Ok, so i woke up, cursed whoever would allow screaming children in the hallway of a Vegas hotel so early in the morning, and checked what time it actually was - 10:47.
Egad! I like to be out of the hotel by 10:30 usually. So this morning was a bit of a cluster. As i went to bed after 2am last night i thought about getting a wakeup call but decided who needs one, I'm 36, how late could i actually sleep?
Now we know. For those of you on the east coast, think about what you were doing at 1:30 today and the day you had up until that point... yeah, i was still sleeping.
Anyway, mad rush to get ready and get out here... thanks to Hacker for doing some internet recon for me on my table during the drive over.
So i did get here on time, but it's been a brutal start.
On one of the first hands i had A8 off one off the button so i raised, but big blind called and led out on a flop i missed, so i folded.
But a couple hands later i got queens in the big blind. i got raised, so i three bet and two of us went to the flop.
7 7 A. An ace? Ugh. So i bet it with a continuation bet, which he called. A 10 on the turn didn't help me, and we both checked it. I led out with a little 4,000 bet after an 8 on the river (i tried to confuse him with such a little bet so he wouldn't bet more and my queens could see his cards). He called and showed A4 and i lost a big one... down under 90.
I stole some blinds and antes raising A10 off.
I had AJ off in a later position and called a raise. Flop came K 4 5. We all checked. The turn was an ace, first to act bet it, i called, third guy folded. We both checked a nine on the river and i won a good pot - up to 110 again.
But then came A10 suited in a late position, i called a raise, but missed a KQ7 rainbow flop that he bet and i folded to.
I tried a position raise with J5 suited on the button, but seat two three bet me and i had to fold. That's two failed position raises thus far.
Anyway, blinds and antes are getting to be killers, I'm down under 100k.
Seat three is a handicap guy without a good range of motion and has to nudge all of his bets with his knuckles as he leans over from his wheelchair. Seat four has been helping him stack his chips and put bets out, which is nice and speeds things along, but seat six is this gruff, new york /new jersey guy who thinks he is the coolest guy ever. Anyway, everytime seat three wins a pot (Which is a lot since he's hyper aggressive and bluffs a lot), seat six has to congratulate him and call him killer... which is a quickly emerging table ritual i find both annoying and patronizing. But i digress...
Oh, and seat three is pretty funny... we all folded to his big blind and he feigned pure joy and said he doesn't get to walk a lot. Seat six laughed like it was the funniest thing he had ever heard... for five minutes. "That's a good one killer... ha ha ha"
Anyway, out of the 6,683 that started, 1,638 are left... so i made the top quarter.
Plus one, there goes seat 3... seat 4 just knocked him out with kings over queens.
On the very next hand, i raised with KJ off under the gun, seat four called, and i threw in a continuation bet with a A 5 7 flop. He raised, i folded, he showed an ace. Ugh. Chips dwindling again, blinds and antes are hurting, as are my losses ... down to about 85,000.
For my last hand of the round, i had QJ suited in the big blind, which i defended to a raise from the button. The flop came 2 3 6... i checked, he bet, i called. The turn was an ace, which we both checked. The river was a queen, i bet, he called, and mucked his hand. Got lucky catching that river and picked up a much needed pot.
So, I'm at 98,300 on break, which gives me a M Ratio of 17.2 headed into the next round - antes just went up again... the pace of the tournament is quickening.
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