So this is my first experience at the WSOP, and i have to say, the atmosphere is electric. I've seen the TV shows, and what people say is true. I always expected it to be kinda normal, and nothing that special, but its something that you really have to do.
Well, where to begin ... I'll start by saying that i was extremely nervous. I showed up 10 minutes late, so the tourney had started. I sat down, and look down at AK the very first hand, and i end up winning the pot VS. Mark Seif and being up to 5K right off the start(started with 4K) From there, i built my stack up with small pots, playing in position. I also played this one hand vs Mark Seif also ...
Well, where to begin ... I'll start by saying that i was extremely nervous. I showed up 10 minutes late, so the tourney had started. I sat down, and look down at AK the very first hand, and i end up winning the pot VS. Mark Seif and being up to 5K right off the start(started with 4K) From there, i built my stack up with small pots, playing in position. I also played this one hand vs Mark Seif also ...
He raises UTG to 175 at the and i call with 7s 8s in middle position. Flop comes Jh 2h 6s, he checks, i check, turn 8c, he bets 250$, i call. river is 10s, he checks, i bet 300, he calls and mucks. After this pot, this is where I finally became comfortable and said to myself that I could do this, and I just gotta play like i can and i will do fine.
I got my stack up to 9K at the first break. When I came back from break, I lost a couple pots and was down to 4500. A Vegas pro raises to 700 UTG and a crazy sweedish guy next to him makes it 2700, i look at QQ and i insta push since this guy is nuts ... he calls and he has TT and i hold.
This is the big hand, where i decided to gamble. I pick up Ac Kc UTG and i raise to 600 at 100-200 blinds, guy that has about 3500 calls, cut off calls, button call, SB calls, and BB calls. Flop comes Jc Js 3c. The pot is about 3850 because of antes, and the BB bets 1800, i decide to call with my flush draw, the short stack short shoves for 1100 more and we both call. Pot is 12550 and i got about 5200 left. Turn is Ks, and the BB puts me all in. i think about it for a while, and i'm getting 3.5 to 1, and i figured i have 10 outs, K or club not pairing up the kicker. I decide that either have a big stack or out. If i hit this, i'm going to be in great shape and will be able to control the table. I call, river 5c. Probably not the best hand, but its so hard to fold at any point there except on the turn when i'm all in for my tournament.
The next big hand i picked up was when i raised from the Cut off to 775 at 150 - 300 with 3h3d and the BB calls. I'm about 30K deep, he's about 18K deep. Flop comes Ac 4h 5h, he checks, and i check behind, i could feel a check raise here. Turn is Qd, he bets 1600, now i think he has a big hand, and i think he has something, so i can probably draw here and get paid on the river. I call, river 3c. He bets 3200, and i just shove a stack of 1000 chips enough to cover him and he snap called and mucked when he saw my hand. I don't know if i was right, but i think he had AQ or A5 or something like that. It was still pretty early and people weren't really 3 betting at this time, so AQ is a good posibility.
From there, i just chipped up, made a couple 3 bets with big hands in the blinds. I was getting alot of respect, people were really scared of me. A guy folded AK to me preflop when he raised from the Cut off + 1 and i was in the cut off and re-raised him with AK, its ok though, i told him i had AA.
I won a nice pot with K 10 in the BB when it was folded around to the SB and he completed, and i checked(blinds 400 - 800). Flop came Kh 10h 9c, he checks, i bet 1150, he calls. Turn 5s, he checks, i bet 2400, he calls. River is 2s. He checks, at this point, i figure he has somekind of pair, maybe something like J 10, Q 10. So i bet out 4450. He thought for abit, and said "do you think i missed my flush" and its funny, because i was thinking exactly that when i bet, i wanted him to think that i thought he missed the flush. Anyways, he calls and mucks.
That was the last big hand of the day for me. I finish the day with about 78 000 in chips which put me in the top 10 in chips.
Day 2 started, i didn't get alot of sleep. Day 2 in tournaments is new to me, and it was rough. I came to the tables confident that i could do this and keep it going. I had alot of chips, there was about 115 left with top 99 making money.
I started off the day pretty smooth, only stealing blinds, and chipping up with nothing special happening. The other big stack was getting pist because i raised his BB twice, once with AKs, the other with 55. He said "three !!!", i responded "what ? what are you talking about three", he responds "that's two, 3rd time, i'm going to re raise." I just started laughing my head off, saying "Ok buddy, I'm UTG + 1 and i'm stealing your BB!!" I proceeded to make fun of his "three!!" by doing the same thing to people that were raising my BB. The whole table was laughing and having fun with it.
The very next time i raise his BB, i have JJ and its folded to him, and he's taking out chips for a Re-raise, i was going to insta shove bomb it, but he eventually decided to call since i had about 100K and he had probably around 120K. I think the blinds were 1K - 2K and i made it 5100. Flop comes A Q 3, he check, i check. Turn 5, he checks, i bet 8K, he calls. River is K, he checks, and i almost bet because i really thought he had a PP, and that he would call, but decided to check and he showed 22. Not sure if he would have called.
This is where the fun Begins, a new player joins the table to my right, and he has about 180K in chips, and my stack is around 115K i guess. First hand he sits down, he raises to 8K from UTG + 1(blinds 1500-3000) and i call with 77, everyone else folds. Flop comes K 6 2 rainbow, he leads for 13 500, at this point, i could have the best hand, and if he has a K, i'm going to find out right away. So i decide to make it 34 500 total, he tanks for abit, and decides to fold. I really like it, because i think he folds alot of hands that beat me, like QQ to 88 and maybe even a weak K. Don't forget its his first hand at the table.
2 hands later, we are in the blinds together and he just completes, and i check with Q 8. Flop comes Qs 3c 3h, both check, turn 2s, he bets 7500, i call, river is 2c. He checks, and i decide to check behind since i don't think he can call anything without beating me, so i decide to look at his hand and check, he shows 10d 4d.
The Very next hand, its folded to him on the button and he makes it 8K to go, i look down at you know what Ah Ad. At this point, i'm dancing in my head, i know he's getting tired of me, i took 2 pots off him in the first 5 hands since he joined the table, so i know he's getting frustrated. So i re-raised to 24 000 and i'm almost sure he's going to re-raise because i know he's an online player, and they're tilt boxes when they get pushed around. He tanks for abit and finally pushes all in, and i snap call, jump out of my chair. He tables K J and the board runs out K x x, x, J and he wins. I just scream "NOOOOO !!" and start walking around. It takes the TD about 5 minutes to count our chip stacks, since we are both in the Top 10 in chips with 74 left, we have alot of chips. I had about 25K in black chips alone. The chip counts end up being 156K for him, and about 153K for me.
GG me, was an incredible ride but i wish i could win that pot and really have a shot at an FT.
Thats long enough, i don't really remember that much from my other big cash, so i'm not going to talk that much about it.
See you next year WSOP !!
That was the last big hand of the day for me. I finish the day with about 78 000 in chips which put me in the top 10 in chips.
Day 2 started, i didn't get alot of sleep. Day 2 in tournaments is new to me, and it was rough. I came to the tables confident that i could do this and keep it going. I had alot of chips, there was about 115 left with top 99 making money.
I started off the day pretty smooth, only stealing blinds, and chipping up with nothing special happening. The other big stack was getting pist because i raised his BB twice, once with AKs, the other with 55. He said "three !!!", i responded "what ? what are you talking about three", he responds "that's two, 3rd time, i'm going to re raise." I just started laughing my head off, saying "Ok buddy, I'm UTG + 1 and i'm stealing your BB!!" I proceeded to make fun of his "three!!" by doing the same thing to people that were raising my BB. The whole table was laughing and having fun with it.
The very next time i raise his BB, i have JJ and its folded to him, and he's taking out chips for a Re-raise, i was going to insta shove bomb it, but he eventually decided to call since i had about 100K and he had probably around 120K. I think the blinds were 1K - 2K and i made it 5100. Flop comes A Q 3, he check, i check. Turn 5, he checks, i bet 8K, he calls. River is K, he checks, and i almost bet because i really thought he had a PP, and that he would call, but decided to check and he showed 22. Not sure if he would have called.
This is where the fun Begins, a new player joins the table to my right, and he has about 180K in chips, and my stack is around 115K i guess. First hand he sits down, he raises to 8K from UTG + 1(blinds 1500-3000) and i call with 77, everyone else folds. Flop comes K 6 2 rainbow, he leads for 13 500, at this point, i could have the best hand, and if he has a K, i'm going to find out right away. So i decide to make it 34 500 total, he tanks for abit, and decides to fold. I really like it, because i think he folds alot of hands that beat me, like QQ to 88 and maybe even a weak K. Don't forget its his first hand at the table.
2 hands later, we are in the blinds together and he just completes, and i check with Q 8. Flop comes Qs 3c 3h, both check, turn 2s, he bets 7500, i call, river is 2c. He checks, and i decide to check behind since i don't think he can call anything without beating me, so i decide to look at his hand and check, he shows 10d 4d.
The Very next hand, its folded to him on the button and he makes it 8K to go, i look down at you know what Ah Ad. At this point, i'm dancing in my head, i know he's getting tired of me, i took 2 pots off him in the first 5 hands since he joined the table, so i know he's getting frustrated. So i re-raised to 24 000 and i'm almost sure he's going to re-raise because i know he's an online player, and they're tilt boxes when they get pushed around. He tanks for abit and finally pushes all in, and i snap call, jump out of my chair. He tables K J and the board runs out K x x, x, J and he wins. I just scream "NOOOOO !!" and start walking around. It takes the TD about 5 minutes to count our chip stacks, since we are both in the Top 10 in chips with 74 left, we have alot of chips. I had about 25K in black chips alone. The chip counts end up being 156K for him, and about 153K for me.
GG me, was an incredible ride but i wish i could win that pot and really have a shot at an FT.
Thats long enough, i don't really remember that much from my other big cash, so i'm not going to talk that much about it.
See you next year WSOP !!
