cferejohn
10-25-2004, 02:49 AM
I was asked to do a trip report, so I will. I played in the $1000+50 Spread Limit final event (effectively no-limit for the most part; max bet/raise is 25x the BB). 5000 starting chips. 40 minute levels. Levels were 25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 200/400, etc.
I can probably best sum it up by saying that when I went all-in from the cutoff with A3o with 2300 chips left (blinds 200/400), it was the 8th best starting hand I saw all day.
The others:
AT (twice) - I. First hand of the day. Table had only 4 or 5 people. I raised to 150. Got the blinds.
Second time it was suited. I was in EP and limped. Aggressive MP player raised to 200 (blinds 25/50). I called. Flop was AKx. I bet 300. He called. Turn was another K. I checked. He bet 1000. I fold.
A6s (twice). 2nd hand of the day. I limp. SB completes. BB "folds" (was not at the table). Flop is A high. I bet 100. SB folds. After that I had ~5100, which was my high water mark.
Second time I folded to an EP raise and would have flopped the nut flush.
AQo. Blinds 50/100. Loose player limps UTG. I raise to 500 from MP. Loose/bad player to my left min-raises to 900. Reasonable asian woman in SB goes all in. I fold. Other player folds. I asked her if she had AQ and she says something like "Pshaw. You think I would do that with AQ?" so I'm pretty sure she had AK or QQ-AA.
22 UTG. I fold.
88 (my "best" starting hand of the day). Blinds 25/50. I'm in MP. New UTG (arrived late) limps. I limp. Bad player to my left makes 550. Folded to UTG and he goes all-in. I fold. Bad player calls. UTG has TT. Bad player has KK (while I was at the table this player had AA 3 times and KK twice and got all-in with them each time and won all of them).
Other hands of note:
89o on the button. Blinds 50/100. UTG (aggressive player from second AT hand) limps. One other limper. I limp. SB completes. BB checks. Flop is 679 rainbow. I bet 500. UTG calls. Turn is a 3. I go all-in for ~1500. UTG folds.
87s. I'm in the small blind. 2 limpers (I think). I complete. Bad player in BB makes it 400. Both limpers call. I call (completing the action and getting really good odds). Flop is TT2 with 2 of my suit. I check, raiser checks. UTG bets 1500. I consider going all-in (about 2000 more), but fold.
Oh, on that last hand, the player to my left re-raised w/KK (2nd KK he'd had since I got to that table 1 orbit ago). Flop had an A and a K. Turn was a K...
So, in short, frustrating...
Then I went home and won $1000 playing $200 sit-n-goes on Party. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
I can probably best sum it up by saying that when I went all-in from the cutoff with A3o with 2300 chips left (blinds 200/400), it was the 8th best starting hand I saw all day.
The others:
AT (twice) - I. First hand of the day. Table had only 4 or 5 people. I raised to 150. Got the blinds.
Second time it was suited. I was in EP and limped. Aggressive MP player raised to 200 (blinds 25/50). I called. Flop was AKx. I bet 300. He called. Turn was another K. I checked. He bet 1000. I fold.
A6s (twice). 2nd hand of the day. I limp. SB completes. BB "folds" (was not at the table). Flop is A high. I bet 100. SB folds. After that I had ~5100, which was my high water mark.
Second time I folded to an EP raise and would have flopped the nut flush.
AQo. Blinds 50/100. Loose player limps UTG. I raise to 500 from MP. Loose/bad player to my left min-raises to 900. Reasonable asian woman in SB goes all in. I fold. Other player folds. I asked her if she had AQ and she says something like "Pshaw. You think I would do that with AQ?" so I'm pretty sure she had AK or QQ-AA.
22 UTG. I fold.
88 (my "best" starting hand of the day). Blinds 25/50. I'm in MP. New UTG (arrived late) limps. I limp. Bad player to my left makes 550. Folded to UTG and he goes all-in. I fold. Bad player calls. UTG has TT. Bad player has KK (while I was at the table this player had AA 3 times and KK twice and got all-in with them each time and won all of them).
Other hands of note:
89o on the button. Blinds 50/100. UTG (aggressive player from second AT hand) limps. One other limper. I limp. SB completes. BB checks. Flop is 679 rainbow. I bet 500. UTG calls. Turn is a 3. I go all-in for ~1500. UTG folds.
87s. I'm in the small blind. 2 limpers (I think). I complete. Bad player in BB makes it 400. Both limpers call. I call (completing the action and getting really good odds). Flop is TT2 with 2 of my suit. I check, raiser checks. UTG bets 1500. I consider going all-in (about 2000 more), but fold.
Oh, on that last hand, the player to my left re-raised w/KK (2nd KK he'd had since I got to that table 1 orbit ago). Flop had an A and a K. Turn was a K...
So, in short, frustrating...
Then I went home and won $1000 playing $200 sit-n-goes on Party. /images/graemlins/grin.gif