Main event day 3

1000/2500

46,500

Starting day 3

Lotta work to do

MP raises 5500

CO and HJ both call

I shove KQo from the Btn 

And everyone else folds

62k

I raise From MP with AA yo 5k

HJ, SB and BB all call

Flop KQJr

SB leads out 4k

I call and HJ call

Turn 3

SB bets 20k

And we both fold

SB shows KQ

Stack = 54k

Raised AQs from EP to 5k

MP,SB and BB call

Flop Q42r

SB leads 14k

I go all in for 37k

He calls with AQo

I miss the backdoor flush draw freeroll so we chop it up

Stack = 58k

1500/3000

Finally found a spot to shove my 37k in with QJhh

Bad timing though

Got called by AK and AA

Flop gave some hope on AKJr

Turn was a 4h bringing a flush draw

However 4c on the river sealed my fate.

There’s always next year

Main event day 2

82k at 400/800

Raised 56s from EP to 1800

HJ and CO called

Flop 662ccx

I bet 2500 and got one caller

Turn As

I bet 11k and he made the call

River 4d

I bet 28k and after what was probably about 5min he made the call and I won a very very nice pot to start the day.

Stack= 128k

400/800

HJ opens 1800

I 3b from SB to 7000 with AKo

BB 4bets to 15k

HJ folds and I call

Flop K98ssx

I check call 15k

Turn 4x

Check check

River 3s

I bet 23k and he quickly calls with AK and we chop

600/1200

Seems like everything went right  the first level and built my stack upto 145k

Since then everything has gone wrong and I’ve worn my stack down to 60k

Hoping to turn it around soon 

1000/1500

Things had been going bad for a while

Then CO opens 3000

SB calls

I shove BB with QJo for 33k

Co fold

SB calls

He shows 88

Queen in the window and the board runs out clean

Stack =71k

1000/1500

HJ raises to 3000

I call SB with J9s

Bb calls

Flop J74r

HJ bets 4500

And only I call

Turn Kx

I check call 14k

River Ax

Check check 

And I lose to KT

Stack =41k

Great first level of the day,

And not much went well after that, but still somehow made day 3 with 46,500

WSOP main event!!!

Last time I played the main event I believe I busted in the second level.

Aiming for a deeper run this year

60k starting stack

100/200

MP raises 600

BTN calls

I call BB with J9o

Flop QJ9hhs

It checks through 

Turn 2s

I bet 2000

Only MP calls

River 5h

I bet 3000

And MP raises to 10.5k

And I fold my 2 pair

Few hands later

UTG raises 600

UTG1 calls

UTG2 calls

And I look at QQ in the big blind

I raise to 4500

And after a brief moment UTG bumps it to 15k

I fold pretty quickly 

Stack = 49k

200/300

I raise A4ss from EP to 700

Get 4 callers to the flop which is

QT3sss

I check and so does everyone else

Turn Ac

I bet 1500 and only the SB calls

River Kh

I bet 7000 and get a call

Stack=65k

200/300

Raised KQdd to 700 from EP

Btn calls everyone else folds

Flop J54ccx

I bet 800 and get called

Turn 5x

I check call 1500

River As

I check again

This time he very quickly bets out 4k

And I made the hero call as he shows 78o for a missed gut shot.

Stack = 75k

200/400

MP opens 1000

I 3b CO to 3000 with QTcc

Flop is 568ccx

He leads 3000

And I call

Turn is 9c

He bet 5500

And I call

River 5

He bets 12.5k

I call and lose when he shows AJcc

Stack= 52k

300/600

Not a lot of bloggable action, but stack is about 44k

300/600

Utg opens 1200

I 3b utg1 to 3500 with AA

UTG2 calls as does MP

Flop is AQ5ddd

Utg checks and I bet 5500

Only MP calls

Turn 9h

And I shove for my remaining 27k

He everbtually calls with AQ and is drawing dead

I’m upto 85k

82,300 in the bag!!!

See you Thursday 

Monster stack day 2

I realize my day 2 stack looks very similar to my day 1 starting stack.

But that will change very soon!

Well, it did change, I now have zero.

Battled the best I could and finally shoved the button with Q5 for 9bb and the BB woke up with AT and flopped AAT

Monster stack day 1b

300/500

CO opens 1200

I’m on Btn with K6dd and 3bet to 3500

He calls

Flop is A57ddd

I bet 2500 and he calls

Turn is a Kx

And he check calls my 9000 bet

River Jx

He checks again

I shove for about 34k and he eventually folds

Stack = 73k

400/800

Haven’t had any major clashes or pots but been playing a ton of hands and am currently sitting at 85k

1000/1500

Just back from dinner break

Has 112k chips

Been picking up lots of blinds and small pots.

1000/1500

I open Q9ss from MP to 3500

CO player flat calls

Everyone else folds

Flop is 973hhx

I bet 4000

And he calls

Turn is Qh completely 

I check and call a 8k bet from my opponent

River is an offshore Jack

I check again

He ends up betting 18k which I call quickly

And he shows KTo from a straight

Stack 73k

It was anything but glamorous, but I’m in day 2, with just slightly under starting stack.

Going to have a lot of work to do tomorrow

Stack = 48.5k

WSOP Monster stack 1a

Ran to the WSOP in 45 degree heat and am hot as heck,

But ready to go

400/800

MP raised to 1600

HJ and CO called

I squeezed from the SB with KQo to 8500

And took down the pot

55k

Apologies for the suspense.

Leading up to dinner break I played 5 hands against short stacks who were all in preflop vs me and unfortunately I doubled each of them up until I was the short stack and I shoved my final 9k in with A8s and ran into QQ and couldn’t improve.

Back at it Saturday for day 1b

Wynn $1100 1mill day 2

Day 2 starting at 4000/8000

199 players remaining from 1827 entrants

I’m 20th on chips to start

In the money for 2400

And playing for a first place prize of $250,000

6000/12000

Btn limps 12k

I raise 45k from SB with TT

BB goes all in for 171k

Btn folds and I call

BB has JJ

I did river a Ten but he had already flopped a Jack

Stack =275k

15k/25k

So far today is the opposite of yesterday. Not a lot of action for me, 

Stack = 270j

15/25k

Shoved KTo from the CO for 205k

Small blind called with AJo

And I flopped a T and held on to double up

Stack = 460k

Remaining players = 71

Got in 88 vs AA pre flop and couldn’t improve.

Off to WSOP monster stack