Day Three, Round Three

I folded for about twenty minutes before raising with sevens under the gun to pick up some blinds and antes. That's how desperate i was for a hand,  i raised with pocket sevens under the gun,  i usually fold them. 

Then i folded for another forty minutes.  Each time around the table costs me 7,400, so my chip stack has been decimated by blinds and antes.

After an hour,  I'm at 76,000 and approaching a M Ratio of ten for the current round.  And next round,  antes go up yet again and i need at least 90,000 for a M Ratio of ten.  And that's in an hour.  Ugh.

At just under an hour,  everyone folded to my small blind so the big blind and i limped to a flop.  My J 9 caught a pair with a 9 8 4 flop,  i bet it,  and won some antes and blinds.

A couple hands later i had A 10 off and was one off the button when i raised to win some antes and blinds. 

So those two hands are nowhere near what i need,  but at least stopped the bleeding a bit.

There's been a ton of action this round,  i just haven't been involved with it...  i get raised and seemingly have A3 off on every hand...  just enough to tease me that i can get an ace,  just not a good enough one to play.

I did get AJ off in a late position and raised,  but it only bought me antes and blinds.  I'm somewhat concerned that when i do get a good ace that everyone folds... but the last two times it has been with the same big blind and he's short stacked. 

With about thirty minutes to go,  those last two aces that bought me antes and blinds were about all i played and i was wondering if i was playing too conservatively and wouldn't be able to get calls.  Then i got AQ suited under the gun,  raised,  and watched everyone fold and i was assured that i would need to change my style of play because i can't get anyone to call a decent hand. 

Except not everyone folded,  the big blind three bet me big.  So i call and the flop comes 8 2 7 with a single spade. Ugh,  i missed and missed bad.  So he bets big and i have to call the continuation bet.  I'm certainly under 60,000 in chips now.  Turn was a two and ruled out a possible flush.  He checked.

I can't win this hand.  I have like 20,000 chips in the pot,  and my only prayer to win is hitting an ace or maybe a queen on the river.  When i lose,  my M Ratio will be a 6 or 7.

So i shoved.  100% full on bluff...  my first and only of the tournament like this.  If he calls,  with anything,  I'm done.  I couldn't afford to lose the hand and,  quite frankly,  smelled weakness on his check,  so i just shoved.

He folded and i took down a much needed big pot. 

Three hands later,  I'm on the button and everyone folds - I've got AQ off. Small blind folds, but big blind,  perhaps sensing a position raise,  three bets me to like 15,000. So i call and the flop comes 9 4 Q... top pair,  top kicker. 

He leads out with a 18k bet and i dumped on him raising to 35,000. He folded and i won another big hand. 

On one of the last hands of the round,  i had AJ off in a late position to a raise and i folded it.  I'm still not sure why,  other than there was a Jack exposed during the deal and it freaked me out knowing there was one less Jack out there.

Anyway,  i have 141,200 at dinner break,  good for a M Ratio of 15.7 heading into the next round.

Coincidentally, there are 1,053 players left,  or 15.7% of the field...