EPT Baden Day Two

16,575

200-400-50

I get button to start.

Very first hand cutoff (8) raises to 1100 I make it 3300 on the button with A7o he calls. Flop 932 he checks I bet 4k he shoves I fold. Almost half my stack casually siphoned off on the first hand of the day – not a nice feeling.

UTG limps button thinks for one minute and then shoves – for 16k! lol ok. UTG now decides to call with AK, button has 99. Flop K87 and UTG pumps fist…famous last words…turn 9 of course.

Next hand 3 seat raises to 1200 with 30k behind…Manfred Hammer on the button quickly goes all-in for 44k…LOL…3 folds and Hammer shows AA…nice play.

Cutoff shoves for 3.8k, button (8) calls, I shove for 8.9k with AK in the SB, button calls, cutoff has K4, button has AJs, I make the nut flush, bust cutoff, and double thru the button.

Raise AQ hijack take blinds.

Hijack shoves for 5k I shove in SB with AK BB calls all-in for about 18k with JJ, shover has J6o, I flop an ace and beat em both.

8 raises I reraise KQ all fold

Two new guys sit down to my right with tons of chips – one is a maniacal Spaniard who seems to play well but not sure, one is Andreas Hoivold, winner of an EPT event last year, who played fantastic the rest of the day.

Raise 66 EP all fold.

49,875

300-600-75

Fold T9o on the button 7k stack in SB Scandinavian in BB.

Raise K9s UTG all fold.

Raise AJo hijack take blinds.

Raise 22 UTG get a couple staredowns but all fold.

UTG raises I fold KJs in SB

Raise TT BB (LAG) calls. Flop AsKd8s check-check turn Ts he bets 2k with like 16k behind. My gut was saying to just call but I raised to 7k and he folded.

Next hand raise QJs – some dumbass shoves with JTo and gets busted by another guy’s AK who pushed in behind.

Button raises I fold K8s in BB

51,300

400-800-100

Playing 7-handed

I limp KJo from the cutoff. Button calls, SB calls, BB checks. Flop T98 BB bets out 800 I call and then the button shoves for about 7k. Folds back to me and I fold reluctantly. I really played this hand like shit.

Raise KQ win blinds.

Hammer raises to 2000 which was unusual for him – he was all about the big pots and I took the small raise as possible weakness. I called from the BB with 95o. Flop came A86 and I checked and Hammer bet 2500. I was thinking about what to do and he looked uncomfortable so I made it 6500 and he folded quickly.

Pascal Perrault sits down across the table with over 100k.

Andreas raises on the button I reraise AK from the BB and decide I am calling a push but he folds.

Fold K6s cutoff

Raise AQ to 2200 and a Scandi shoves for 15k…This should be an auto-call 7-handed but he jerked up when saw his hand and all gestures indicated a beast…I told him I had a big hand and should call and that didn’t seem to faze him…I was quite confident he had TT-AA or AK so I folded…After the hand I whispered I folded AQ – he seemed shocked and said he had AK.

Pascal raises and I call in the BB with Tc8c. Flop Jd4c2c I check-call a moderate bet. Turn Ah check-check, river 2d I wave the white flag and check, he wins with 66.

Raise KJs UTG take blinds.

Hammer raises to 4k with 40 something k behind and I find JJ in the BB. Hammer plays quite tight and overbets most of the time he’s in the pot. Weird and tricky spot – I decided to smoothcall, then checked the QT8 flop, then folded when he jammed all-in for 5x the pot.

44,000

500-1000-100

Raise AA LP BB calls. Flop 954 he checks I bet 3300 he min-raises I call. Turn is an ugly 9 we both check quickly. River J he bets 6600 I call he has A4 I win not sure what he was thinking during this hand.

7 of the 8 players at the table are way above average at this point, including Markus Lehmann (winner of WPT Barcelona six days later) to my left and an ultra-aggressive young Spaniard named Hector Fuentes to his left with a ton of chips.

Pascal raises to 3500 latish position I find 88 in the SB don’t want to call cause that defines my hand I make it 11,500 he instashoves I fold.

Fold 76s in position to a good player’s raise.

Fold 76o in BB to UTG raise.

I raise to 2700 on the button with KK Markus makes it 7500 in the SB then Fuentes makes it 20k in the BB I shove all-in for 42k Markus reluctantly folds and Fuentes calls 22k more with QQ. Flop comes JsTs4 and Markus announces he folded AsKs turn offsuit 9 river 6s Markus would have made the nut flush. This was a pretty remarkable pot as Markus would have busted me no matter how it was played unless Fuentes woke up with a huge hand in the BB.

Raise KJo win blinds.

94,600 at dinner break.

600-1200-100

Miss the first seven minutes of the level running around Baden trying to find the casino.

UTG limps I limp 64s on button and show no interest in a AAQx board.

Raise 44 button calls Hammer shoves for 60k we fold.

Raise A5s EP win blinds.

Fold A8o in SB to cutoff’s raise.

Cutoff shoves for 9500 I call on button with A9o and lose to his 65o.

Fold A7o hijack.

Weak player raises EP I fold KJo in position.

Get a walk.

Give a walk with 82s.

Look at a king and raise the tight guy’s blind, get shoved on and fold K5s.

Markus raises UTG I call in BB with AsQs. Flop TsT3s I bet 3k he makes it 9k I shove for like 40k more he folds that hand went exactly as I wanted it to.

Fold 75s cutoff guys behind me getting antsy.

Fuentes who raises a ton raises UTG I have JTo in SB and a good stack to shove and I think he might be weak…but I fold.

85,000

800-1600-200

Raise in SB with A8o and win.

Hammer raises to 6500 early position and I fold AQ on button. I think this is a bad hand to play against him as he is tight and superaggressive.

Raise AK early win blinds.

Button (weak player) raises I fold 75s in SB after staredown failed to uncover any weakness.

Two hands later same guy raises to 4500 and I think for a bit and then make it 12k with AA – thought he was strong – but everyone quickly folds and I show.

Then same guy raises again the next hand I call with 97s, Fuentes squeezes from the SB we both fold and he shows KK.

Raise K9s steal blinds.

Raise KQ UTG steal blinds.

Limp 33 in SB planning to limp/shove but Markus shoves for 33k, I fold.

Raise 8s6s and Markus calls in position. Flop 653 two hearts I didn’t really know what to do and bet 5k, he calls. Turn 8 now I know what to do and check, he quickly shoves for about 20k I am happy to call and happier when he turns over A9, river 9 is not enough for him.

Next hand raise 33 they fold.

Get walked.

131,300

1000-2000-200

Julian Thew sits down with 90k. He raises UTG dude calls thought about making a move here with KQ but instead folded. JT bets hard on a 9 high flop and shows QQ.

Fold Q8s UTG.

Raise A9 on button Fuentes reraises 3x he has 45k behind I go deep into the tank here but let him have it.

Raise 8h7h UTG Fuentes calls I think forever checking out his stack (he has about 60k) and then I check he bets 7k I think for a bit and then suddenly make it 40k he folds. This was a clear message to the table – do not fuck with this guy right now.

RainKhan gets the message and walks me.

Raise AQ Pascall calls in BB flop 975 check check turn 8 he bets small I fold faceup he shows 88.

Get walked yet again my walk percentage is higher than Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn’s right now.

Raise from the SB with T7o the old man in the BB calls. Flop KQx we both check. Turn x I fire 7500 he calls reluctantly he has about 25k behind I decide I am shoving the river but it’s a jack which probably hit him I check he checks and wins with A4! Owned? Or just a stubborn old man? Maybe some of both I imagine if I had bet the flop I win the pot. The checking the flop then betting the turn play works well against good players but against old men like this they always assume you have nothing if you check the flop.

Raise KQ on button Fuentes calls in BB. Board of 997AJ is checked down he wins with 87.

128,800 to end day 2.