Here are the key hands I played in Day 1A of the £500+£60 Super Deepstack tournament at Dusk Til Dawn Nottingham on 6th January 2012.
Blinds 50/100. Starting stack 30k with a 40 min clock.
At a table with Luke Schwartz, his pal (who clearly wants him) and bunch of fish.
Hand 1
Asian fish limps and I raise AJo. The flop is King high, I bet and he calls. Check/check on the blank turn. He bets the double pair river but I call and Ace high is good.
Hand 2
I raise 86hh from the cut off and get 2 callers. The Flop is 73xss, I c-bet and get check-raised. I 3-bet, he 4-bets, I 5-bet, he 6-bet jams and I fold. Down to 20k.
Blinds 75/150
Hand 3
I value-bet a Ten high flush vs Schwartz. He calls with one pair. At 20k.
Hand 4
I raise 54o from early position, the flop comes 882, I bet and get one caller. The turn is a 9, I bet bigish and get called again. The river is another 9, I bet near pot, he shoves all in and I fold. He shows quads!
Moved tables
Blinds 100/200
Hand 5
I have A5cc in the SB and limp. There were already 2 limpers in the pot so we are 4-way to the flop which is Q95cc. I bet and get 1 caller. Turn is another Q, I check (intending to check-raise) but he checks back. The river is a 9, I check, he bets 3/4 pot and I snap-call. He shows Q9ss for a full house.
Blinds 200/400
Fold for an hour, 10k left exactly.
Hand 6
I get J8ss in the SB. The Button (a decent player) min-raises and I call. The flop is QT9 (second nuts for me) and I bet 3/4 pot. He puts me all in (9k more) and I call. He shows AT and I double up.
Hand 7
I min-raise 99 UTG and get 2 callers. The flop comes QJ4 and we check round. The turn is a second Queen, the BB bets and I call. The river a Ten, he bets 3k with 8k left. I shove and he folds flashing a Queen!
Blinds 300/600
Hand 8
I raise AK from early position and get 1 caller (an Internet guy type but decent player). Flop KQ4, I check to under rep my hand. Turn is 9 and I check/call 2.2k. My plan is to check-raise a brick on the river. The river does indeed bring a brick and I check-raise to 9k. He shoves for 16k more and I snap-call. He has 10 high!
Blinds 400/800
Hand 9
I have K9 on the Button, an old guy raises and I call in position. The fish in the BB also calls. The flop is A95 and I bet 3/4 pot, the fish calls. Turn is a 3 and it goes check/check. The river is an 8 and he bets 3/4 pot. I call and he shows 67o for a gutshot on the flop and a double bell buster on the turn which came in.
Blinds 600/1200
Hand 10
Young good aggro player raises, I have 98o in position and 3-bet, he calls. The flop is QQ6, he bets and I call as a float. Queen on the turn, he checks, I bet 1/2 pot and he folds. I show and he says he had 75dd.
Hand 11
I raise AKo UTG, 1 guy calls then another player tilt-shoves 23k with JTdd. I call but lose when the flop obviously comes JJx.
Blinds 800/1600
Hand 12
I raise 93cc in the cut-off and a fish calls. He donks out on the A74cc flop and I call. When a 7 comes on the turn he bets and I call as a float. The river brings a 4, he bets again and I min-raise. He insta folds!
Hand 13
I have QJdd in the SB, the Button limps and I also limp but the BB squeezes to 3k and I call. The flop is J82hh and he bets 7k which I call. The turn is the 7h, he bets 17k and I call again. The river is a King and it goes check/check. He has 52o and I take it down.
I have around 90k now
Hand 14
I min-raise KK UTG and get 4 callers. The flop comes down AK4, I bet 3.5k and 1 fish calls. The turn is a Ten, I bet 7.5k and he calls. The river is a brick, I bet 17k and he insta-ships for 10k more. I call but he has QJo for the straight and I’m down to about 23k.
Hand 15
I win a limped pot with 1 pair vs some stoned idiot. I hero-called the river.
Hands 16 & 17
I get 2 shoves SB v BB through and I’m up to 34k.
Hand 18
I min-raise QQ UTG, the BB ships for the same stack as me and I snap-call. He has KQ but I bust out when the flop comes JT9. Pretty standard run good all ins.
I’m now having a go at the £50 freezeout. Good luck to me.
