Good Spots, Lucky Flops, and Winning Pots at WPT Bellagio (Part III)

Posted on January 28, 2010 
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After some horrid downswings at the WPT Bellagio I had found some breathing room after getting lucky and winning an all in for a huge pot. My table was getting tougher with four pros now seated on my table. I had just accumulated chips when I looked down at pocket jacks. The guy on my right moved all-in in front of me. It should have been an immediate call from me because, despite his healthy chip stack, his only move for the last two hours had been all-in. I was sure it was a race, but after hours of fighting for a chip stack I didn’t want to throw it all away on a race. I had some chips to play with, and I wanted to play. I folded and he showed AQ. There is no telling if I would have won or not, but I felt good about the lay down.

My cards weren’t improving, but I was determined not to let that hinder my success. I tried to steal a few pots, but was forced to fold when someone came over the top of me. I was back down to being the short stack, so I was relieved when our table broke. I was elated when I saw towering chip stacks at the new table. This meant that if I came back I had a chance to really accumulate a bunch of chips. My first hand at the new table I shipped my chips in with 66 and busted the BB’s JJ. A few hands later I doubled up when I pushed a raised pot with five callers holding 99. In a matter of four hands, I was back in the game!

For the next few levels I went on a sick rush. When someone called me I always had a hand. When I was bluffing no one would call. When I called an all in behind, I would catch up to bust the player. I was sitting at about 70k, which was above average at the time, when I looked down at AhKh. The player to my right raised in front, I reraised, and he pushed all in. It was about 30k more for me to call. He had been showing aggression with mediocre hands, so it didn’t take me long to call when I found I would still have average stack if I lost. Since he was the most aggressive at the table besides me, I wanted to take the opportunity to knock him out. My opponent actually woke up with a hand and flipped over KK. Luckily, one of my three outs fell on the turn to knock out the young hopeful. I had taken control of my table, and I continued to dominate through calculated aggressiveness. At dinner break I found myself as one of the tournament chip leaders.

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