EPT San Remo – through on day 2
Posted by Viktoria | Filed under Live Tournaments
There are about 198-200 people left on the Main Event (some sites published 204 but that is not correct). 184 make the money.
I am still in, but short stacked. The day was like a rollercoster. First I went up to 145k. I never ever had a hand, I only played stacks, people and situations but I never got caught. My image was very good at the table. Any pot I entered for the first 3-4 levels, I won. All of them without a showdown (I had nothing to show down anyway 
).
Then the most important hand of the day came up. I raised from UTG with 77, got 2 callers and the flop was a brilliant AA7. I bet and got called only by Nick Schulman (WSOP bracelet, WPT bracelets). The turn was a Q which didn’t make me very happy since AQ is exactly one of the hands he plays this way. However there is no way I am folding a full house so I bet out and got raised. Not very happy. I still put my stack in which luckily was more than his. Of course he showed AQ and I lost the 230k pot.
I was left there with appr. 36-40k with the blinds being 1200/2400. I found AQ in the cutoff and decided to raise-call since the small blind previously pushed several times his re-steal stack on top of other people’s raises. As expected, the small blind re-raised all-in, but unexpectedly the big blind also went all-in. Now I was stuck with my great plan. I ended up folding which I think is the right play at this point despite the original plan. The small blind showed AQ and the big blind had JJ which held up.
So I was left with 11-12 big blinds when I found AK UTG and pushed all-in. I hoped for a call from a weaker ace but I ended being called by KK. I was not happy until the flop where I got lucky and scored my ace for a double-up.
Now I had 60k and felt that I could get back in the game soon. At this point I got my one and only big (99+) pair of the day. UTG raised a small amount and I just called from UTG+1 with KK hoping that someone will try to steal the pot with a re-raise. There were several agressive guys around the table and a re-steal stack on the big blind as well who previously showed willingness to put his stack in when the right situation came up.
Unfortunately nobody re-raised and the flop came with an A. Check-check. Turn is a 4. UTG bets very small, I just called. River is a 4. UTG bets what screems of a value bet amount. I put him on AJ-AT. It really hurt to fold but I was obviously beaten. He showed 44 for quads.
Now I was down to 35k again thanks to my greed (I hoped to double my 60k with my KK). I managed to double up when Nick Shulman re-raised a middle position raise from late position and I shoved with my AJ. Many times he didn’t check the stacks behind him and still 3bet very light. I knew I was way ahead of his range and took my chance. He had AT and my hand held up.
Then our table break and I basically only managed to keep myself alive with sometimes stealing the blinds and sometimes re-stealing with a push. I didn’t have any reasonable hands again. I finished the day with 88k which is going to be 17 big blinds tomorrow. Not very good, but chip and chair…
I think I will be happy if I just make the money tomorrow, I haven’t had any EPT cashes before. Of course I am not going to fold in situations where I should obviously call just because of the bubble, but I will try not to make silly moves on the bubble either.
Then, anything can happen 
I can double up once or twice and be back in the game.
