Name: 101 100k Guaranteed
Buy-in: 100$
Prizepool: 100 000$ Guaranteed
Game: No Limit Texas Hold'em
Rounds: 15 minutes
Starting stack: 2500
Starting blinds: 10/20
Finish:21st/631
Prize:
$600
I played the Mansion 100k twice this week, dying early in one, and making it deep in the other.
Down to 70 players, with 150$ guaranteed, I only had about 11k left. Blinds at 600/1200a60, for an initial pot of 2340. Some weak-tight player to my right decides to raise it to 3600. With the big blind having only 8k, any decent hand was a candidate for that move. On the cutoff, I found a pair of sevens. With only 11k, I know that he won't fold to my all-in. It will cost him 7400 in a pot worth about 17k, so there is just no way he is folding there. The only question now is wheter my hand was ahead of his range. For that move, I put him on 44+,AT+,KJ+. I suspect lots of people might do that with much less, hands like K8s, A6s, and deuces. I decided to move all-in, getting 1.2:1 on my move, and being a 55/45 favorite against most of his hands. As it turned out, he called me with a pair of sixes, and I hit a 7 to more than double up.
I stole my fair share of blinds, which is really important at this stage of the tournament. Not only because it actually gets you more chips, but because it also allows you to get payed on your good hands. As a matter of fact, a few hands later, I woke up with AQo on the button. I made a slightly bigger than normal raise, because I did not intend to fold to a re-raise, and I don't really want to see a flop. The small blind thought for a while before shoving all-in. I had 2:1 on my call, which makes this a no brainer. He turned over ATo, and I hit a queen to double up, as I had about 28k chips and he had 25k. Not a bad move by him in this spot, as I would fold many hands in that spot, and ATo is ahead of a few hands I'd call with (KQ/KJ, A9s maybe).
I was now in the top 9 with about 50 players left, and I picked up a pair of Aces UTG+1. I decided to make the tricky play and just limp, as there were a lot of short stacks in late position. My move really payed off, as the button decided to move all-in for 11k (blinds at 1200/2400 I think). The small blind moved in as well for 17k. My Aces held against deuces and nines, for a very nice 30k win, putting me in the top 4. A few hands later, I busted a guy with a hand I do not clearly remember. He had a hand like JTs and I had an ace and some other high card, and won it.
Combined with a few more blinds, this put me first with about 35 players to go. I had about 115k chips, with a few people holding between 90k and 99k chips. At that point though, things started to turn around.
I got really crappy cards when I had a chance to steal, and I had a few big stacks to my left. Then, I raised K8s on the button for about 3-4 big blinds. The BB only had 8 blinds total with about 30k chips, and he moved all-in, which was an automatic call for me. He turned over A4o, and I lost that coinflip, putting me down to about 60k chips.
A few hands later, some random guy raised minimum in middle position, and I picked up AQo with about 55k chips left and blinds of 2k/4ka200. I knew the min-raise smelled fishy, but AQo is just too good a hand to pass up in this spot. He did have Aces though, and he busted me in a disappointing 21st place. Good for 600$, but still way too far from the real payoffs.
That guy took up 5th, and the short stack with the A4o took fourth. It kind of pisses me off when the people I lose to make it deep. One more coinflip for me, and that money was all mine.
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