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

Wynn $1100 1million guaranteed

30,000 starting chips

100/100

Utg limps 100

I raise 400 next to him with AA

Only he calls

Flop is K85r

He check calls my 800 bet

Turn Qc  bringing flush draw

And he check calls my 2500

River 3c completing the back door flush draw

He checks and I value bet 6500 which me pays off

Stack = 42k

200/300

I open to 700 from HJ with JTo

SB and BB call

Flop is AQ9hhc

I bet 1500 and only the SB calls

Turn 8c

I bet 6000

And again the SB calls

River off suit 5

SB checks and I jam for about 23k effective and I get called fairly quickly

I show my hand and he throws his cards in the muck.

Stack = 75k

200/400

I open 97cc from MP to 1000

CO 3b to 2600 

I call

Flop T83hhc

I check and after he bets 2500 I raise to 7000

He calls

Turn Ks

I fire 16k and he folds

Stack =86k

300/500

I raised MP to 1200 with 77

And called a 7k shove

Unfortunately he had Aces and I couldn’t  improve

Stack =70k

400/800

I open 2000 from HJ with ATdd

CO 3bets to 5600

Btn calls and I call

Flop is J73ddx

Checks to BTN who bets 7k

I raise to 20k

CO folds

BTN shoves for about 40k and I call

He has KK

But I hit the flush on the turn

Stack = 130k

500/1000

MP opens to 2000

HJ goes all in for 7500

I have AKs in the CO and raise to 15k

Everyone else folds

HJ has QQ

But a king on the flop holds and i win a small pot

Stack =150k

1000/1500

Back from dinner break 

Stack=153k

1000/1500

Utg1 shoves 15000

I look down at AA on the button and call

BB makes it 50k

I call

Flop is J44

Check check

Turn 9

I bet small and BB folds

UTG1 has KQ and I win a nice one

3 hands later I raise AQo from MP to 3500

Same guy from BB last time 3b’s his CO to 11000

I call

Flop A32

I check call 12k

Turn is a 9

Check check

River 2

I bet 27k and get called

Stack=270k

1000-1500

Raised KJs from MP to 3500

Bb calls

Flop QQJ

I bet 3000 and he calls

Turn Q

He checks and I bet 6500 which he calls

River K

He checks and I bet 20k

He calls and mucks after I show

Stack= 310k

1000-1500

Action has been fast and furious

Picked up QQ and won a big preflop all in vs AQs

to get upto 380k

Then 2 hands later got QQ again but this time got it in on a flop be J8s on J83 and couldn’t improve.

Stack=335k

2000/4000

Raised 56s from EP to 9000

HJ 3bets to 24k

And only I call

Flop A75 with a back door flush draw for me

I check call 8k

Turn 5

We both check

River off suit J

I bet 45k

And he calls but I win

Stack=410k

505k in the bag.

Coming back tomorrow already in the money.

Going to bed 😴 

WSOP 3k freezeout

40k starting stack

100/200

5 people limp to my BB and I check it it’s 89o

Flop is T87hhx

MP bets 800, 

SB calls

And I call

Turn 6h

We all check

River Qd

I put out a 1400 value bet and the MP player calls

43k

100/200

I raise 500 with 78s from CO

BTN calls 

Flop is K73r

I check call 700

Turn is off suit 9

I check call 2000

River is a 4

And I check fold to a 7300 bet

He later says he had set of Threes

200/300

Raised A7ss from EP over a limper to 1000

SB and UTG call

Flop Q77cc

I bet 1200 and only the SB call

Turn Tx

He check calls my bet of 3500

River 9x

He check folds to my 7000 bet

Stack =  38k

200/400

MP raises to 1000

I call BB with KK

Flop is 458cc

I check

She bets 2k

I put her all in for her remaining 10k

And she calls with KJcc

Tune and river brick and I have 50k

Stack =50k

300/600

Ep raised to 1300

I 3b late position to 4000 with 98cc

EP was the only caller

Flop 943sss

After he checked I bet 3000

And he called

Turn was a 6x

And he check folded to my 5500 bet

Stack = 57k

300/600

MP opens 1300

Btn calls

I call BB with ATo

Flop AQ8r

MP bets 1200 and only I call

Turn is 6h putting a flush draw out 

And I check call 5300

River is off suit Queen

And I check he bets 13,500

After a couple minutes of thinking I call and get shown quad Queens

Stack = 45k

Dinner break

Very long few levels of not much happening at all.

Finally got in 13k at 600/1200 with AJs

And ran into JJ

Stack = 0

Venetian MSPT $1600 day 1b