Day Two, Round One

Well,  the day started with a flurry of activity...

On the second or third hand i had AQ off and raised to 1300. I was quickly three bet to 4500 by seat one.  I reluctantly called,  missed the flop,  and he led out with a 6,000 chip bet i promptly folded to. 

I had kings on the button a couple hands later.  Seat four raised to 1,100. Seat 6, who spends a lot of time playing hands and raising,  three bet to 3,000 and i raised him to 5,500... original raiser and he both folded.

I had AK in a middle position and raised it to get one caller behind me from seat one.  Flop came AK9 with two spades and i was first to act.  I didn't want  him drawing for free so i threw out a continuation bet,  but he folded...  and i have subsequently learned that he folds to most continuation bets. 

I defended my big blind to seat six with 87 off and flopped a set of 8's i checked.  he end up with a pair,  so i took down a nice 5,000 chip pot and was at about 45,000 almost halfway through the level.

I had AQ off in the small blind i called a raise with.  We both checked the flop,  i took a stab at it with a bet on the turn, and ended up with nothing to his pocket nines after the river.

I actually had pocket nines on the next hand i played and took down a pot with my nines over his eights...  another victory over aggressive seat six!  (Hey,  whatever helps encourage him to stop raising my blinds)

I had fours on the button with a min raise and a caller,  so i called.  i predictably folded when i didn't hit a set on the flop and was reminded of why i don't play small pocket pairs,  hands because of position,  or hands i wouldn't normally play because i like the pot odds. 

I raised with sevens on the button when everyone else folded,  but both blinds called.  I laid out a continuation bet when the flop came 10 9 3, but both called...  which was a rarity for seat one.  A king on the turn was no help and got checked,  and a queen on the river with a 3,000 bet meant there were four over cards and a possible straight so i got out.  good thing too,  seat one hit a straight on the turn.

I raised with Q 10 suited from a late position to pick up some blinds and antes to stop the bleeding,  but I've had far too many good starting hands this round to have not picked up many chips.

I ended the round with 40,800 in chips...  so i did pick up a couple thousand instead of losing some,  which is great,  but i was hoping for a little more with some of those starting hands. 

M Ratio of 25.9 heading into the next round and I'm one off the button...

The bathroom situation remains dreadful - lines of dozens,  if not over a hundred, of  people at every break for the men's room.

Oh,  and i added a gadget at the top of the page...  if you put your email in,  you may get notified when there is a new post.  Still testing it out though...