So seat 7 to my left has been short stacked and playing like it - lots of shoves. The problem is, every time i call a raise to 700, let's say, he shoves for 5 - 8k and i have to fold. Tough to play with him to my left, i need to tighten up and only play hands i can defend to an all in raise... which is easier said than done.
Anyway, started the round early with pocket nines and called a raise and a call... Then seat 7 shoved for an additional 7k. I almost called. I wanted to. But I'm playing it safe... I guess.
The next hand, tens. Seat 8, conservative seat 8, calls a large preflop raise. Flop comes 10 6 7 with a couple diamonds. I bet 1,400 he calls. Turn was a queen... Two spades, two diamonds, and 6 7 10 Q on the board, I'm first to act. Ugh. I want to squeeze as much as i can out of him, but I'm scared of everything, including not taking down the 4,500 pot... So i bet 3,000 and he folds. At least it was a pot.
I had A10 suited, which i thought was a good hand and called a raise with, but seat 7 three bet all in and i wasn't playing A10 for 8k. Ugh.
I had A9 off on the button with two limps in front of me, so i limped and got a cheap flop. KJ2 rainbow with checks around. Turn was a 3 and seat 5 bets... I ponder chasing because i think he's full of it, but wisely fold before seat 7 to my left comes back over the top.
K5 off in the small blind had me limping to a cheap 10 8 6 flop. The 4 of spades on the turn put 3 spades on the board so i bet my king of spades and took down a mini pot.
I got AQ suited and i was pretty excited about it until seat 1 woke up and called my preflop raise. Flop was K77 with two spades and none of my clubs. I checked, he bet, i agonized and folded... Bad enough losing the preflop bet, no sense compounding it with another thousand.
I had 59 off in the big blind and got to check the option with four limpers, but i missed a 662 flop and got out.
An hour into the round, I'm at 28,625 with seat 7 still alive to my left and a feeling that nothing is going particularly well...
Blinds are starting to eat away at people... And next round, antes start. It's only 150/300 right now, but that's a 700 raise on every hand. So if you play and lose 3 hands, you're out 2 - 3k easy. Seat 7 has like 7k, seat 9 has about 16 or 17k, and seat one only has two orange 5,000 chips although he has a lot of little ones. Any which way, there is one short and one low stack and they are within 3 of my left - ugh.
I got to check the option from the big blind with Q10 off, but missed a AK8 flop someone with better position bet so i folded. Losing chips at a steady clip now...
I won antes with a preflop raise with A10 off... Yay, 450 chips.
I had K10 off in the big blind with a min raise and a call behind me so i called. KQJ rainbow flop. Top pair, open ended straight draw. I count the chips in the pot with my finger in the air, lay out 1,400, seat 1 folds, and seat 4 calls the floor. Said that i checked when i was wagging my finger counting. I say i didn't and that i neither touched nor pointed at the table. Floor sided with me with a warning, seat 4 folded, i picked up about a thousand in chips to keep me from total free fall.
I had AQ off and seat 3 raised... Excellent. But then seat 5 three bet to 2,000 and i thought about folding. I liked that i had position, so i went looking for a big hand. Flop was K75... And seat 5 bet 3,500. Ugh, even if it's a continuation bet, i can't add insult to injury chasing this hand, not with three of us in it. Seat 3 called and the turn was a 4 with lots of action - good thing i folded. River was a ten, seat 3 won with KQ and kings, i lost 2,000 and it hurt... But no more. Had him preflop...
Then the drama came... Would blog about it, but need to deal with it first - more coming shortly (20 - 80 minutes)
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