Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:00:06 -0700
From: Charles Haynes
Subject: [Target] How I spent my summer vacation

Entered the $1500 NL, played poorly, busted early.

Played the $220 satellite I was nominally in LV for. Was the first
out. (It was a bad beat but I'm not going to tell the story because
[1] I hate listening to bad beat stories and [2] it wasn't all that
memorable, I was a 4:1 favorite and he got lucky. It happens, that's
poker.)

Played the $1500 Limit event, went out about 150-160 something like
that. At my table, at various times I had Huck Seed, Men Nguyen, and a
couple other final table faces whose names I'm embarrassed to admit
that I've forgotten. Highlight of the tourney for me was a
confrontation with Men (I've played against him before, he was three
to my left this time, which I hated.) This occurred sometime in round
4-5. I have a slightly above average stack, he has a bigger stack. I
think the stack sizes were something like T$3000 for me and T$4500 for
him.

Men open raises UTG. Folded to me on the button.
I re-raise. The blinds fold.
He calls.

Flop comes Q J T two suited.

He bets.
I raise.
He re-raises.
I four bet it.
He thinks... checks my stack size, thinks some more... checks my stack
size, thinks some more... then calls. I never ever pay attention to
how fast or slow he bets or calls or anything he does or says
pre-action. All that matters is what he does, everything else is
Hollywood.

Turn Q.

He checks.
I bet.
He calls.

River blank. (I think it was a 7.)

He checks.
I bet.
He raises.
I re-raise. (This leaves me with about 1 BB if I recall.)
He calls.

He has AJ.
I have KK.

He's crippled and goes out about a round later. I think I played the
$1500 fairly well, though I went out by overplaying a hand I could
have waited on. Sigh.

Pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/sets/436207/ no poker content.

-- Charles

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