Yep, I was late... I blame the In N Out on Tropicana - how can it open at 10:30 and have 20 cars in the drive through line at 10:30?! But I digress, I just missed the opening, not any hands.
Oh, I blame an 11am start time too...
We started with seven players, much better than last year's five. Unfortunately, with 50,000 chips and 75/150 antes, people have started very aggressive.
On one of the first couple hands, the pot between seat 2 and seat 7 was 13,000. And that's nothing, 15 minutes later there was a raise that brought the pot to just shy of 50,000 before seat 7 folded.
My first hand was out of the small blind - big slick off. I had two limpers in front of me, one and the big blind folded. Unfortunately, it was hyper aggressive seat 2 calling me. Flop came Q 8 8 and I laid out a small continuation bet he folded to... first hand - winning!
Seven hands later I'm back in the small blind with queens. And... everyone folded. Of course. So I raised the big blind and got a call. Flop had an ace, but I laid out a continuation bet. Call. Damn. Turn was a king - no bueno. So I check and he bets 1,200... I'm already in for a thousand, out of position, with two overs on the board, and he's called me twice and bet. Ugh. I folded.
Of course, ten minutes later I caught that guy playing 4 10 suited, so maybe a bad fold.
Playing tight is not what seat 2 does... he plays just about every hand... raises just about every hand pre flop, and in the first 35 minutes with blinds at 75/150, he's been involved in three different hands where he has bet over 5,000. Crazy.
At least he's on my right.
AQ off in middle position with a large raise from normally conservative seat one. I call and seat seven calls from the button. Flop comes J J 5. Seat one bets, I got out. Winning hand was seat 7 with A J that turned into the nut flush on the river. Losing sucks, but at least I got out cheap.
Very aggressive table, lots of pre flop raises... seems like a lot of people playing any two suited cards. Down two thousand early.
AK off in a middle position, raised to win blinds.
Seat three just showed up... wait until he gets a load of seat two...
I felt priced in with 5 6 off in the big blind with a min raise from seat two on the button and a call from seat 3 in the small. I missed a Q 10 4 flop (Shocking, not many flops I could hit) and even checking to an 8 on the turn didn't help so I folded to a bet.
Next hands, pocket sixes in the small blind and everyone folds... saw this movie before with my queens. So I raise and seat 6 again calls from the big blind. Flop came 4 3 3 with a couple hearts... pretty good flop for sixes, so I bet the pot. He called. I swear I've seen this movie before. Turn was the J of hearts... certainly didn't improve my hand, a five would have been nice. Similar to episode one, I checked the turn with my pair, he bet, and I, again, folded. This movie sucks... but what am I supposed to do - spend thousands more on sixes? It's early... although I feel broke.
When does seat 5 get here?
Down about 3,000 an hour fifteen in... good thing we started with 20,000 more chips I guess.
I got A Q suited second to act and raised, but only won antes. Something is not working well here... when I win blinds, I only pick up 225. But I seem to lose a thousand every time I see a flop. I think the combination of no antes plus aggressive betting brought on by giant chip stacks relative to the blinds is working against me. I'm just not sure how to fix that yet.
I got to limp with 3 7 off from the big blind and while it had predictable results, at least I got to see a free flop before I folded. I do love free flops.
I had A 10 off in a late position so I raised it and seat 7 called from the small blind. Flop was 9 Q 8, which he bet. I called with a gut shot straight draw, an ace, and position. We both checked a 6 on the turn and he bet a 3 on the river... I folded.
This doesn't feel like winning. I'm not sure I remember what wining feels like, but I'm pretty sure this is not it.
Back to back pocket aces for seat nine - I remember when I was excited to be in seat four instead of seat nine...
AQ off won me blinds... It may not be much, but at least it's winning! It just doesn't feel like winning...
With about ten minutes left, I got KQ off early, raised, and got seat nine to call from the button... hopefully he's out of aces. I laid out a continuation bet on a J 10 10 flop and he folded.
Real winning!
Of course, a couple hands later I had K 3 in the big blind, everyone folded, small blind limped, and I checked. Flop came 10 6 4 and we both checked. I bet a 3 on the turn, but he called. We both checked an 8 on the river and he won with 6's and 8's. I guess my threes weren't good...
46,400 at the end of round one... down about 7 percent. But it beats being at 26,400 and I still have a M Ratio over 100, so...
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