ANZPT Event 1

I went to Star City to play some cash games and realised that Event 1 of the ANZPT was running and there were no cash games on. I met with a few friends and decided to enter it as a good warm up for the Main Event next week. I qualified online for the Sydney ANZPT event a month ago.

Third hand into the tournament I picked up KK, I thought that the young Asian guy to my right had folded and made it 200. Simultanously though he limped for 50. The dealer corrected me and made me only call. So we see a flop with the blinds completing with trash and my KK up against 3 other hands. Flop A J 10, checks to me, I make it 150. The small blind check raises me and i'm not sure whether he noticed the dealer making me only limp in. The big blind calls and i am out. However, at show down the monkey had check raised me with j7 and the bb had called with a gut shot q8. I figured this was strange and hoped that the whold field of 400 played in this wierd fashion.

My table got broken up and I moved to a table where I doubled up early from 5k to 10k. Utg raised 3x btn called I was in Sb 89dd and bb completed. Flop 9h9c7c, I checked, he c-bet 700, i made it 2200, he moved in, snap call, he had qq.

I then lost 5k in bllind Vs blind. sb completes, i check 8s2c off. Flop 3h4h8c. He checks, i bet 500 into 600, he min raises me. At this point I have been sus of this guy chasing draws beyond odds and think my tp bvb is strong, likely best but decide to flat and assess turn, turn 5s. He leads 1200, I call. River qc he bets 1500 i call pretty quickly thinking he may have missed flush, he turns over 34 (flopped bottom 2 pair). I think I should have raised his limp.

I Got lucky once to split a pot when I was low. 4.5 bb everyone folds, I ship 96 off on btn, bb turns 99 oh dear. Elliot says i folded 69, great! I call for 785. Flop comes A 10 10, turn K, river A!!! chop it up:)Then moved in 4-5 times, no callers to get back to 10k. I then won a nice 5k pot on level 9 blind Vs blind with 56.

We finished for day 1 and I had 15k, the chip leader 98k and only 89 remaining. Top 40 to be paid. I drove into Star City at midday Friday hoping I would double early and not have to leave within 30 mins of arriving. 4 hands in I did get in a race with my 99 Vs Ak and lost.