I have spent over $25,000 on buy-ins and expenses. I have cashed $0. I only have one 1k WPT Bellagio Cup side event and the WSOP Main Event left, after those this year's series can be officially confirmed the most disastrous thing ever.

It's absolutely fucking unbelievable how bad I've run. I just busted from the WSOP 2,5k with set over set after about 40 minutes of play. I busted out from the last 1k when a superlaggy Hungarian guy completed his SB vs me 33BB deep, I raised to 3,8xBB and he shoved for the whole 33xBB and I snapcalled with A6o. He showed K8o, flop: AQJ turn: 6 river: wait for it... yes, T of course.

We went drinking with bet-a-pot and 10 other friends a couple of days back. I was hungover for two days afterwards, it was such a good night. Can't write much about what happened though, what happens in Vegas indeed stays in Vegas.

I don't know, I've been meant to blog about all the cool stuff in Vegas but I've just been mentally crushed by my sick run that I've kind of lost the will to write. Sorry about that. I have posted a few interesting hands at 2+2 though so I guess I'll just copy-paste them here.

 

1) From the Venetian Deepstack $550.

HJ is a solid 2+2er whose SN I've forgotten. He came off as a smart straightforward player, hasn't done anything special yet. I don't know much about his game apart from that but he doesn't seem very loose pre and is not the type to flat wide in general.

CO is a LAG european guy who I've talked to at EPT Barcelona last year when we played the ME in the same table. He remembers me and knows I'm thinking. I don't have a specific image in his eyes apart from that and we don't have much of a history. He has been really active in this table and has already been caught 3bet bluffing with 75s (therefore I assume he would always 3bet AK here pre).

In this tournament I have the nittiest image of all time. The table has been really active and I've been card dead. I think I have managed to play two out of 35 hands and have yet to be in a showdown apart from a hand where I won a large pot firing 3 barrels against a random fish with AA on Axxxx board.

75/150. We all have similar 20-21k stacks.

I raise to 400 pre UTG with KJ, HJ calls, CO calls really fast, others fold.

Flop A K 2 (1425)
I bet 900 and both villains call in rhythm.

Turn 2 (4125)

I check, HJ bets 2100, CO tanks and raises to 5200. I tank and shove for 18500 more.

 

2) From the Binion's Poker Classic 1k Main Event.


Literally the first hand of the tournament. Villain is 25yo guy from europe, appearance-wise he seems like an online grinder. 25/50, 30k stacks.

I folded to me (CO), I raise 99 to 150, BTN calls, SB (Villain) calls, BB calls.

Flop 863r (600)
Checked to me, I bet 450, Villain calls, others fold.

Turn 5 completing the rainbow. (1500)
He checks, I check.

River 6 (1500)
He bets 2,2k really fast, I fold.



3) From the Binion's Poker Classic 1k Main Event.
50/100. I've lost 10k of my original 30k, just losing every pot and might appear a bit tilted. Villain is young american guy who seems really solid and hasn't done anything stupid, but is slightly on the tight side. I have 20k and Villain has 30k.

I raise UTG+1 to 300 with QQ, get 3 callers, villain raises to 2100 from the SB, I call, others fold.

Flop A73r (~5000)
Villain bets 2100, I call.

Turn 4 completing the rainbow (9200)
Villain checks. Based on my reads off him he is going to have KK here a LOT, and the only hands I can imagine him playing this way (see flop sizing & turn check) is JJ-KK or maybe a slowplayed AA. Is my plan to fire turn and river trying to get him to fold KK? With my image I think he will call one street with JJ/QQ/KK and fold to a river shove.



4) From the Binion's Poker Classic 1k Main Event.
200/400. I have basically lost every pot during the last 5 hours of play. Every bluff I've made has been caught, every call I've made has been wrong and I've generally just ran really bad. I haven't really had to show down cards much but there's a good chance villain views me as a random bad fish. I may also appear a bit tilted. Villain is a 50 yo hungarian guy who is actually really really good and aggressive. I have only 13k to start the hand, avg is like 40k and villain has 60k+.

Folded to Villain (SB). We haven't been to a BvB pot yet but based on everything I see almost no chance he would not raise with a strong hand here.

Villain limps an I have A6o and 33BB's. Raise size and plan with these slightly awkward stacks? I'm thinking making it quite big (1600 total) so he'd be more likely to limp/shove (he's definitely capable of doing that as a bluff and probably doesn't think I realise he would always raise good hands in the first place) and snap off a shove. Thoughts?

5) From the Venetian Deepstack $550.


Villain is a 20yo asian internet player guy. I don't know if he's 2+2 (hi there!) but he seems smart and we've been talking about our WSOP schedules and the amount of fish there. He's been directly to my right all day and I've been 3betting his opens quite a bit. We haven't been to any big hands yet, he's mainly just folded. I don't think we've played any post flop hands together but he must've noticed I am very aggressive post flop in general. If I were in his pants I'd be looking for a situation to catch myself bluffing.


Stacks ~18k both, 100/200/25.

He raises in the CO to 500, I call on the button with AJ, blinds fold.

Flop 4 6 9 (1475)
He bets 1025, I call.

Turn 9 (3525)
He bets 2425, I call.

River 8 (8375)
He bets 5725, I call.

The blinds are very weaktight which would warrant him to open light, but at the same time he must be worried about me being on the button and realising all this and 3betting him light. Therefore I don't think he's *that* light after all.

I don't know what hell this line represents, I would expect him to check pretty much his entire value range on the turn and I just can't understand what he can possible go for 3 streets of value with and what can he expect to be up against? I don't know if he was good at reading hands or thinking about ranges. He just seemed competent in general, always entered pots by raising and used consistent bet sizes.
It's going to be one sick weekend here, by the way. Tomorrow is the huge UFC thing and after that we'll head clubbing... and Sunday is the 4th of July which means even more clubbing. The 2+2 party is tomorrow too and I honestly have no idea which party I'm going to choose, OR if I'll even play the 1k at the Golden Nugget tomorrow and only join the parties very late. We'll see.