Session 6 - Dreamteam week 4
It's the Badbeat DreamTeam tournament tonight and as current league leaders "The Orphans" (so named 'cos noone wanted us for their team so they lumped all us "left overs" together!) have got to put up a good show.
Blinds 10/20. Stack 2000.
First hand I get AJ off in the SB, one limper so I pop it up to 100, BB folds limper calls. K93 flop and I bet 200, he folds. Nice start. 2 hands later I get QQ. Two limpers so I raise to 120 and they all fold. I show the QQ just so they don't mark me as a complete lunatic.
U-oh, Gaffer is down to 1,000 when he has AK and turn comes an A - the other guy had slow played a flopped set. Still, probably did well not to lose the lot!
This is more like it: 73, 86, 86, 106, KJ sooted but there's a raise and a re-raise so I dump them.
Strike 1 - Our "guest" team member "TheRidler" is out in 147th (of 149). Good news though that Gaffer doubles up with TT vs. 77 and is back to 2000 chips.
Blinds 15/30. Stack 2100.
Limp with 55 flop 438 but I fold to a pot sized bet.
Whole string of garbage hands. J3, KT UTG which I leave alone. Then I get 88 limp and call a raise - could be a good double up opportunity but most likely it'll cost me chips....which it does after a flop of TT5 and he raises 300. J3 again then AhQh in the small blind. The button calls and I limp (I really should be raising here!) and with a 993 flop 2 clubs I bow out.
I need to be more agressive.
Blinds 25/50. Stack 1845.
Get 77 in the cutoff, so raise to 200 and take the blinds. Q3, KT, J8 in the SB, I call and bet into the flop of QJ9 which the BB folds to. Q4, K6, A6, I remember now why I prefer PLO cash games - I get to play every other pot! QJ so I raise to 150 (more 'cos I just want to see a flop) but everyone folds and I take the blinds. I figure if I'm going to play mostly tight then the odd semi-steal is needed if I'm going to stand any chance of getting a big hand paid off.
Blinds 50/100. Stack 1945.
T5. J3. A4 off in the SB which I raise and take the BB. 67 off. 4T. 74. 85. 94. Lovely run of cards!
Ariston is out in 122nd (I have a running last-longer bet with him - he's about $30 up so I need to finish 92nd or better to have that one in the money).
A2 in BB (UTG limps and flop comes TJQ). 34 in SB. 89. 8T. TJ. These are getting tempting! 28 (that's better - no decision to make - but of course the flop comes 22K and someone bets). JK but someone raises in early position (thankfully I fold as the guy to my left reraises). 39.
Blinds 75/150. Stack 1795.
My M is now 8 so I need to start moving a bit.
BB and I get 24 suited - can't really defend that, K8 in the SB and fold to a raise. 45 (suited but still, not going to get the implied odds to play it). 78. Q6. T3. 24. K9 (early raise). J8. K5.
JJ in the BB - UTG limps and SB completes so I make a big raise and they fold. K6, Q4, Q3. A7 but someone moves all-in before me. Q4.
KQ sooted - I raise to 450 and take the blinds.
Blinds 100/200. Stack 2020 (M<7).
There are now 100 players left in the tournament so we've made the points.
AJ clubs, one limper so I move in and win the 700.
Bit later with 2200 there's a 3xBB raise before me and I have AQ. I decide to push and he calls with AK so I'm out in 88th position.
That's 40 points for the team (hmmmmm...!) and $34 in the side-bet with Ariston!
Banksoir out in 84th place playing...AQ (we must have a team talk about that hand!) for another 40 points.
It's now at 200/400 with 50 antes and the 3 Orphans left are:
BFA74 (Mark) 1165
only1gaff (Mr. Anonymous from N. Ireland) 2243.36 (where did the 0.36 come from?)
mrlaw1 (Dean) 4000
There are 45 runners left so these 3 have got at least 300 points each.
Dean quickly get up to 6200. Gaffer has AT sooted but there's a raise and re-raise ahead of him so he folds. Two tens come on the board...DON'T LOOK!
Mark get's it in with A9 vs QQ and flops an A to get to 1900 chips, next hand Gaffer goes with TT and gets to 3,800.
Down to the last 40 so that's 400 points each now.
Poor old Gaffer - 22 on his BB and there's a raise and an all-in before him so he (correctly) folds - flop comes 227...still patience pays of when he doubles up with AQ (that hand again) to 5500.
Dean goes out when he get's all in with AK vs QQ and doesn't improve (and he's not happy!) in 32nd place for 400 points.
Gaffer eventually goes out in 20th position for 800 points (and £14.90) and Mark gets 15th for the same.
So this week the team gets 800+800+400+40+40=2080 points - a fine showing.
Blinds 10/20. Stack 2000.
First hand I get AJ off in the SB, one limper so I pop it up to 100, BB folds limper calls. K93 flop and I bet 200, he folds. Nice start. 2 hands later I get QQ. Two limpers so I raise to 120 and they all fold. I show the QQ just so they don't mark me as a complete lunatic.
U-oh, Gaffer is down to 1,000 when he has AK and turn comes an A - the other guy had slow played a flopped set. Still, probably did well not to lose the lot!
This is more like it: 73, 86, 86, 106, KJ sooted but there's a raise and a re-raise so I dump them.
Strike 1 - Our "guest" team member "TheRidler" is out in 147th (of 149). Good news though that Gaffer doubles up with TT vs. 77 and is back to 2000 chips.
Blinds 15/30. Stack 2100.
Limp with 55 flop 438 but I fold to a pot sized bet.
Whole string of garbage hands. J3, KT UTG which I leave alone. Then I get 88 limp and call a raise - could be a good double up opportunity but most likely it'll cost me chips....which it does after a flop of TT5 and he raises 300. J3 again then AhQh in the small blind. The button calls and I limp (I really should be raising here!) and with a 993 flop 2 clubs I bow out.
I need to be more agressive.
Blinds 25/50. Stack 1845.
Get 77 in the cutoff, so raise to 200 and take the blinds. Q3, KT, J8 in the SB, I call and bet into the flop of QJ9 which the BB folds to. Q4, K6, A6, I remember now why I prefer PLO cash games - I get to play every other pot! QJ so I raise to 150 (more 'cos I just want to see a flop) but everyone folds and I take the blinds. I figure if I'm going to play mostly tight then the odd semi-steal is needed if I'm going to stand any chance of getting a big hand paid off.
Blinds 50/100. Stack 1945.
T5. J3. A4 off in the SB which I raise and take the BB. 67 off. 4T. 74. 85. 94. Lovely run of cards!
Ariston is out in 122nd (I have a running last-longer bet with him - he's about $30 up so I need to finish 92nd or better to have that one in the money).
A2 in BB (UTG limps and flop comes TJQ). 34 in SB. 89. 8T. TJ. These are getting tempting! 28 (that's better - no decision to make - but of course the flop comes 22K and someone bets). JK but someone raises in early position (thankfully I fold as the guy to my left reraises). 39.
Blinds 75/150. Stack 1795.
My M is now 8 so I need to start moving a bit.
BB and I get 24 suited - can't really defend that, K8 in the SB and fold to a raise. 45 (suited but still, not going to get the implied odds to play it). 78. Q6. T3. 24. K9 (early raise). J8. K5.
JJ in the BB - UTG limps and SB completes so I make a big raise and they fold. K6, Q4, Q3. A7 but someone moves all-in before me. Q4.
KQ sooted - I raise to 450 and take the blinds.
Blinds 100/200. Stack 2020 (M<7).
There are now 100 players left in the tournament so we've made the points.
AJ clubs, one limper so I move in and win the 700.
Bit later with 2200 there's a 3xBB raise before me and I have AQ. I decide to push and he calls with AK so I'm out in 88th position.
That's 40 points for the team (hmmmmm...!) and $34 in the side-bet with Ariston!
Banksoir out in 84th place playing...AQ (we must have a team talk about that hand!) for another 40 points.
It's now at 200/400 with 50 antes and the 3 Orphans left are:
BFA74 (Mark) 1165
only1gaff (Mr. Anonymous from N. Ireland) 2243.36 (where did the 0.36 come from?)
mrlaw1 (Dean) 4000
There are 45 runners left so these 3 have got at least 300 points each.
Dean quickly get up to 6200. Gaffer has AT sooted but there's a raise and re-raise ahead of him so he folds. Two tens come on the board...DON'T LOOK!
Mark get's it in with A9 vs QQ and flops an A to get to 1900 chips, next hand Gaffer goes with TT and gets to 3,800.
Down to the last 40 so that's 400 points each now.
Poor old Gaffer - 22 on his BB and there's a raise and an all-in before him so he (correctly) folds - flop comes 227...still patience pays of when he doubles up with AQ (that hand again) to 5500.
Dean goes out when he get's all in with AK vs QQ and doesn't improve (and he's not happy!) in 32nd place for 400 points.
Gaffer eventually goes out in 20th position for 800 points (and £14.90) and Mark gets 15th for the same.
So this week the team gets 800+800+400+40+40=2080 points - a fine showing.
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