Main Event: Day Two

I had a fantastic day in the Main Event today. I'm starting tomorrow with 244,000 with blinds of 800/1600 and an average stack of around 100,000.

I started today with 42,000 and was never even remotely close to being all-in during my accent. I won a lot of small pots at the start off of people who just don't seem to know how to fold. The Main Event is a value-bettors fantasy.

Here are a few hands that stick out in my mind from the day:

400/800. Last hand before dinner. I open raise to 2,200 from the CO with K7. Tight Euro calls from the small blind. Flop AQ6. He leads for 3,500, I make it 11,500, he calls. Turn 2. He checks leaving 30-35k behind. I have about 100k behind and slide a stack of large demonination chips into the middle. He thinks for about a minute and folds Ace-Jack face-up. I ask him if he wants to see my hand, he says he does, I smile and say, "well have fun being on tilt at dinner then!" :)

After dinner, raise to 2,600 with 99 in early position. Button calls and nitty old guy in the big blind calls. Flop AQ9. I bet 4,500, button folds, old guy raises to 14,500. I call. Turn 4. He bets 20,000, I shove, he thinks for quite a long time before calling off his last 45,000 drawing dead with Ace-King.

Folds to tight middle aged guy in CO who opens to 3,000. I re-minraise to 4,800 on the button with Ten-Eight offsuit. He calls. Flop Ace-Ten-Five two diamonds. He checks, I bet 6,500, he calls. Turn King. He checks, I bet 12,700, he calls. River brick. He checks, I examine he has about 35k behind and bet 20,100. He folds showing a King. I show him the Eight. Needless to say he bugged me for the rest of the night about what the other card was. He said he had King-Jack of diamonds which made sense given the way he played the hand.
Super loose, maniacal guy who starts hand with around 175k raises on the button to 3,000. I start hand with 230k and call from the big blind with King-Seven of hearts. Flop Jack-Four-Two, two hearts. I lead out for 4,500. He calls. Turn black Three. I lead out for 11,500. He calls. River black King. I bet 22,000. He thought long enough that I eventually got to the point where I was begging for a call. Unfortunately he mucked.

So tomorrow we return with ~1,300 players, 666 of which will cash. Hopefully I can survive day three with a healthy stack and really start having some fun.

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