1. 2008-06-28 06:49:22

   WSOP Event 49 Blog Series - Ready to Rock

   Adrian and I arrived, ate some food, watched Rebecca for a while, and then hit the cash game.

   The only NL Hold'em game we could find was a 2/5, which is a bit beyond what we wanted to play, but what are you gonna do, right? (BTW, the "back room" spreads a 1/2 game, supposedly.) We sit for 3-4 hours and I leave down $14. Not bad - the players seemed pretty solid and I hung with them pretty well. I felt pretty good after this session.

   Rebecca went out early in the fifth round :( We decided to go check in. Twenty dollars worth of grease got us strip view on the 28th floor of Harrah's - nice. Next we met up with Jeff and Stephen and got some din-din. Where? Well, the Grand Lux Cafe, of course. The rule is I go there at least once a trip. Yum.

   We hadn't planned to play more poker, but what else are you going to do, right? We play the 1/2 game, and I build up to +$300 pretty quickly. It felt pretty good, and then this hand happened. Wait, for Graham's sake, I am not implying I lost the hand. Maybe I just didn't get enough money out of my opponent. Or maybe I want you to think I lost it, but really I won it.

   I pick up in middle position after UTG limped - raise to $7. The cut-off calls and the button re-raises to $17. He doesn't play that many hands, and usually plays them pretty strongly, so this weak reraise had me confused. Either way, I figured I had good odds and called. That was mistake #1, I think, but not so terrible.

   The flop is . I decide to test the waters and hopefully block more action and bet $20. I get a-bit-more-than-min-raised and call. There is $65 in the pot and I'm being asked to call $25. Two-to-one is not good enough odds to call on a flush draw, and I already put this guy on a decent hand (or maybe , but I call anyway. I was doing really well, feeling pretty confident, and I guess I didn't stop to think enough. So now there is $90 in the pot.

   The turn is a nightmare card - the . Now I have a pair, too... I'm starting to trap myself into this hand :/ I check, and he bets $80, laying me perfect odds for my 14-outer (any 7, J, or diamond). I call. This is the first right thing I did this hand.

   The river is a and I shut down. He bets another $80, and then I do the dumbest thing ever. I call after convincing myself he's bluffing with or something like that. Obviously, he flips over . I just blew $80 on the river, and made two suspect calls pre- and post-flop. Ugh. Perhaps the river call would be good if there is a better than 1-in-4 chance he is bluffing. If you're going to make a mistake, it's better to lose $80 on a bad call than to give up a $300 pot on a bad fold. The problem with my call is there probably wasn't a 1-in-4 chance he was bluffing.

   Soooooooooo, anyway, I cashed out $65 ahead, won another $15 playing casino war (another tradition), so I'm up on the day. Most importantly, I got knocked down a notch after playing well at 2/5 and then raking in the dollars initially at 1/2. I'm going to tell myself that's a good thing. Remember, people don't bluff as much as you think they do. That lesson is ingrained in my brain right now, and maybe it will be worth a couple hundred this weekend.

   Thanks for reading. Keep your fingers crossed :)

   Posted by Jason M at 2008-06-28 06:49:22

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Comments on “WSOP Event 49 Blog Series - Ready to Rock”

1. • Posted by FREMONTkyle g 2008-06-28 10:37:52
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   • wait on the turn with the J7 dont you need a 4 to 1 to make the call for it technically to be correct math wise? im not sure what his stack was which could make a difference
     dont do the JJ fold thing when your ahead (trish game 22)
     dont over think the hands when your ahead nobody wants to bluff the chip leader unless there stupid like FREMONT KYLE