1. 2011-07-07 18:36:39

   Vegas WSOP Event #43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold???em

   This big Event started on Saturday June 25, with 2,857 entrants including Chris, Mauricio (Marky) and my buddy Tim from hp. Whereas in Thursday's $5,000 6-handed event I stayed at the same seat for the whole Day 1, along with a couple of other players, this $1,500 made me move to a new table at least 6 or 7 times.

   In Round 9 (300-600 blinds, 75 antes) with about 500 players left (yes, more than 2,300 already busted!) and about 17,000 chips (average around 26,000) I played my last hand. On my SB, the chip-leader under the gun calls, UTG+2 raises to 1,800 (it was Bernard Lee, the East-Coast pro). The guy on the button, on my right, had me covered, but not by much, had played kinda tight so far, and he re-raises to 5,700. I look at my cards: . I take the time to breath and think a bit but with this much action, I want to be heads-up against one guy, not 2 or 3, so I shove my entire stack. BB and UTG fold, Lee folds pretty quickly, the button says he's pot-committed (really? what can I 4-bet with?!) and calls for the vast majority of his stack with . When I show my aces he used a couple of bad words Sam would be proud to hear me say, until the flop came: . No ace on the turn or the river, and I was done for. I was 80% favorite to end up with about 35,000 chips and my ticket into Day 2!

   Sadly enough, Tim also busted (I believe with an weak ace, from the SB) less than a minute later! We were both less than 200 still from the cash... So close again! And unfortunately, Chris & Marky also busted earlier...

   Posted by Frederic at 2011-07-07 18:36:39

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