Lodge Results for Sunday 08/14/06 - Week 1
Arrived at the Lodge to a bit of a shock yesterday, found out that Dan is not running the tourneys anymore and has been replaced by Budweiser reps. We had heard a rumor on Wednesday that Dan may not be returning, but I could not believe it since this is Dan's creation. Many players were saying if Dan is not running it, then they will not return, but I decided to try it out. The first mistake I saw the new guy make is he was trying to raise blinds every 15 minutes instead of 20. We pointed it out to him and he proceeded to raise the next blind in 20 minutes, but went back to 15-18 minutes each level. Also, he was not as good as balancing out tables as Dan was, he would just wait until there were enough people out to break down a table. I will attribute that to him trying to figure out how the tourneys were run since this is his first time there. So we will just have to see how this goes. Also found out that this was the first week of the new season and that there are going to be more prizes this year than in previous years.
As far as cards go, it was a pretty good day. Started out good, my AKs held up against pocket jacks. Decided to limp in UTG with it and the pot was raised, called along with two other players. Flop was A73 and bet T20. Player who initially raised decided to bump it up to 60. Player to my right folded out of turn so I called, however the other player thought for awhile and folded his hand. Eventually won the pot, but the player that folded after my out of turn call told the table he had AQ and would have called had I not bet out of turn. A few hands later I get pocket aces UTG and raise to 20. Player who raised me earlier goes all in for 175 and it folds around to me, I immediately call and he shows pocket 8's. My aces hold and I am sitting at around T450 chips by the break. New player comes to the table and eventually I wake up to ATs. He had been raising alot so this time I decided to call. Flop is A8x and I bet 20 with the blinds at 10-20 and he immediately raises to 75. I decide to call and the turn is a blank and I check as he reaches for his chips before the turn hits. He bets 300 which will put me all in and I decide to call thinking he is bluffing at the pot. He turns over KQ and I take down a nice pot. Eventually the tables begin to break down and the short stacks decide to make a move since the blinds are going up. The blinds are now at 75-150 and I am in the big blind with AT of spades and a short stack goes all in with 750. After three orbits of this from the short stacks, I decide to call and he flips up KK. Amazingly I crack the kings when my flush hits on the turn and now I am sitting on almost T2400 in chips due to another short stack with ATo calling as well. I make the final table, but made a mistake that cost me half my stack. Eventually the blinds were 300-600 and I put my last 800 in UTG with Q9s. Get two callers and the board is AKQxx and big
blind shows JT and I am out in 6th place one out of the money. Next Sunday I was supposed to play in the True Texas Poker tournament at Gilleys, but due to the recent busts around town and pressue from our overly conservative government, it doesn't look so good.
Looking forward till Wednesday when I just have to outlast 29 people for a $1500 seat to next years WSOP.
As far as cards go, it was a pretty good day. Started out good, my AKs held up against pocket jacks. Decided to limp in UTG with it and the pot was raised, called along with two other players. Flop was A73 and bet T20. Player who initially raised decided to bump it up to 60. Player to my right folded out of turn so I called, however the other player thought for awhile and folded his hand. Eventually won the pot, but the player that folded after my out of turn call told the table he had AQ and would have called had I not bet out of turn. A few hands later I get pocket aces UTG and raise to 20. Player who raised me earlier goes all in for 175 and it folds around to me, I immediately call and he shows pocket 8's. My aces hold and I am sitting at around T450 chips by the break. New player comes to the table and eventually I wake up to ATs. He had been raising alot so this time I decided to call. Flop is A8x and I bet 20 with the blinds at 10-20 and he immediately raises to 75. I decide to call and the turn is a blank and I check as he reaches for his chips before the turn hits. He bets 300 which will put me all in and I decide to call thinking he is bluffing at the pot. He turns over KQ and I take down a nice pot. Eventually the tables begin to break down and the short stacks decide to make a move since the blinds are going up. The blinds are now at 75-150 and I am in the big blind with AT of spades and a short stack goes all in with 750. After three orbits of this from the short stacks, I decide to call and he flips up KK. Amazingly I crack the kings when my flush hits on the turn and now I am sitting on almost T2400 in chips due to another short stack with ATo calling as well. I make the final table, but made a mistake that cost me half my stack. Eventually the blinds were 300-600 and I put my last 800 in UTG with Q9s. Get two callers and the board is AKQxx and big
blind shows JT and I am out in 6th place one out of the money. Next Sunday I was supposed to play in the True Texas Poker tournament at Gilleys, but due to the recent busts around town and pressue from our overly conservative government, it doesn't look so good.
Looking forward till Wednesday when I just have to outlast 29 people for a $1500 seat to next years WSOP.
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