I could go further into analysis, but instead I’m gonna take a break from poker content for the rest of the year (playing or watching YouTube). I have too many things going on and financial needs with kids in college that I’d like to take care of before investing the mental energy into improving the game.
Good luck at the tables!
No way he has a 4, what 4 would he have limp-called pre-flop after a bet and several other callers?
First time playing 1/2, huh? 
Playing in a live tourney for the first time in forever Monday. Never played a tourney at this particular spot, but seems like good value and I’ve generally been lucky at cash there. Will bring a few hundred extra for cash games if I bust early. Trip report incoming afterwards.
I’m also not at all surprised he had a 4. 6 ways pre-flop for 3x, 2h4h is definitely a call, as are many other hands with a 4.
Well, once he didn’t fold, it is A LOT more possible he had a 4.
This isn’t high stakes where people bluff. This is where people hope to get lucky and make up for the 10 other shitty calls that they made.
My math (please peer review) shows that, post-flop, P(someone out of five callers has a four) = 25.5%.
Once he check-calls from middle position, I start getting suspicious, start looking for any very short-term tells, which I am no good at, BTW.
Didn’t place and busted out right before the end of registration. There was a long list of alternates at this point so didn’t feel like waiting around to fire another bullet.
I started out pretty slow, couldn’t get much going and was down about 40% of my stack until I flopped a set of 5s and doubled through when the guy called my AI raise on the turn. He had top pair and a flush draw and I held. At this point I went into go-big-or-go-home mode and started playing pretty loose, for better or for worse, and missed a few big draws. Also had another big hand where I 3-bet with KK and flop had an ace. I continued, then guy donk-jammed into me on the turn so I laid it down. Hard to imagine I was good there but maybe he sensed weakness. I would have played AK the same way FWIW. Finally busted when I was down to about 10 BB and shoved with a pair of tens pre-flop. Guy to my left re-shoved 20 BB, and BB hemmed and hawed and eventually called with AQ. I didn’t like that call at all and especially not after he river an ace to take us both out. Such is life. It was fun and I got a lot of play in, it was a pretty good structure at the beginning.
Played 1/3 cash for about 2 hours after that and ended up +$11 after not much really happening.
Played a freeroll last night on ClubWPT. Placed about 150ish out of 8k runners, winning myself a 109 buy-in tourney ticket. Joined the next one available and ran into this on my 3rd hand:
Opened 55 to 2BB from MP. LP called, flop Q54. Turn 4. River brick. We get all in and he has 44
OOOF
One of the worse beats I’ve taken lately, considering I figured I only lose to 44 here since he didn’t 3-bet me. Luckily it was basically found money and not an actual out of pocket cost on the buy-in.
not sure how you avoid going broke there
I reraise with AA in SB 2 callers. Nothing on board. All in for 110. Of course villain has a set.
Taking $8 on the river.
Ended down $500.
Had a choice near the end to call for my stack, $200, on a nut flush draw and a low pair on the turn. Only $50 in the pot.
Last weekend, ended about even. Different place. Same $8 rake. So, it’s raise or fold preflop, call all pairs suited connectors, hope for the connection.
Notable hand. 1/2, a raise to 10, and i close the action with 75. 346 board. I check, villain bets 40. I check-raise all in for 100 more. He thinks long, calls. He has a set, of course the board pairs. So rebuy.
Another notable: a raise to 12, i call with T8. TTx board, so i check. Villain bets 20, i call. 8 on the turn. I check, he bets 40. I reraise all-in. He snap-calls with AA. River blank.
No one is scared, so implied odds it is.
Bump for a day trip.
Notables:
Flopped the nut flush. Small bets to keep people interested. Eventually doubled up.
Set over Set to double-up again.
Ended with an $1100 stack, after putting in $600.
Tried my luck at the local Sunday tournament in Ventura. About 50 entries, we’re down to 25ish players and I’ve got a lowish stack of about 30 blinds.
Utg raise to 5BB, all-in shove from a stack about my size and I have QQ.
I call, and it’s the classic QQ vs AKo race. Turn is A and I’m out.
Decent enough structure, you start deep with 250blinds, but levels are a bit too quick.
Oh?
What was the buy-in? How big is the rake?
Vegas tournaments have gotten completely out of hand with how much of the prize pool they take. 20%-30% from what I’ve seen.
This one is in that 20% range.
$180 buyin for 20000 chips, $150 goes to prize pool, an extra $10 gets you 5000 extra chips.
Blinds start 100/100 so it’s deep, but levels are 20 mins. They aim to have it done in 5 hours.
Cash tables here are now taking $9 per hand at the river.