Button reraises to 15000. Shove or fold time. Button has easily 50k chips in front of him. If I fold, I'll have 29k or so to play with, and looking at the clock, blinds go up to 1000/2000/200 in 5 minutes. I decide to risk it and shove. Snap-call from button with AA. Oops. No miracles come and I'm out.
Finished 24th.
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