Left for Borgata this morning at 8 am to make the 11 am $300+40 Borgata Summer Open tourny. The structure was decent with 40 minute rounds and 6k starting chips. I was up to 8k pretty early on after i limped with A5c in a multiway pot. Flop came A 4 9 with 2 spades, i checked it in early position and it went checked around to the button who bet 300 into 800 or so. it went folds around and i just called and it went heads up. Turn was a red 2, i checked it and he bet 600 pretty quickly. I called again and river brought a blank. I checked it once again and he took that as a sign of weakness so he bet out $1100. At this point i figured i had to look him up but wasn't happy to make the call, i called and he said i win and mucked his hand and was disgusted for some reason when i showed the A5, i guess cause of my kicker.
Then a little bit later on i get 99 on the button after 2 ppl limped behind me, i make it 150 to go blinds were 25/50. bb calls as does one of the limpers and we go to a flop of Th 6h 9. one guy bets 150, i raise it 500 on top to 650 and he quickly calls. Turn is the Qd and he checks it. I bet $1300 and he smooth calls once again. At this point before i bet the $1300 i asked myself do i really think i'm going to call an all-in, and i was afraid i might've had to since there's no hand that i can truly put him on so i'm just hoping the board pairs. River came a black K so the board was T96QK, 1 away from a straight and he checked so i checked too just in case he had it and he flipped over J8h, so he had it on the turn.
A few hands later i get moved to another table and the table is really weak. Every pot had weak betting and weak action so i knew i would literally just steamroll as long as i didn't get unlucky. I hit a sort of dry spell but finally picked up AJ in early position and made it 400 to go with 50/100 blinds. I got 4 callers and flop came A 4 2, 2 spades. Everyone checked around to me and i bet $1500 into $2,000. Sb flat called and we went to the turn, heads up. The turn paired the 2 and he insta checks which sort of confused me. I asked him how much he had left and he counted out 2250 so i put him all in. He took less than 10 seconds to call and then flipped over Q3s for a flush draw + gutshot. river Red 5, i lose.
After that i was down to 1075 with 100/200 blinds and got it all in preflop with A3 vs QJ o/s and lost that too. I was kinda bummed since it was such a sick oppurtunity for me to boost my bankroll but hopefully i'll be back to take another shot for the next one. There were 560 entrants and first place was $46k.
After i busted out i had $1200 left to work with and i knew the cash games were gonna be soft since alot of players who busted out of the tournament would be playing cash, so i got on the list for 2/5 and soon enough they started another game. The table was pretty wreckless with $30 raises preflop and multiway pots. I couldn't pick up a hand for a bit and was hovering around even when the following hand comes up.
I limped for $5 with 69h in early position and i think 4 of us saw the flop which was rare to see at that table. So the flop comes Jh 7h 8d. Sb who was a really dangerous and loose player bet $15 and i raised it to $50 to try to build up a pot against him. He instantly re-raised me back $50 more. Now at this point i had barely gotten into any hands with anyone and had just been really quiet and sat tight so my image was really working for me. I knew he had to take this into consideration so his 3 bet made it seem to me like he flopped the nuts with 9T. I simply called to see the turn and it was a black Ten filling up my straight. He bets $100 and i moved in for $175 total, he hesitantly called and after i flipped over my hand he mucked so that pot brought me up to around $550. I played a few more hands and then decided to get going back home so i could still hang out and enjoy the remainder of the day.
Overall, i lost $90 + gas and food expenses but i'm not really too upset about it. Pretty standard i guess so now i can only look forward and try my shot at the upcoming $300 tournies which are on June 16, 19, and 22nd. I still feel pretty confident but the commute is definitely tiresome.
Later
Then a little bit later on i get 99 on the button after 2 ppl limped behind me, i make it 150 to go blinds were 25/50. bb calls as does one of the limpers and we go to a flop of Th 6h 9. one guy bets 150, i raise it 500 on top to 650 and he quickly calls. Turn is the Qd and he checks it. I bet $1300 and he smooth calls once again. At this point before i bet the $1300 i asked myself do i really think i'm going to call an all-in, and i was afraid i might've had to since there's no hand that i can truly put him on so i'm just hoping the board pairs. River came a black K so the board was T96QK, 1 away from a straight and he checked so i checked too just in case he had it and he flipped over J8h, so he had it on the turn.
A few hands later i get moved to another table and the table is really weak. Every pot had weak betting and weak action so i knew i would literally just steamroll as long as i didn't get unlucky. I hit a sort of dry spell but finally picked up AJ in early position and made it 400 to go with 50/100 blinds. I got 4 callers and flop came A 4 2, 2 spades. Everyone checked around to me and i bet $1500 into $2,000. Sb flat called and we went to the turn, heads up. The turn paired the 2 and he insta checks which sort of confused me. I asked him how much he had left and he counted out 2250 so i put him all in. He took less than 10 seconds to call and then flipped over Q3s for a flush draw + gutshot. river Red 5, i lose.
After that i was down to 1075 with 100/200 blinds and got it all in preflop with A3 vs QJ o/s and lost that too. I was kinda bummed since it was such a sick oppurtunity for me to boost my bankroll but hopefully i'll be back to take another shot for the next one. There were 560 entrants and first place was $46k.
After i busted out i had $1200 left to work with and i knew the cash games were gonna be soft since alot of players who busted out of the tournament would be playing cash, so i got on the list for 2/5 and soon enough they started another game. The table was pretty wreckless with $30 raises preflop and multiway pots. I couldn't pick up a hand for a bit and was hovering around even when the following hand comes up.
I limped for $5 with 69h in early position and i think 4 of us saw the flop which was rare to see at that table. So the flop comes Jh 7h 8d. Sb who was a really dangerous and loose player bet $15 and i raised it to $50 to try to build up a pot against him. He instantly re-raised me back $50 more. Now at this point i had barely gotten into any hands with anyone and had just been really quiet and sat tight so my image was really working for me. I knew he had to take this into consideration so his 3 bet made it seem to me like he flopped the nuts with 9T. I simply called to see the turn and it was a black Ten filling up my straight. He bets $100 and i moved in for $175 total, he hesitantly called and after i flipped over my hand he mucked so that pot brought me up to around $550. I played a few more hands and then decided to get going back home so i could still hang out and enjoy the remainder of the day.
Overall, i lost $90 + gas and food expenses but i'm not really too upset about it. Pretty standard i guess so now i can only look forward and try my shot at the upcoming $300 tournies which are on June 16, 19, and 22nd. I still feel pretty confident but the commute is definitely tiresome.
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