First break

First action - I’m in BB with 56o.  Everyone folds to the small blind who just calls.  I reraise to 2500.  He calls.  Flop is J 2 8.  He checks, I raise to 6000.  He calls.  An 8 hits the turn. He checks.  I bet 12000. He folds. 89,400.

I’m wearing sunglasses and headphones today.  I haven’t said a word to anyone.  I am a sphinx.

Folded A2s.  Board had an A on the flop and two spades by the turn.  I was kind of glad to see a Jd fall on the river because the pro next to me bet 20k on the river.  I couldn’t have called that.  The mystery guy in Seat 3 ended up folding two pair to that bet as well.  Some tight play here.

10 10.  Called 1800 bet from the guy to my right. Mystery man in Seat 3 asks to see my chips and reraises to 6200.  I fold.  

Averaging about 20 minutes per orbit.  So far, the pros have been as aggressive as you would expect, but the chip leader at our table to my right has been pretty passive.  The guy in Seat 6 is playing a lot of hands.  Seat 4 made a pretty good pushback on Seat 1 after the turn.  The others are still mysteries to me so far.

AQo, one behind the button.  Seat 6 raises to 2400. I reraise to 6500.  He calls.  Flop is Qxx, two diamonds.  He checks, I bet 10000 to avoid the flush draw.  He quickly folds.  93,100.

Another AQo.  Seat 6 again raises 2400.  This time I just call. The flop is a bunch of baby cards with two clubs.  He bets another 2400, I call.  The turn is a king.  He check and I check.  River is a J of clubs. He bets 6000. I reraise to 24000, representing the flush.  He tries to engage with me but I literally can’t hear him with the headphones.  He folds. 104,600, and still haven’t shown a hand yet.  

With fifteen minutes left in Level 1, I’ve bet into 4 hands - won three of them and folded one preflop. Tight, tight, tight.

Small blind - 10 6c.  Everyone folds around to the button, who just calls.  I do the same, and the big blind checks.  The flop has two clubs.  I check, big blind checks, button bets 2300.  I call.  Big blind raises to 7000.  Here’s the math problem:  The pot has the original bets (2400), our two flop bets (2600), and the big blind’s flop bet of 7000. Button folds. Total is 13000 - it will cost me 4400 to see another card.  Do the pot odds dictate a call out of position?

I fold. At 102,600 at the first break.

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My friend Jolyne is playing today too and is doing well at the break.  We went over the math problem above and she agreed with the fold.  “You’re out of position, you don’t know if your flush would be the best, and you’re playing 10 6.”

Her logic is sound.  Now, back to work.