Day 2 of the Aussie Millions Main Event ended up being an extremely frustrating day of poker.

I didn’t play any particular large pots, just lost every single small pot. Every continuation bet raised, my sole 3-bet pf of the day was 4-bet on (folded 99, shown QQ), etc. I just couldn’t get anything going, or catch a break. I dwindled down from 60k to 20k, then during the third level of the day (600/1200/200) I got my stack in with a 7 high flush draw vs. durrr’s king high flush draw to bust out.

Bleh, so much for that.

There’s still the $5k Heads up tournament I’m playing tomorrow (Day 1B), and if I don’t make the finals I’ll probably play the $2k shorthanded too. Hopefully I can salvage a cash and not whiff the Aussie Series. Ugh.

Still have some good friends doing well in the main event, and having a good time overall.

-Adam

Just a quick note from Australia.

Ended day 1 with 60.4k. High point being near 90k, but spewed some off/ran kinda crappy during the last level. I ended day 1 last year with around 40k, so I'm feeling good about my chances. I'm on a nice little run in these major events - this being my 4th consecutive day 2, all of which I've been able to build stacks in.

I continue tomorrow (I believe 7:30pm EST), blinds will be 400/800/100, average stack being around 45k. We'll likely play down to the money. For a number of reasons, some more obvious than others, I'd really like to go deep in this one. It's going to be the last major I play for awhile, and it was also the first major event I'd ever cashed in. Besides WSOPE, this is probably the biggest event an < 21 year old can win, as far as prestige and such. Pretty much whoever wins becomes the Poker icon of the continent for the year.


Well, that's it from Australia.

-Adam

I honestly don't remember the last time I made a post regarding online poker results. As most of you know by now, I only play online when I'm in the mood and feeling good. Well, I guess I was just in the mood to play some poker.

I didn't enter too many, just the Bodog 100k (I had the exact buyin in my account, so I figured I'd blow through it and never play there again because the software is so bad), PS Million, PS 2nd Chance, UB 200k, and FTP 750k.

I was promptly coolered with 22 < 88 on the 842 flop in the FTP major, and out of the money'd the UB 200k, but managed to go fairly deep and make the money in the rest of the tournaments.

It's always exciting to make the money in the Sunday Million, but unfortunately I didn't make it that far. Took 624th of 6398 for about $400. I did go fairly deep in the Bodog 100k, and Sunday 2nd Chance, but it simply wasn't my night. I built up a huge stack in the PS 2nd Chance, then proceeded to lose 2 huge races and then a 40/60 to go from a top stack to busto in 36th for $800. The Bodog tournament was slightly less frustrating, simply because the tournament isn't as big as the other Sunday tournaments, but it still sucked to lose AT < Q9 for a decent stack with 38 left.


Soooo, that's pretty much it. It had been so long since I'd played a round of Sunday's I forgot how incredibly frustrating they are. Oh well.

By the way, I just started editing my previous posts in order to fill in the category information, and keywords. Unfortunately, I didn't realize it'd mess up the chronological order in which they're posted on my home page (http://www.tworags.com/home/A_Junglen). Fortunately, my complete blog link (http://www.tworags.com/blog/A_Junglen) maintains all of the entries in chronological order. And of course, as always, my latest updates will continue to be posted on the tworags homepage.

(Edit: I just realized they're still in chronological order for visitors, just not my homepage. You can basically ignore this entire paragraph)

I'm proud to say that this community has grown on me, and I'm more than happy to cross-post my blog here.

I really appreciate the feedback, thanks guys.

I played the PLO and Triple Shoot-out WCOOP events on PokerStars today. I was looking forward to both.

In the Pot-Limit Omaha tournament I busted fairly quickly. The structure was such that it forced players to gamble early. I ended getting my money in with Aces and the nut flush draw vs. a set. I missed my draw and was busto within an hour. Oh well.

Over at my shootout table it looked like it was going to be a very tough table. BelowAbove, Andy McLeod, Twisted Echo, and myself were all at the same table.

The shootout format is pretty fun.

This tournament was capped at 742 entrants, so it started with 81 tables of 9 players each. Once each table yielded a winner the remaining 81 players were divided into 9 players at the 9 remaining tables. Then of course once each of the 9 tables had a winner they merged to create the final table.

I managed to win my first table, despite it featuring several players with great results.

My 2nd table was VERY soft. Despite the table being very weak, it was still no lock for me to win. Remember, in a shootout you must win in order to advance. I played a very patient game and picked good spots to accumulate chips without risk and found myself heads-up facing a roughly 3.5:1 deficit in chips (my 6k to his 21k).

My strategy was to get heads-up and the structure allowed a lot of play - so I felt confident about my chances once I reached that goal.

I chipped up to around 8k vs 19k, then this hand came up.

Link to Hand

Once again I had made a great "hero call" vs my opponent. After this hand I had a marginal lead, and all the momentum. I ended up finishing my opponent off when he stacked off with an overpair vs my top two pair.

On to the final table!

The final table started off very well for me. I was picking up some hands and quickly built up my starting stack of 3k to 3.6k. Players generally played VERY tight (rightly so) because of the ridiculous payout jumps. 9th place paid around $3.5k and 1st place paid $75k. Tell me that's not ridiculous?

Anyways, I ended up flopping a set and doubled up, which gave me the chiplead. With 5 players left I was the clear favorite and very confident in my chances of winning the bracelet.

To be honest, this was the first time the title truly meant more to me than the money. 1st was "only" $75k but winning a World Championship of Online Poker Event is recognized feat. I have enough money....but lack any major titles.

At any rate I ended up losing a sizeable pot when my opponent outflopped me with his AQ vs my AK. After that I just couldn't get anything going. I still had a playabe stack, but the opponent to my right would constantly out-flop me. Whenever I'd pick up a big hand I'd open the pot and everyone would fold.

Once with Kings I raised the pot, BB called and the flop was QT9. Not exactly a dream flop, as it was obviously draw heavy. BB checked, I c-bet 825 or so into the pot of 1150 and he called. Turn was an 8 completing a straight for any jack. BB checked, I checked behind. River a was T, making the board QT98T. BB checked, and with no value in betting I checked behind.

He tabled J7 for a straight and I lost the minimum - but it's obviously frustrating when your opponent runs like god when we're playing for top 3 prize money and a WCOOP title.

I ended up busting out in 3rd place, getting it AIPF with A9 vs TT. I'm pretty pissed off at myself with how I played the last 30 minutes or so of this tournament. Having both of my opponents 3 handed catch every flop and run insane vs. me resulted in my demise. In retrospect I certainly could've played better, but I really couldn't catch a break 3 handed. My last hand was the one and only time that I was all-in (without the nuts) at risk for elimination. Again, I failed to get lucky in this kind of situation.

3rd Place Paid $36,500


Still a nice finish, and after taking a month off of playing online MTT's it's nice to know I can still crank out a big score when I'm focused.

Thanks for the support everybody.


-Adam Junglen