Tournament report from Chumash

So yesterday i played in the chumash central coast championships. It was a very hard day because the night before my roomates were very loud, i slept on the floor, barely got any sleep, and had to be up at 6 am. so i woke up at 6 got in line for an hour and a half and ended up being alternate #46. gravy. i went back to the hotel to try n sleep for 20 more minutes. by the time im ready to go the keys go missing, so i find out a while later my roomate accidently took them with him. so i call a taxi asap because im supposed to be back at a certain hour. anyway i get there, cards go in the air. 55 minutes go by and they only get to alternate 40, their only accepting alternates for the first hour. at 59:42 i was seated, i was the last alternate to get a seat. a an alternate i acctually started with less chips than everyone else.

I get my seat, introduce myself as always, i got the 1 seat and i hate the 1 seat and the 10 seat for many reasons. you cant see the whole table, dealer accidently steals your cards, chipstacks are hard to count. so cards go in the air, i got 4700 blinds 50-100. humongous stack on my right. trying to figure him out. hes one of those gangster looking guys, grill and all. i try not to stereo type too much, but this look generally means loose aggressive or loose passive. im not going to judge immediatly though.

I folded for the first half hour, every hand i simply mucked. finally i made a play with rags. was dealt on the button 5 people limped so i made it 600 to go, 2 callers flop






both check to me, i make it 1100 they both fold. i actually didnt see a real holding for the first 2 hours. so i made a lot of steals and bluffs when the blinds moved to 100-200




finally the blinds were at 200-400 and i got a table change. i was in charge of my table, making 5 consequtives bluffs (i wasn't caught once in this tourney). then BOOM a real hand, im dealt



and i got like13k. i make it 1400 to go, small blind moves all in for 6k. given my table image he could really have any type of hand. i call he had and won the coinflip. after that he muttered "I knew I'd get him" to people close to him at the table. i don't understand this. when the money got in he wasnt even a favorite. he didnt really get me, he got luck. whatever, shakin it off.

ok back to the drawing board. no reason to get upset yet. i come back bluffing. seriously i would jus put in a raise and everyone would fold everytime. or people would limp my blinds in late position and i would jus checkraise the flop with nothing and theyd actually muck middle pair. i really liked my table. so now i have about 17k and bingo utg i get dealt




blinds are now at 400-800, i make it 2500 to go. everyone folds. the big blind thinks for a long time. and pushes all in. i know i got him, but he has a little over 11k. i call, he flips....




you kiddin? "i was short stack" he said. he was like the 2nd biggest stack at the table. ok well heres a chance to accumulate A LOT of chips. turn card brings and ace and im crippled.


agh so frusterated at this point because at this point. i have not had a hand, that would of won a showdown yet. and were 3 hours in. so the next 3 or 4 hands i jus push and everyone mucks. i get back to about 12k

we come back from break and i feel a lot better after talking to some friends. blinds come back at 600-1200. then someone special arrives at my table. its jamie foxx. jamie was doing a lot of limping in his first hands, and i would raise and everyone would muck, it worked out really nicely for me. then he limped again leaving him 2k. i got dealt and moved all in in the sb to push out shortstack bb. jamie called with . and did not catch up and was eliminated. nice, at least i got that, my table gave me shit for movin in with a9 saying its a terrible play and i was js attackin him like i was all day. but if he had a9 beat he would of raised. i was pretty sure i was ahead.


blinds 600-1200, i raise to 3200 with BB moves all in for about 7k with . i call leaving me about 10k after this. he wins the coin flip. then i make a big move, i raise in mid position with



i make it 3500 to go, leaving me 9000
big blind big stack calls. flop





he checks, i move all in. he takes a long time and folds .

im ready to open up my table so i throw face up. this is my advertisement, im set to make a move with big cards later.

a while later im at 12k. blinds 1000-2000 100 ante. my buddy on the right who beat me with A10 was not at 7k, a few hands later he moved in from one of the cut off and i was dealt . i reraised all in for 11,900. the big blind takes his time, and calls both all ins. im thinkin i need some help. BB flips other guy flips .

this cant be serious? kq alright, but q10??? here we go flop junk junk JACK. turn junk, river junk. and i make kind of a big comical scene about it.


now we got nearly 30k in chips. im in the cut off with . nice blinds 1500-3000 100 ante. i make it 9 to go. old lady moves all in for about 14, 5 more to me i throw it in. she flips . and i lose... again. i got about 15 or 16 left. a couple more blind steals and now i got about 25k


were down to 121 players at this point and 100 cash. but im not worried about cashing, i want that ring so bad. i get dealt in the cutoff. and i make i move in. the guy who called me with Q10 jus sucked out on someoneand had a huge stack, and he moved in havign me covered. everyone folded and he flipped . lights out.