PCA main event, Day 2
The day started off well enough. I doubled through Kenny with TT vs AK, then busted another player with AA vs. AK, then dodged a dominated situation by folding ATs against someone who showed me AK. So that's three times against AK with three positive results! So I had 55k by the first break. I would peak around 75k or so.
I played at a total of six tables over my 3.5 hours of play on Day 2. I started at a table that broke quickly, and every time there was a redraw, I would redraw to nearly the highest number possible, play a little while at that table, then break again.
One of the tables was a shockingly undesirable table draw, especially for Day 2. As PokerNews reported:
Stacked Table in the Back Corner
In the back corner of the room at Table 99, there's a few notable names sitting at the table. Justin Bonomo, Glen Chorny, Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar, Dario Minieri and Praz Bansi are all seated at the table.
Terrence "Unassigned" Chan just joined them a couple of minutes ago, which prompted Aguiar to question, "Wait, are we at a Bellagio 15k or something? What is this?"
Justin had apparently asked Jonathan prior to my arrival which would more likely to be the featured table, this one or "Daniel Negreanu and eight randoms." Of course, the consensus was the latter. Nevertheless there was no doubt this was the toughest table in the room.
There was one rather interesting hand. For context, Dario had been playing like Dario since I arrived. At blinds of 600-1200 (100), Praz opened for 2utg for 4k, Dario re-raised to something like 11,300 and everyone folded but Praz, who called. The flop came A62 rainbow. Praz check-called the 17k bet from Dario. The turn was another 2, and after Praz checked, Dario bet something like 37k. Praz thought for a long time and called. The river was a king, Praz checked and Dario set Praz all-in for a *lot* - maybe 100k. After a very very long think, Praz finally folded. Dario said he would show his hand if Praz showed his; Praz declined but apparently Dario really wanted to show his hand. He then told Justin he could choose one card; Justin turned over a 7. We discussed this hand for a long time. They agreed to tell one another at the end of the day. We thought it was obvious Praz must have AQ/AJ, but Praz claims not to have an ace and "you won't believe me when I tell you what I had."
The table eventually broke (prompting cheers from all of us) and I was moved to a brand new table just before the third break of the day (annoyingly, we went on break every 75 minutes on Day 2). I was not at this table very long before I got my 70k in the middle (1k/2k/200) with QQ against AK. For the first time I failed to fade the AK and my day was done.
Had a great dinner at Greycliff, however! Greycliff is an annual tradition for Dan Goldman's birthday, and it was as fun as always.
I played at a total of six tables over my 3.5 hours of play on Day 2. I started at a table that broke quickly, and every time there was a redraw, I would redraw to nearly the highest number possible, play a little while at that table, then break again.
One of the tables was a shockingly undesirable table draw, especially for Day 2. As PokerNews reported:
Stacked Table in the Back Corner
In the back corner of the room at Table 99, there's a few notable names sitting at the table. Justin Bonomo, Glen Chorny, Jonathan "FatalError" Aguiar, Dario Minieri and Praz Bansi are all seated at the table.
Terrence "Unassigned" Chan just joined them a couple of minutes ago, which prompted Aguiar to question, "Wait, are we at a Bellagio 15k or something? What is this?"
Justin had apparently asked Jonathan prior to my arrival which would more likely to be the featured table, this one or "Daniel Negreanu and eight randoms." Of course, the consensus was the latter. Nevertheless there was no doubt this was the toughest table in the room.
There was one rather interesting hand. For context, Dario had been playing like Dario since I arrived. At blinds of 600-1200 (100), Praz opened for 2utg for 4k, Dario re-raised to something like 11,300 and everyone folded but Praz, who called. The flop came A62 rainbow. Praz check-called the 17k bet from Dario. The turn was another 2, and after Praz checked, Dario bet something like 37k. Praz thought for a long time and called. The river was a king, Praz checked and Dario set Praz all-in for a *lot* - maybe 100k. After a very very long think, Praz finally folded. Dario said he would show his hand if Praz showed his; Praz declined but apparently Dario really wanted to show his hand. He then told Justin he could choose one card; Justin turned over a 7. We discussed this hand for a long time. They agreed to tell one another at the end of the day. We thought it was obvious Praz must have AQ/AJ, but Praz claims not to have an ace and "you won't believe me when I tell you what I had."
The table eventually broke (prompting cheers from all of us) and I was moved to a brand new table just before the third break of the day (annoyingly, we went on break every 75 minutes on Day 2). I was not at this table very long before I got my 70k in the middle (1k/2k/200) with QQ against AK. For the first time I failed to fade the AK and my day was done.
Had a great dinner at Greycliff, however! Greycliff is an annual tradition for Dan Goldman's birthday, and it was as fun as always.