I flopped a set early in the RB and doubled my stack to 6,000 after I initially re-bought at the beginning for the extra 1,500 chips. A few hands later I took down a sizable pot with a flush and was up to just under 8,000. I was able to sit tight for the remainder of the first hour and then added on during the break. I headed into the second hour with slightly under 10,000 chips and was feeling good.
I tend to play RBs a little looser than other MTTs. I gamble in the first hour and try to accumulate a good stack going into the second hour. Many players do this, but I can't tell you how many times I see people playing timid in the first hour. You shouldn't buy in to a RB+AO tournament if you can't afford to gamble a little. I'm not saying to go nuts like some people do, but loosen up a little from your normal first hour standards and you should be able to pick up some chips to move on to the next hour: where the real tournament begins. Another reason why I enjoy RB+AO tournaments so much is that you get to play deep-stacked after the rebuy period is over.
A few years ago I heard a weird take on rebuy tournaments from a top online pro. I can't remember who it was, but he was justifying gambling in the first hour. He simply stated that he is either going to accumulate a lot of chips or he is going to give up a lot of chips to the other players at his table. The reason why he didn't find the latter to be so bad was because he knew that he'd be able to get those chips back later on in the tournament because he felt he was better than most the field. Most people don't know how to manage a big stack and they will soon give their chips away and you'll get them back. I can see what he was saying.
I flirted with a deep run in the RB+AO tourney. I was short when we were approaching the bubble and started loosening up a lot to try and gather some chips and attack the tightness that is the bubble. I was able to double my stack in the process. When we hit the money I hit the jackpot. First hand into the money, things started looking promising.
Seat 1: donpeters (22,906)
Seat 2: StoliMan (8,039)
Seat 3: pretending (35,960)
Seat 4: harpin (9,922)
Seat 5: 2hi_327 (76,556)
Seat 6: HERTZZ (40,292)
donpeters antes 200
StoliMan antes 200
pretending antes 200
harpin antes 200
2hi_327 antes 200
HERTZZ antes 200
donpeters posts the small blind of 800
StoliMan posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [8h 8d] {Perfect timing!}
pretending folds
harpin raises to 9,722, and is all in {He was stalling and playing so tight on the bubble I knew he would shove in once we hit the money.}
2hi_327 folds
HERTZZ folds
donpeters raises to 22,706, and is all in
StoliMan calls 6,239, and is all in
donpeters shows [8h 8d]
StoliMan shows [4s Ad]
harpin shows [Ah Tc]
Uncalled bet of 12,984 returned to donpeters
*** FLOP *** [5c 9s 7s]
*** TURN *** [5c 9s 7s] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [5c 9s 7s 9h] [3c]
donpeters shows two pair, Nines and Eights
harpin shows a pair of Nines
donpeters wins the side pot (3,766) with two pair, Nines and Eights
StoliMan shows a pair of Nines
donpeters wins the main pot (24,717) with two pair, Nines and Eights
I was looking good now and feeling good. I got involved in another big hand that moved I think I made a good fold.
Seat 1: donpeters (34,467)
Seat 3: Poseidon N (12,794)
Seat 4: cabreton (77,556)
Seat 5: anthoscarface (130,053)
Seat 6: snakeeeeyessss (68,536)
donpeters antes 200
Poseidon N antes 200
cabreton antes 200
anthoscarface antes 200
snakeeeeyessss antes 200
boccakill sits down
boccakill adds 72,148
Poseidon N posts the small blind of 800
cabreton posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ts Qs]
anthoscarface folds
snakeeeeyessss folds
donpeters raises to 4,000
Poseidon N folds
cabreton has 15 seconds left to act
cabreton calls 2,400
*** FLOP *** [Th Qh Ks]
cabreton checks
donpeters bets 7,500
cabreton has 15 seconds left to act
cabreton calls 7,500
*** TURN *** [Th Qh Ks] [5h]
cabreton has 15 seconds left to act
cabreton bets 48,000 {I just didn't think he could shove me in here without the confidence of knowing he has me beat.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters folds
Uncalled bet of 48,000 returned to cabreton
cabreton mucks
cabreton wins the pot (24,800)
I felt I had plenty of chips to play with and double up if I need to soon. I wasn't too worried about my stack size when I folded, I knew I could get it back at the table I was currently at. I did just that and chipped up by taking down the blinds and antes a few times before I hit a rush of three hands in a row that moved me into the top five chip leaders.
Seat 1: donpeters (28,517)
Seat 2: boccakill (52,339)
Seat 3: stokerjohn (45,950)
Seat 4: TheFrendo (40,618)
Seat 5: anthoscarface (218,553)
Seat 6: snakeeeeyessss (76,086)
donpeters antes 250
boccakill antes 250
stokerjohn antes 250
TheFrendo antes 250
anthoscarface antes 250
snakeeeeyessss antes 250
boccakill posts the small blind of 1,000
stokerjohn posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ad Qh]
TheFrendo folds
anthoscarface raises to 6,000 {One of the chip leaders, raising 2-3 per rotation and getting pretty aggressive with his stack. It was only a matter of time before I caught him.}
snakeeeeyessss folds
donpeters raises to 28,267, and is all in
boccakill folds
stokerjohn folds
anthoscarface calls 22,267
donpeters shows [Ad Qh]
anthoscarface shows [Tc Td] {Oops, he actually has a hand here, but I am still racing so I'm not in too bad of shape. I don't think I can just call here or fold with the blind sizes.}
*** FLOP *** [8d Ac 4s]
*** TURN *** [8d Ac 4s] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [8d Ac 4s 4h] [3c]
boccakill: donkeymoves ftw
donpeters shows two pair, Aces and Fours
anthoscarface shows two pair, Tens and Fours
PeterCr (Observer): ik zie het
donpeters wins the pot (61,034) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 1: donpeters (61,034)
Seat 2: boccakill (51,089)
Seat 3: stokerjohn (43,700)
Seat 4: TheFrendo (40,368)
Seat 5: anthoscarface (190,036)
Seat 6: snakeeeeyessss (75,836)
donpeters antes 250
boccakill antes 250
stokerjohn antes 250
TheFrendo antes 250
anthoscarface antes 250
snakeeeeyessss antes 250
stokerjohn posts the small blind of 1,000
TheFrendo posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ac As]
anthoscarface folds
snakeeeeyessss folds
donpeters raises to 5,000
boccakill folds
stokerjohn folds
TheFrendo folds
Uncalled bet of 3,000 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (6,500)
Seat 1: donpeters (65,284)
Seat 2: boccakill (50,839)
Seat 3: stokerjohn (42,450)
Seat 4: TheFrendo (38,118)
Seat 5: anthoscarface (189,786)
Seat 6: snakeeeeyessss (75,586)
donpeters antes 250
boccakill antes 250
stokerjohn antes 250
TheFrendo antes 250
anthoscarface antes 250
snakeeeeyessss antes 250
TheFrendo posts the small blind of 1,000
anthoscarface posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ks Ac]
snakeeeeyessss folds
donpeters raises to 5,000
boccakill raises to 19,500 {Definitely felt he thought I was getting out of line here with my third raise in a row.}
stokerjohn folds
TheFrendo folds
anthoscarface folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters raises to 65,034, and is all in
boccakill calls 31,089, and is all in
donpeters shows [Ks Ac]
boccakill shows [Ad Ts]
Uncalled bet of 14,445 returned to donpeters
*** FLOP *** [4h 4c 7h]
*** TURN *** [4h 4c 7h] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [4h 4c 7h Kh] [As]
donpeters shows two pair, Aces and Kings
boccakill shows two pair, Aces and Fours
donpeters wins the pot (105,678) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Here's the hand that was going to make a break the tournament. The aggressive player had raised it up and a medium stack shoved in. I had QQ and reshoved.
Seat 1: donpeters (98,223)
Seat 2: skafulator (92,388)
Seat 3: stokerjohn (51,400)
Seat 4: TheFrendo (51,168)
Seat 5: anthoscarface (202,586)
Seat 6: snakeeeeyessss (59,986)
donpeters antes 400
skafulator antes 400
stokerjohn antes 400
TheFrendo antes 400
anthoscarface antes 400
snakeeeeyessss antes 400
donpeters posts the small blind of 1,500
skafulator posts the big blind of 3,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Qh Qc]
stokerjohn folds
TheFrendo folds
anthoscarface raises to 9,999 {Once again he is getting funky.}
snakeeeeyessss raises to 59,586, and is all in
donpeters raises to 97,823, and is all in
skafulator folds
anthoscarface has 15 seconds left to act {I'm praying he calls!}
anthoscarface folds
donpeters shows [Qh Qc]
snakeeeeyessss shows [Kd Ah]
Uncalled bet of 38,237 returned to donpeters
*** FLOP *** [5d Tc Kh]
*** TURN *** [5d Tc Kh] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [5d Tc Kh Ts] [7c]
donpeters shows two pair, Queens and Tens
snakeeeeyessss shows two pair, Kings and Tens
snakeeeeyessss wins the pot (134,571) with two pair, Kings and Tens
Lost your standard flip late. I win this pot and I have over 170,000 chips and am second in the tournament. Too bad it didn't work out, but at least I'm not out and have chips I can double with. No worries.
I did well to make some moves in order to steal the blinds and antes against certain stacks I knew wouldn't call me. Timing worked out where no one picked up a hand they could afford to call me with and I gained some chips. Here's how I went out.
Seat 1: donpeters (43,437)
Seat 2: skafulator (93,288)
Seat 3: stokerjohn (67,900)
Seat 4: TheFrendo (46,668)
Seat 5: anthoscarface (141,687)
Seat 6: snakeeeeyessss (162,771)
donpeters antes 500
skafulator antes 500
stokerjohn antes 500
TheFrendo antes 500
anthoscarface antes 500
snakeeeeyessss antes 500
snakeeeeyessss posts the small blind of 2,000
donpeters posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ks Ad] {I'm feeling a double here.}
skafulator folds
stokerjohn folds
TheFrendo folds
anthoscarface raises to 141,187, and is all in {Oh I am feeling a double!}
snakeeeeyessss folds
donpeters calls 38,937, and is all in
anthoscarface shows [9d Kc]
donpeters shows [Ks Ad]
Uncalled bet of 98,250 returned to anthoscarface
*** FLOP *** [5c 6h 2c]
*** TURN *** [5c 6h 2c] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [5c 6h 2c 7d] [8h] {That's just wrong in so many ways.}
anthoscarface shows a straight, Nine high
donpeters shows Ace King high
anthoscarface wins the pot (90,874) with a straight, Nine high
I ended up coming in 33rd out of 584 entrants. I was only in for $15.50 and won $41.40. Wasn't too bad, but I'm left thinking what could have been if I took down that QQ hand or that AK hand. Didn't have too much time to dwell on it as I found myself at the final table of the $3+.30 limit tournament. I was short in chips and needed to get something going.
I picked up KK and raised it up with two callers from the SB and BB. The flop was all spades and I didn't have a spade. It was checked to me and I fired. Both players called and checked to me again on a blank turn. I fired again, only the SB called again. I figured him for the As. If he flopped the flush, oh well. I'll take my chances of him chasing a flush or having a pair versus him flopping the flush and try and get my chips in. I did just that and it turns out he flopped the nut flush. I might have played the hand differently if I had more chips, but I don't think there was much I could do. I wasn't out, but was very short, with only 5-6 BBs left in my stack. I got it in with 77 to two overs and lost my race to finish in 4th place out of 62 entrants. I came away with a prize of $20.46.
Overall, I am happy with my play in both tournaments. I paid a total of $18+.80 in entries and won $61.86, giving me a profit of $43.06. A pretty good start to the day.
I played some more after writing some more of my paper. I entered some Tier 1, 6-handed SNGs for tokens. I came away with two $26 tokens and one second place finish for $10.00. I ended up making some money on these SNGs and coming away with some cheap tokens. I might try and save up 10 tokens and then just have a day where I play all $24+2 tournaments or try and turn them into $75 tokens.
I also played some heads up with a guy that I will play anytime, at any stake. I finished up $65 to him and here are some photos of how it went down.
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