Reno
Hilton World Poker Challenge - Day 16
Today
was the 1K no limit holdem, I think they
had a small turnout of 33 or so and it
was won by my nemesis Kheim Nguyen giving
him back to back first place finishes,
pretty impressive.
Also
today was the $225 limit holdem with a
nice turnout of 102. I played great today
but it all went wrong. I won with a set
early on and had about 1400 (started with
1000), then a big hand came up where I
was in the BB with AQ. A maniac limped
in and a solid player raised, I called,
maniac called. Flop was AQ7, I checked,
maniac bet, solid guy raised, I called,
maniac called. Turn 2, I checked, maniac
bet, solid guy raised, I called, maniac
raised, solid guy raised, I folded, I
had to be up against at least one set.
Maniac and solid guy went at it again
on the turn and river, solid guy getting
busted out with AQ, maniac had a real
hand this time, 77. That hand cost me
a lot of chips and I was now down to 700.
Then a little later I raised with AK,
maniac called and bet out the Qxx three
suited flop, I folded, more chips gone.
Soon I was down to 400 and had now seen
that maniac guy would raise with junk
and would bluff any flop, I was beginning
to regret my AK lay down He raised again,
folded to me with Q7o in the BB. If someone
ever asked you 'should I ever play Q7o',
you'd probably answer, 'duh!', but maybe
the real answer is 'it depends'. Knowing
exactly how maniac guy would play the
hand gives me a big advantage, if I hit
the flop I could double up, if I missed
I could bluff check-raise and get him
out (someone stop me, I'm beginning to
sound like Roy Cooke). The flop was J74,
I checked, he bet as expected, I raised,
he called. Perfect turn card J and second
heart, I'm either totally dead or now
I have him, I bet, he called. River 9,
I am totally pot committed now and throw
in my last half a bet, he calls, T9s,
he was going for a gut shot with the board
paired and two flush cards showing (not
his flush cards), IGHN. I think I played
it right, but I'm willing to listen to
reason if you are now going 'duh!'.
OK,
quiz time, this is one of those lateral
thinking puzzles; board is 226,9,6 rainbow.
Player raised pre-flop with AQo and I
called in the BB with KJs. I check-called
the flop, we both checked the turn, I
(semi) bluff bet the river with my KJ,
he called with his AQ and I scooped the
pot, what happened? If you want to guess,
don't read on until you've thought about
it....
Yes, the pot was awarded correctly...
Clue?
OK...
He
was in seat 10....
got
it?
He
didn't have any cards!
He
hadn't been protecting his hand (with
a chip on the cards), the dealer had irretrievably
mucked them on the flop and neither of
us had noticed. I gave him back his last
bet, he continued to fail to protect his
cards for the rest of his stay.
Tonight
a bunch of us went to see Gosford Park,
an excellent film, but I was the only
one who knew what anyone was saying. When
we left Linda Johnson was playing Amarillo
Slim in a heads up limit Omaha hi/lo (they
had rented a dealer and were playing for
winner take all cash), I don't know how
it ended, wish I'd been able to watch
some more of the two foxes going at it.
Tomorrow's
main event is the 1K limit Omaha hi/lo,
I'll be playing the 2pm $225 no limit
holdem, I'd better not say I'm going to
win it, just in case...
Paul
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