WSOP Day Eleven - $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em

Well, my streak of cashing in $1,500 NLHE WSOP events has ended at three. I took top pair against a set twice on these short chips, and that was just too much for me to fade. I almost made a great comeback after the first set encounter, though. UTG+2 opened for 350, and with 375 in my stack I JUST CALLED with Ah7h. The blinds called as well, and we all saw a flop of ThTd6d. It checked around. The turn brought the 9h and the big blind bet 900. I, of course, called for my last 25 and the others folded. The big blind said, “I didn’t even notice that,” and rolled over 52o! Good things can happen when you save your last chip.

Here’s another hand from today that’s indicative of the quality of these fields. An early player raises to 150, a MP player calls, the button calls, and both blinds call. 750 in the pot. The flop comes T65 rainbow. Checks to the MP player, who bets 150. The button folds, both blinds call, the original raiser folds. The turn brings a nine. The small blind leads out for 500 into the 1200 pot. The big blind folds, MP calls. The river brings a four. MP checks out of turn. The small blind bets 1500, and MP calls. The small blind has 78 for the nuts…MP HAS A SET OF NINES! So to recap, MP 1) made a bet of 20% of the pot with 99 on a flop of T65, 2) hit a set on the turn, and just called a bet of less than half the pot, 3) checked out of turn on the river because he was so mortified that he might not have a good hand. Granted, this particular time, if MP had played the hand better he would’ve gone broke, but the point remains that people in these small WSOP NLHE events have no idea what they’re doing.

I’m not sure if I’ll play anything between now and the Main Event (in which I start on Sunday). Maybe a Bellagio or Venetian event or something…

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