Well I am sorry to say I have been knocked out of the main event by an amazingly stupid call by someone who should have known better. But let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Day 7
Having got through a single table satellite I play in the $1000 main event satellite. We are playing at the same time as the media / celebrity tournament which means the poker room is a shambles. We are treated to some shrieky girl commenting on the media event with words of wisdom (!) from Joe Hachem's brother.
On my table we have the slowest woman in the world playing. If she was not of the fairer sex the locals would have beaten her to a pulp for taking for ever to decide what to do - and then getting outrageously lucky. After about an hour I pick up QJ in mid position and our lady friend limps UTG. I limp as do a couple of others. The flop comes 7TJ with 2 diamonds and she bets 500 into a 1000 pot. I've only got 2000 chips so I move all-in. She calls me with AKd and hits an Ace. I think that she was actually favourite but given her previous play I was surprised she actually had a hand.
I then go find a single table satellite to the $1500 tournament the next day. I am bowling along quite nicely when I get A9 on the button and call a couple of limpers. The flop comes 975 rainbow so when the BB bets out I reraise him all-in pretty sure I am ahead and sure enough he has K9 - however he rivers a K to knock me out.
Days 8 and 9 are rest days. Day 8 was a Friday and Anderson and I meet up with the brother of a friend of mine. He has only just moved here so we seem to know more about the bars than he does. Anderson spots some nice young ladies wandering into what looks like a shopping centre and we follow into a tardis like bar club. (Un)fortunately this is at about 7.30 in the evening - and it turns into a very long night. I will say that the ladies of Melbourne do scrub up well.
I drink too much beer so Saturday is a bit of a write off and I have the proverbial early night.
Day 10 is the big one and there is a certain amount of tacky razzamatazz at the kick off which is 12.30. Not sure where Shane Warne is - we get Brian McFadden instead.
Level 1 - We start with 20,000 chips and blinds are 50/100 - the levels are 90 minutes
Not much happens - I raise with JJ in the SB and the only limper folds. I nick a pot by making my A4c look better than it actually is and when my AK runs into a 3 spade flop J63 even though I hold the King of spades I fold to a pot bet. I end up with 20,000
Level 2 - 100/200
Get a result when I get to limp on the button with 46c. Flop is J73 and when the SB makes a 350 bet into the 1000 pot he gets one caller. I decide to make a speculative call and when the beautiful 5 turns I have the nuts. He checks and I bet 1000 which he calls. The river is a 7 but he still calls down my 1500 bet. Sweet. Unfortunately shortly after I am moved to the table of death - the seat I take has apparently had 2 players kncked out in it. However my stack is 24,000 at the next break.
Level 3 100/200 /50 ante
It all starts to go a bit wrong at this level. I pick up KK in mid position but everyone folds to my standard raise. I then call with Q9 on the button after 3 limps. Flop is J93 with 2 hearts. All check to me so I bet 800 hoping my pair of 9s is good. Unfortunately the man to my right calls. Turn is 6h and he checks to me. I have Qh so perhaps my flush draw is good too. I bet 1500 but he reraises by 5000 - and I have to fold (later he tells me he had made a flush). I had to fold JJ after raising pre flop and then getting some heat on an Axx flop. I also had several baby pairs which I called the odd raise with looking to flop a set. Curiously I can't remember having a sniff at any set at all in the entire trip so far. Considering how many little pairs you see I am nowhere near the 1 in 8 expected.
Level 4 150/300/25
After a rather poor Level 3 I am down to 14,000. Not great but still very playable. I get AK which scores me a couple of 1000 and also AT on a 45T rainbow flop gets me some more when the big stack calls me down to the river.
However when I get AT again in the SB I decide to reraise a standard button raise of 1000. He calls and when the flop comes TJK I try firing again with a 3k bet. He calls. We check down further rags and he shows QQ. Not sure if I could have bet him off this pot or not.
At the end of Level 4 we have the dinner break and when we come back blinds are 200/400/50. I try to be patient but begin to get pissed of with getting JJ again and having to lay down when a A flops. Someone doubles through when he makes a set of 2's on an AJ2 flop - why does that never happen to me? We are getting close to the end of the level and I am down to around 10,000 when I pick up AJ in mid position. The man on the button is a Canadian who has been very active, raising quite a lot of limped pots. Also he has recently lost a huge hand against the south african HORSE winner who is sat to his left, so I decide to try to trap him on this hand. I limp and he raises to 1500 which I call. The flop comes 234 with 2 diamonds (I have the Ad) and I know he is going to try to steal it so I check. Sure enough he bets 2500 so I then go all-in over the top. He is now looking at a further 6000 into a 15000 pot. Surely he can't call here? Even if he has a flush draw I hold the A which must make him think he might be drawing dead to a flush. If he has a low pair then I have lots of outs - back door flush and straight as well as my overcards. He dwells up and then says that he thinks the price is right. He calls and shows Q9 both clubs. WTF? How can he call with that rubbish. He is only beating a dodgy bluff or perhaps a straight draw. Well of course the dealer ships a Q on the river. I am not amused.
Never mind - Anderson buys me an ice cream as compensation.
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