This was by far the best day of the trip for a few reasons. 1. I think I had some interesting hands. 2. I actually remember some hands. 3. I actually got some sleep the night before. By sleep I mean an entire 5 hours or so which seemed like a lot.

Somehow Echo and Rich are up and ready before me. After shitty luck in our first 3 mtts obviously running good in the $550 Venetian deep stack would be very nice for any of us. We head over to the Venetian to sign up and then eat in it’s food court. Me and Rich settle on a Johnny Rocket burgers while Echo decides on a meatball sub of some kind and a milkshake. I decide against the milkshake since I don’t want to be having the urge to shit 3 hours into the Venetian.

At noon we all get to our seats and we’re ready to own for one fucking time. At the start of the mtt you start with 15k in chips and 25/50 blinds with 45 minute blinds. Fucking Awesome!!!!! Very first hand I get AA wheeeeeeeeeeeeee! But wait I’m really not that excited since I have no idea how everyone plays, most likely I’m going to be oop, and stacks are fucking deep.

Hand 1: AA UTG 15k stacks effective. Blinds 25/50

Prefop: I raise to 200, guy who looks to be late 20s early 30s calls, a guy that looks to be mid 40s calls, another guy in his 50’s calls, and a late 40’s asian guy calls in the bb.

Flop: QhQxJh Pot: 1025

Fuck me that’s a horrible flop getting 4 callers. I do some quick math. If I bet 600 and get one caller the pot will be 2225 and I’ll likely check the turn for pot control or fold the flop if I’m raised since I have no idea how anyone plays and I only have a tad more then 1% of my stack committed. I decided to check and see what happens seems like a pussy way to play but if someone bets, gets a call, then I’m mostly calling and turning my hand into a bluff catcher that deep. Late 20’s guy bets 600, guy to his left calls, and asian bb guy calls in the bb. Fuck my life what do I do now. The pot is now almost 3k and what the fuck do I do on the turn? I decide to just give it up and fold as I’m either barely ahead or way the fuck behind oop with no clue how everyone plays.

Turn: a blank hit’s Pot 2825

The 20’s guy checks, while the 40’s guy bets, bb folds, 20’s guy folds. When 40’s guy mucks I see paint whether it was a KQJ I have no idea. But fuck it I only lost 200. Oh yeah this is the first time I’ve seen AA all weekend.

Hand 2: TT OTB. Blinds 25/50 still really deep. 40’s Asian guy opens to 150 from the hj, I mean to call but throw out 2 100 chips and 1 25 chip instead of the other way around so this is a minreraise. 20’s guy calls in the bb who also seems to be very laggy.

Asian guy is now in the spaz category as he’s playing really agro and is sitting 2 to my right I’m calling his raises pretty wide and pretty much making his life hell because I know I can get tons of value if I could ever hit a flop.

Flop: T7s6s Pot: 800

Boom I flopped top fucking set!!!! Now I’m wishing I had just fucking called pf because at the moment I’m repping QQ+ and asian guy likes to 2 barrel at a minimum with air when he has the lead in the hand. 20’s guy bets 600, asian guy calls. I’m in a difficult spot now. Connectors and hands with a flush draw are for sure in 20’s guys range and honestly I think asian guy is calling his flop bet really wide. If I were hu or the flop was drier I really like just calling to induce some action later in the hand. Now the pot is 2000 after the bet and call. I decided to raise to 3k making the pot 5k while giving a little better then 2:1 for one of the guys to call or maybe I can get repopped by a draw. 20’s guy turbo mucks, asian guy tank folds. FML. I really believe if I just call pf there’s a good chance the flop goes bet, call, I raise and might get some action. Maybe not. I can’t be too mad though I added 30bbs to my stack.

Hand 3: 8d7d CO. Blinds 75/150. 2 limps in front of me I limp for 150, 50s lady who is a good tag or a tight passive player who’s getting hit by the deck calls, young 20s guy calls, bb checks

Flop: JcTc9x Pot: 975

Wow I hit another flop, fucking awesome!!! It checks to me I bet 600, 50s lady raises me to 1500 everyone folds and I’m put in a shitty spot. I think her range here is a set, str8, or 2 pair. I decide to call as I just don’t see her raising with a draw or even a combo draw and I have a pretty tight image. I call trying to see what reaction I get and to see what kind of turn I can get. She doesn’t look happy that I called her raise.

Turn: Kx Pot: 3975

Well fuck me. I think I’m getting zero action now from sets and 2 pps now and I still think I’m ahead of her flop raising range if I was ahead before. Because I don’t see how I can get action from a worse hand and if I bet and get called I’m going to have a shitty decision on the river for most of my chips. I check. She checks.

River: 9c Pot: 3975

Awesome. Now I lose to T9, J9, JJ, TT, 99, any Q, or some combo draws which is a tiny part of 50’s lady’s range. I see no reason to bet as I don’t think she’s capable of bluffing nor is she calling me with anything less then a flush. I check. She bets 1.5k. FML. I go through all the hands and T9, J9 seem like the most likely hands in her range. I sigh and tell her she must have T9 as I think the hand through then tank a bit longer and fold telling her I had a str8. We had been friendly at the table, which is something I’ve picked up on. It seems that when you’re friendly live you get more fe and people will show you their cards which is very helpful.
She says I put you on a straight and shows T9. Feels good to make a correct read, feels like shit to see 1/8 of my stack go.

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