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Poker Trip Report

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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