Over the weekend I met up with my friends Jeff (Triplefo) AJ (UncledrewforMVP) John (ICANDODAT713), Cody (mynameisCody07) James (Suno23) and Daniel. We all met up at Choctaw Casino in Durant, Ok for a $240 $200,000 GTD tournament. first flight was Friday at noon. and I went to bed pretty early on Thursday night and set my alarm for 7:30 so i could leave by 8. But, I woke up early at around 6:15 with it raining really hard. So i went ahead and left just in case the rain was bad the whole way. Luckily it wasn't, but i got there like 2 hours early and had a bunch of time to kill.
On the plus side, I got a killer parking spot. Cody got there around 11. James and Daniel were already there. My starting table started off pretty soft. I was able to pick up a few pots early and get to 20k from a 15k starting stack in the first level or two. a couple of younger guys (one about my age, one a little younger maybe) got sat at my table. One of them was to my direct left and one about 3 to my right. The one to my right 3bet me a couple of times. He had been pretty aggressive but in pots that went deep into the hand he showed down AA one time and 77 another for a set. I kind of ended up dwindling down to 5k @ 200/400 and doubled up with KK. then the next hand i raise with QJs get 3bet by the guy to my direct left and then another guy calls. i decide to peel as the 3better had been aggressive but showing down weak hands. The flop comes JsTs3c and caller in the middle goes all in. i call. and 3better folds. he has KQss turn is Qc river 3s and i lose the pot.
I rebought and got sat at a new table. and immediately picked up a few chips with a straight with JT on 8937 board. Next hand i raise with QJs again. and dude calls in the BB and says "I check dark" which i immediately say "I check back dark" dude looks at me all confused. and the dealer puts out the flop. burns and turns. so we have a board of Q863. he checks to me. i bet 1500 he calls. River is a Ten and he bets 3000 i snap call and show him the Queen. he shows me a ten and mucks. I was able to squeeze a couple of times and take down a few more pots and get up to about 41k @ 400/800 before i got moved to another table. This table had a huge stack to my left. I dont remember the guys name but he's a dealer at winstar. he was your typical live player with a stack. Didn't really size bets well. But i made a huge mistake on this table. he raises to 3.5k @ 500/1000 2 callers i call from the BB with KQo. the flop comes KQ5. I check, he checks, older guy bets 15k into a pot of around 14k. one fold. i just pile it in. big stack folds and old guy snap calls and i know im beat. he turns over 55 and i dont catch up. Im done until Saturday
James picked up a big stack early but faltered late. Daniel and Cody both bagged around 80k
AJ and his girlfriend got there at some point in the day. After eating food we all went and bowled at the new bowling alley in the casino. it was fun. But being the lazy bum i am. I was sore for a few days. how sad
on to the second day 1.
i started on what felt like a really soft table, I had a guy i had played with before on my table, His name is Pedro. he's an okay player just a little spewy in spots (but aren't we all?) i was up and down early on this table. my peak here was about 26k after i had QQ vs another players AK and flop was QTT.
I eventually got moved tables and had 17k @ 300/600 when i raise with JJ UTG. it folds to MP spewy guy who 3bets to 4100. folds to me I 4bet all in. and he beats me into the pot. he turns over 99 and rivers a 9. Ending my tournament.
Jeff and John both bagged.. Of the four who bagged only jeff cashed in 43rd place for $1,050. Another friend/acquaintance of mine named Geno won the tournament. Ive never met Geno. But he lives just about 30 minutes away from me and have talked to him quite a bit online. Nice guy.
After eating dinner i went ahead and came home so i could play online on Sunday. It didnt go well on Sunday. But didn't go bad either. Shout out to my buddy Jeremey (Lesterdrugs) for getting 2nd in the Bovada $5.50 $5,000 GTD marathon on Sunday. I made a little Monday. Then on Tuesday i was having an okay day. and kind of limped my way along in the $22 10k and finally got a stack late and ended up getting 2nd for ~$1600. 3rd time ive gotten 2nd in that tourney. pretty frustrating but happy at the same time. As AJ said this morning. "If you ever learn to win HU, you'll have to move into a new tax bracket"
Anyways thats all that's going on in my world. Hope all is well with all of you
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