Deep Stack Tournament

I decided to play in the Deep Stack Tournament at Lucky Bridge Casino.  This is a $65 buy in with 20,000 in chips and 20 minute rounds.  This tournament has the ability to last until early morning.  It starts at 6PM. 

 

We had 53 people start the tournament.  I was in the seven seat and I got very unlucky by having a very good player to my left.  This person was eighth place in the Wildhorse Spring Main Event just a couple of months ago.  This was not going to be good for me.  I was going to have to play very tight and wait for the good hands to see how this would play out.  He proved me right as he was playing loose aggressive and was raising pots and people were giving him respect and laying down the hands.  I stayed away from this until I got a hand I could play.

 

My first hand that I played was JJ's.  I bet the hand and he called me.  The flop was xQx and I made a continuation bet and he called me again.  I figured he would have raised with a Q to get me off of the hand.  The Turn and the River were not higher than the Q so I was able to win the pot.  He stated he should have bet the Flop to represent the Q.  I still think I would have stayed in with him.  I couldn't just give up and let him have all hands plus this allowed him to see that I was playing only the good hands.

 

The next hand I played was 77's and I did not get a set on the Flop and someone bet so I let it go.  The next hand I played being in the blinds was a 56 and this was not a raised pot.  I saw the Flop 875.  The hand was checked around to allow me to see another card and the Turn was a 9.  There were two of us in the hand and I bet and was called.  The River was a 4 and we raised and bet again and I turned over my 56 and the other person turned over 46 and we chopped the pot.

 

At our first break I was at 24,725 in chips and felt good about what I was able to do.  I had now made it through the 150/300/25 blinds and moving into the next session.  The blinds were moving up so I had to be concerned a little about that.  We were at 200/400/50  Since I had not played a hand the chip stack was now below or right at 20,000 in chips. 

 

I was middle position and received AK and one player raised it to 1700 chips.  I re-raised to 3400 and he called.  The Flop came xK7.  Player bet and I raised All in and he called.  The cards were turned over and I had the one pair and he turned over 77's for a set.  I did not get any help and would have had to of had the AK come on the turn and river to just have a chance.  My night was over and I headed home. 

 

Thinking back on the experience I should have thought more about why he was betting and not so much that I caught a K on the flop.  My first thought was that he had a K as well and since I had the better kicker I could have been good.  Going all in was probably questionable as well and should have maybe played small and not lost so much.  He wasn't going anywhere and I should have gone the next level in thinking about what was he playing and what was I losing to. 

 

Isn't hindsight good.

 

Have a fun day.....