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(I wrote this last night but couldnt post it so somethings might not make as much sense..."today" probably means yesterday, etc...)
I guess i started off with the wrong foot at the WSOP...its all over now, and I can proudly say I am 0 for 12 (or 13) in world series cashes...hell, I'm 0 for 12 in world series dinner breaks! so disgusting, but I guess it should be expected if I play 12 tournaments with billions of players and usually bad structures (in my experience the only good structures were the 5k short handed and the 10k ME). I really thought I could make a name for myself this series, and maybe I could have if the cards fell right...but they just didnt cooperate and I'll have to wait for next year.
Today sucked, I basically made mistake after mistake. First off I decided not to eat breakfast and I only had a small bowl of fruit and a yogurt, followed by chugging 2 red bulls within 2 hours. The event started with a well deserved tribute to Doyle Brunson and he got to say the famous "shuffle up and deal". I felt ready to go, I had my strategy perfectly set in my head and I got off to a perfect start. I remember the first hand I got was As6s a guy made it 225 to go and I automatically knew he had KK or AA so I call of course and miss the flop, he shows KK...next hand it folds to me with something like 74off I raise to 125 and everyone folds, next hand I get 86s it folds to me and I make it 125 and everyone folds..pretty soon I found myself opening for 125 every time it folded to me and calling raises every time I had cards that could make a str8 or a flush. I quickly chipped up to about 11,700 and soon after that I was down to 8,500...then came the following hand.
I get 8c9c UTG and I make it 125 button calls and both blinds call, the flop is Ad7h4s blinds check, I bet 400, button calls, blinds fold..turn is a Qs I check he bets 500 into the 1kish pot, I check-raise to 1500 and he calls after thinking about it for a bit. The river is a 10c and I bet 2600 leaving me with about 4k if I get called. He thinks for a bit and folds. I show because it was in my "plan" to completely tighten up at the 50/100 level and this was in the last 10 minutes of the 25/50 level. I kept on playing great rest of the level, the last hand before the 50/100 blinds I made a sick call with 88 on a Q9J 24 board after calling a flop bet, checking the turn i called like 1k while I said "u have A rag" (he ended up showing A high).
I was now ready to tighten up for 2 levels and wait to hit a double up hand. I raise it up to 250 with 77 utg, bb calls flop is 7c3c2c he checks I bet 400 and he shows Kc and folds. After that I started to feel horrible, I guess its not an excuse but I just started to get extremely hungry, my head hurt, and I started to get shaky and dizzy etc. This was probably a cause of my first mistake (not eating, and drinking redbulls), and it it lead to my second mistake which was not immediately getting up out of my seat and going to lay down somewhere or chill with my headphones for a half an hour at the full tilt lounge, I was tired, shaky and I felt like sleeping rather than playing, I _SHOULD_ have had the self control to get out of the tourney for a while.
After raising hands and getting repopped every time I started getting scared of things Im usually not scared of, things like busting or getting caught bluffing kept me from playing my game at the 100/200 level. When I had monster hands (only 2 times) I played them in a way that I wouldnt normally play them, I played them cautiously with fear of losing value or getting sucked out on. On one of the monsters I had I had 10 10 in MP and a guy limps in EP, I raise to 500 and it folds back to the limper who quickly calls. The flop comes 10s 8s 3h he checks and I bet 500 he calls pretty fast, turn is an 8h and he checks and I quickly check the river is a Qc and he checks again and I bet 1500 and get called by A8. Now, this hand I would normally either bet half the pot on the turn or check the turn and put a massive overbet by shoving the river, if I do either of these things I double up 100f the time, but the fact that I was scared of losing value or scaring a weak hand away made me play the hand like a girl and therefor made me only win 1500 in chips which I quickly lost by getting repopped over and over again.
Finally I made the biggest mistake of all, after losing about 4 or 5 pots where I would raise PF and bet the flop a guy limps UTG and I raise from MP with AcQc (the guy had been limping hands like A7 or 87s and calling raises) it folds to UTG who calls the flop is 10 8 3 he checks and I check, the turn is a 2 and he bets 1200, and I call ( I had given up a lot of pots to this guy after I raised PF and I decided I could EASILY be good here and check down on the river, I was tired of getting bluffed at). The river is a K and he looks down at his chips and asks me how much I have left, I say "about 6000" he says "I bet 3 thousand" in a pretty strong voice, and then just flings the chips in. I thought about it for about 2 minutes and went through the whole process in my head..would he bet with a lone pair on the river? probably not.... what about 2 pair? maybe....is it likely that he has 2 pair based on the board? probably not, but its possible, or he could have flopped a set. I also thought it was HIGHLY possible that he was continuing a bluff after I checked the flop and just called the turn, why would he bet the pot? why would he bet exactly half my stack? Everything told me to make the call, and I did... Of course he flips over 10d 8d and then I felt like throwing up. Then the logic kicks in, and I realize there is absolutely NO need for me to make any kind of hero calls and to take stands against bluffers when I still have 8500 in chips and the blinds are 100/200. I could have just waited for a good situation where I have the best of it and get my money in when I KNOW I am good.
After that I was left with a short stack of 3300, I felt sick, I felt like i had no shot (which is the absolute worst attitude you can have at a poker tourney). finally I get JJ utg and I raise to 600 about 15 minutes before the dinner break. UTG 1 calls, MP calls, and button thinks about it and shoves all in for about 12k I call and get out of my seat knowing that he's going to flip over Q's but hoping he flipped over AK, he had QQ and I cant suck out for the life of me. GG main event.
I now know why the pros say "the day you get knocked out of the Main Event is the worst day of the year". Its a hard feeling to explain, but I pretty much just wondered around the rio thinking of how bad I fucked up and what could have happened if I didnt. I still kinda feel that way right now, but I know I need to get over it or else it'll just bug the shit out of me as long as I let it.
Anyway, long blog...Im tired...
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Update on today:
Played the Sunday mil on Stars where KK ran into a set of 6's....Then I owned the UB 200k just like I did last week with the chiplead and for most of the tourney and then I bust 16th SO STANDARD!...to add another kick in the balls I get 15th on Tilt...bleh, I guess I made like $2,500, but who cares considering I coulda won $90K if things went well late in the tourney.
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