I met Scott Fischman at noon for the first one of the day. We had 9 players, you start with 10K in chips with 30 min levels 1st and 2nd place pay. Not to shabby for a SNG at the Nugget.
It didn't take long for me to get into an interesting hand with Mr. Williams, with the blinds at 50/100 he limped under the gun. It was called by 3 other players, including myself with the big bad AT off, until the button, a younger kid who we later found out bought in with his whole bank roll, raised to 350. Everyone called. This is gonna be a good table. The flop came down A 2 T. Ding! Montel bet out 400, the music mogul, not really one but but he looked and talked like one, to my right called and I reraised to 1100. Montel announces raise and throws a few more $1000 chips into the pot. Huh? The mogul folds and I have to contemplate this a for a moment. I guess he could have Aces. But from what Scott told me about him he's fairly aggressive so I figure he's gonna raise under the gun with either AA,TT, AK, or AQ. He could have 22 easily or even the same hand as me. Wow. I put him on 22. I tell him that I go broke on this hand 99% of the time and I fold my hand face up.
WTF? Was pretty much the whole reaction of the table. Including Montel who's brows furrowed just the slightest before he asked if I want to see his hand. He flipped up his 22 before I had a chance to respond. Game on!
The rest of the table said that they would have all gone busto if they were me in that hand. That Montel was a very loose aggressive player. Everything he did just told me that he had a set. It all added up. I was also able to make the lay down because I still had 8500 in chips behind me. Good structure and starting chips begets good play from JDN. Too bad I didn't win.
I busted in 4th after being card dead for the remainder of my time at that SNG. Then next one will start around 4pm so I have some time to kill. Video poker! Heineken!
I made a big call in the second SNG to bust Montel. I had raised in late position with A4 off and was reraised by Mr Chilliams in the big blind. The flop rolled out A 6 J and Montel pushed in. I thought about it again for a minute. He seemed bored. Ready to double up or bust. So I called. He turn over a KQ and my A4 held up to bust his shizzle. Scott Fischman and I got 3 handed with the asian girl, we wondered if she was John Phan's sister because she definitely had the symptoms of SAG, who had satellited in the previous night. I figured there was no way one of us wasn't winning that one. Don't you worry. I got 3rd and Scott cashed 2nd. Rigged.
After being joined by Gavin, Bobo, and Jeremiah, we played a few more. Jeremiah and I chopped the one where we let Gavin rebuy and between SNG's Gavin and I played $25 a point Chinese poker. Royalty on the first hand! TYVM! I also joined Bobo at the 2/5 table for one hand where I got $300 in the pot with a 5 high flush draw to random asian guys queens. No love for me.
I had one interesting in the final SNG took place between myself and Jeremiah. I was about a 7 on the Heineken Factor* scale. Jeremiah was near an 8 on the bad play scale. In late position Heremiah raised a standard 3x raise. (Blinds and chips stacks are irrelevant when you're past 5 on the Heineken Scale. As is playing in turn, betting/calling/raising the right amount, and staying in your chair.) Knowing that Heremiah's game is full of shit, I reraise him with the 'ole 52 off. He thinks a moment before pushing all in. Well I have to call now. I think its possible that I'm priced in but math is something I'm not capable of at the moment. I call. He flips over 6T off. I told him, "I knew you had shit! Thats second level thinking!" I got two live cards! Too bad he hits a 6 on the flop. I could have been drawing live but the turn and river were blurry. He took most of my chips and I was left with 1 yellow, 1 pink and 3 grays.
Gavin's reaction was, "That's two level of suck."
Scott said, "You two are horrible."
Random hot girl on the rail, "Idiots."
I played 5 SNG's and broke even, except for losing $300 at 2/5 and $100 at video poker. I got some free food, met Montel, busted Montel, and made my friend Jeremiah look like a fool. Good times.
JDN
* The Heineken Factor: This scale is based on the number of Heinekens consumed, multiplied by 2.5 divided by the number of brain cells left. Really. No not really. Basically it's math/poker comprehension scale based on the total number of Heineken's orally consumed. 1 point of the scale roughly translates to 2.5 bottles of Heineken.
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