GCPC Warm-Up

21 August 10 - Here are some hands from the Beau $15k gtd on Saturday. ~90 players with first place taking $5k+.

25/50: 6 limps to my BB, I check JTo. Flop Jxx. 3 checks, dude in an LSU visor bets 200, SB calls, I call. Turn deuce. SB checks, I check, LSU bets 200, SB calls, I kinda wanna fold but I call. River 3. SB checks, I check, LSU bets 100, SB folds, I call. He has 99.

25/50: 3 limps to my BB, I check 97ss. Flop 77Jdd. SB checks, I bet 100, dude to my left calls, older guy in a soccer jersey calls, SB folds. Turn Qc. I bet 375, dude to my left hems, haws, and folds. Soccer jersey min raises me. Um, Ok. I call. River Ks. I check, he checks. He has AK. Not being results-oriented, but I should be leading this river for value because he can call with plenty of worse hands. Pretty poor choice for me to check this river and I just didn't think through the myriad hand combos he could have.

50/100: 2 limps to my CO, I make it 525 with TT. Psycho/maniac to my left shoves 6000. I laugh and fold and he shows 77. (at this point, I hadn't yet pegged him as 'psycho/maniac' otherwise I snap-call).

150/300 (25a). Folds to my button first hand after break. I open to 700, SB folds. BB announces "re-raise." He makes it 2500 (with about a 10k stack that I cover) and I insta-jam. He lets out a big sigh and finally folds AJo faceup. This is the standard mistake lots of amateurs make. He thinks I'm stealing, so he 3bets, then is exasperated when I shove. First, when you consider 3betting, have a plan for how you're going to react to certain responses. Second, don't turn AJ into a bluff for 25% of your stack. Not good.

200/400 (50a): Table change and now psycho/maniac is on my direct right. UTG+1 reg opens to 1300, dude in Crimson Tide gear calls from the CO, psycho/maniac calls the SB, and I peel black Aces in the BB. I have about 14k and cover everyone but UTG+1. I know UTG+1's range is strong and I know I can credibly rep a squeeze/steal so I jam. UTG+1 snap-calls, Crimson Tide folds, psycho/maniac says something like "man that's a huge pot, screw it, I call" and calls off his last 7k or so. UTG+1 has AK, psycho has J8hh. Flop all-black Txx. Turn 9. River 7. Awesome. Psycho wins huge pot, but I win a side pot and still have a manageable stack.

200/400 (50a): LAG black dude who played well but kinda spewy limps UTG. I make it 1200 (with ~20bbs effective) two to his left with 66. Everybody folds, he calls. Flop K62dd. He checks, I bet 1500, he makes it 4000, I sling the remainder of my stack in, he calls with KT and I double.

400/800 (100a): I open AQo UTG to 1900 with about 20k total. Everyone folds, black dude jams ~15k from the SB, I call, he has JJ, and I whiff.

400/800 (100a): I jam my remaining ~6k with T9dd, get called by KQss, flop a 9 and double.

Lots of push/fold for two levels, then ....

800/1600 (200a). I bust 12th with K9cc vs A7hh on Qc Jc 2s. Bubbling is not fun.

See you at the GCPC in a week.