My
Orleans Open Report
Well
I just got back from Vegas yesterday with
my family.
Day
1 - July 6
Things started off bad. We arrived just
before thunderstorms hit Vegas. We sat
in the airport for over an hour waiting
for them to take the luggage off the plane.
Once the luggage showed up the handle
was broken off. Off to make a claim.
Went to the poker room late in the evening.
Wow what a huge area for poker. There
are over 100 tables in 2 huge rooms. Decided
to play a $35 limit satellite tourney.
I couldn't lose a hand and I seemed to
hit every flop and I won it. These satellites
pay 1st in vouchers and 2nd place in cash.
Unfortunately this seemed to be the highlight
of my poker for the week.
Day
2 - July 7
I
take my seat for the opening event. There
are over 1000 players for this limit HE
tourney. After hitting everything in the
previous night, it is not surprising that
I can't hit a thing. My only quality hand
is JJ. I raise and get re-raised by the
lady in the SB. She bets a low flop. I
two bet her and when she raises I muck
and of course she shows AA. My last hand
is AK and I lose to KJ. I win no hands.
Very nice.
I
play a NL satellite and I lose to A6o
vs my AKo when he calls my all-in re-raise.
I
buy into the evening NL event. I get down
to 6 tables when my stack is still reasonable.
I lose a big pot when I re-raised a short
stacked all-in raiser with 66 when he
hit one of his overcards on the turn.
Several hands later I go all-in with ATs
and get called by JJ. I probably should
have waited a few hands but I was about
to hit the blinds and we had started anteing.
Day
3-4 - July 8-9
Mostly
did family stuff.
Day
5 - July 10
Played
the evening NL tourney. It was one of
those tourneys where I couldn't get any
decent starting hands. A couple big aces
and a few small pairs won the blinds for
me. My big blind hand of T4o looked to
win a nice pot when the flop was TT9.
SB, button and I checked it around. Turn
was a 3rd club. SB bet and we all called.
River was nothing. SB checked. I went
all-in. Button folded. SB thought about
it for a long time and finally called
with T3s. Darn, split pot. Eventually
I was down to 600 and the blinds were
75-150. I was in the BB and it was folded
to the SB. She went all-in and I called
all-in with 77. She showed AT and of course
hit the kicker.
Day
6 - July 11
Played
in the $230 NL day tourney. This was the
one I was looking forward too all week.
Started with T600. My opening table had
Steve Kaufman who was 3rd in 2000 at the
big one.
Things
started off poorly when I had QQ in the
4th hand of the tourney. I raised to 70
and was re-raised another 125. I called
to see an ace high flop. I checked, he
bet and I am down 200 quickly. I limp
with QTs. Only the BB calls. Two of my
suit flop. I bet 60 and get check-raised
for another 150. I decide not to push
it all-in on my draw. I end the 1st level
at T340.
I
pickup 99 twice in the 2nd level. I pick
up the blinds the 1st time and the 2nd
time I get the BB calling. I go all-in
when the flop shows KJx. BB mucks. I get
77 in the SB. Kaufman limped in middle
position. I call and we see the flop of
AJ7 3 handed. I check, the BB checks.
Kaufman bets 80. I call. BB goes all-in.
Kaufman folds and I quickly call. I win
a nice pot against A9o. I end the 2nd
level at T960.
Not
much action in the 3rd level. I win once
with AKo when I hit my King. I end the
3rd level at T985 and I take my rebuy
for another T600.
I
may have missed an opportunity in the
4th level. With the blinds at 20-40 I
pickup 66 in middle position. With no
callers I fold. One guy mini-raises to
80. Only the BB calls. Flop is J76. Raiser
bets 80 and is re-raised by 300. Raiser
calls. Turn is a 5 and the BB bets 700.
Raiser folds. I have a feeling the BB
had 77 but there was a straight draw and
a flush draw so who knows. I may have
doubled up or busted out on that hand.
I end the level at T1545.
I
pickup my biggest pot of the tourney late
in the next level. Blinds are 30-60. UTG
raises to 150. Guy to my right re-raises
to 300. I look down and see QQ. I decide
to go all-in. Only UTG calls. Board shows
no big cards and I win a nice pot. UTG
supposedly flashes AK as he busts out.
Kaufman who was in the BB said that if
I didn't re-raise he would have called
with J8s and won the pot. I end the level
at T3125.
I
get moved to another table with a few
other well known players. I get QQ again
and re-raise Susie Issacs UTG raise. She
folds. I am now the chip leader by 400
or so at our table. I am feeling good
when the downfall is about to happen.
Blinds are 50-100. Player to my right
raises to 500. I look down and see AKo.
My 1st instinct was too fold. I decided
to raise to 1200. He calls. Flop is 3
low cards. He checks and I go all-in.
He thinks and thinks for what seems like
minutes. He finally calls. Turn and river
don't help me and he shows QQ for the
win. In retrospect my flop bet should
have been 1900 or all-in. I didn't give
him any reason to fold to my raise. I
am now down to 400. A few hands later
I pickup JJ UTG. I go all-in. I am called
by the button who shows AA. I bust out.
Oh
well a few mistakes. One critical and
a few minor. It was a fun week. It was
neat to be in a tourney with over 1000
players. I really enjoyed the play you
had in these NL tourneys. Blinds move
up slowly and the daily rounds are 30
minutes. Evening rounds are 20 minutes.
The satellites were fun but I didn't like
the fact that you received vouchers for
specific amounts ( 125 or 230 or 330 or
550). I would have rather had cash, something
that seemed easier to sell or something
that could be used for rebuys.
Ken
"ohKanada" Poklitar
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