PardoG's 30th Trip to Vegas (20th to the WSOP)
Hello.....is there anybody out there? We are heading back to the WSOP (6/8-6/15)
Been in these streets since the early 20
We are currently at Bellagio waiting for 2/5 and so I figured I’d recap a few things from yesterday and also….A HAND history. I thought it was a fairly interesting spot from 2/5NL last night so I figure I’ll post it and we’ll see what you think.
So yesterday, after we book a win at resorts world 1:3, we watch the oilers come back and give us a nice value on our 400 dollar bet (collected 900 on it) and then we head to allegro again because it’s reliable and quick. Had a solid chicken parm. Again, allegro is an onto for consistent solid, and they are open very late hours at night so I end up there a lot.
After that, I need to sleep which we do from like 830to 3 or whatever. We then find ourselves in a 2/5 NL game at the Wynn from the night before which isn’t great, but it’s not terrible by Wynn 2/5 standards. We are in the sb when the following hand arises.
We are six handed.
Hero (SB) ~ 1K stack (AhJd)
UTG +1 opens to 20 and the Villian who is on the BTN with about $1k also calls. Villain is a young kid who has been playing a pretty wide variety of hands, but seems to be competent enough with proper bet sizing, going for good value and getting paid off in spots, and although active, not crazy by any means.
Hero 3 bets to 75, Original opener folds and the V on the BTN calls
FLOP ($175)
2s3h4h
Hero bets 60, Villian calls.
Turn ($295)
6h
Hero bets $200, Villian raises to $400, hero calls.
River (1095)
Jc
Hero checks and Villian jams the rest.
Let me know your thoughts on the hand!
Ouch. He is playing it exactly like a turned flush. I'd need some read at the table to make that call, but his only chance of winning the hand is to shove after you check. Really tough hand. He sounds like a good player, which makes it even more difficult. We don't beat a lot, unfortunately.
Did you consider jamming the river yourself?
Cliche, but fold pre, especially if the UTG+1 (HJ?) player is also deep. Offsuit broadways tend to make top pair type hands, which are not really thrilled to stack off for 200bb. If you do 3-bet, I would go a little bigger, like 90-100, because of being OOP and there's already a caller. The 75 gives the opponents good pots odds to continue. I think postflop is fine, and I would probably fold the river. If we didn't have the Ah, I would consider bluff catching getting such a good price.
So on the hand I ended up folding. He ended up showing 75 off with a heart. Barf.
I agree with the post about bigger sizing on the 3 , I’m not sure I could fold pre, we were six handed and I may have forgot to mention that in the hand history, and the oringal raiser was fairly active so I just think folding there too nitty six handed but we were 200 effective so maybe I’m wrong. Don’t know.
After we got up stuck about 500, we headed to breakfast for a chicken Caesar salad. Strange choice? I suppose, but when you are sleeping and awake at all hours with zero set schedule, I feel anything goes and I eat eggs A LOT so it was nice change. From there we headed out to Bellagio where we sat 15/30 LIMIT hold em for a change of pace and bringing it back to the old school. I booked a 200 dollar win, peaking at about +600 but running into some unfortunate spots. Legend Chau Giang was on my direct left but candidly seemed a shell of his former self, and was playing very tight and passive in what I’d call decent game for sure.
We then headed back to the ranch (aka WynnCore) and throw a few hundred bucks on the Pacers tonight for a sweat cause why not? Nothing else working lol. I also played CRAPS for the first time on the trip. Hopped on a hot table and got a decent roll for +700 and then got out of there. I think I maybe should have stayed, but again, I haven’t hardly won ANYTHING in the pit this trip so 700 is 700.
Then I grabbed myself a nice turkey club with fries at Charlie’s sports bar in the Wynn and that was very tasty my friends. Then I tried to nap, unsuccessfully, but at least I rested for a couple hours.
Preparing to head downstairs for a snack and a coffee before registering for the 6PM 1100 turbo here at WynnCore. I hope to provide you all with more
Magic tonight.
PardoG
Wynn 1100 turbo. Should be about 170-200 entries and prolly 40K up top.
I gave them 1100 dollars and they gave me this:
I think I don’t like the 1/3rd pot flop cbet.
I get that you can do that and keep your range wide. I just think you’d be sizing up with your overpairs for value, and you’ll get floated light or even played back at too often.
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Right at 30K starting stack headed to second break and coming back to 1k/1.5k so 20 bigs. Not great but also totally fine for the moment. The issue is the turbo structure 20 min levels etc gonna need to make some more hands.
My table draws have been horrible. First one was super grindy competents and the second table I had Vanessa Kade on my direct left. Cool.
103K at 2K/4K
60 left
23 get paid
46K up top let’s goooo!
LFG!
117K at 4K/8k
32 left. 9 off the money.
We are hanging tough.
100k at 6K/12k
25 left.
2 away from the money. Woof.
IN THE MONEY!
2500 or so locked up !
18 left.
10k/20K blinds! Let’s goooo
Heater alert!
10 LEFT.
4K locked!
800k at 30K BB!!!
Let’s gooooo
Final Table!
800k stack at 30K BB
Wow - a lot happened while I slept/tried to sleep. Nice work and finish strong!
Well…5th place for 11.5 K….. well I can’t be too disappointed about another great run like this. I messed up TT pretty significantly in a spot that I should easily handle better. I’ll post a bunch of details and key hands from my run tomorrow - totally shot. Here is what you came for anyway! Are you not entertained?
Great job! You are having a fantastic run.
Cliche, but fold pre, especially if the UTG+1 (HJ?) player is also deep. Offsuit broadways tend to make top pair type hands, which are not really thrilled to stack off for 200bb. If you do 3-bet, I would go a little bigger, like 90-100, because of being OOP and there's already a caller. The 75 gives the opponents good pots odds to continue. I think postflop is fine, and I would
Yes, a 3-bet in worst position with AJ against an UTG raise? 
Congrats!
Great job, congrats!!
Congratulations on the cash!
Congratulations!!
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Nice score. But you played with Doug Lee AND Chau Giang during the same trip! That's the real win, if you ask me.
