With
the blinds 5-10, we have a battle of the John’s.Van button-raises Shaffer’s BB and he
defends.On a board 379-8-7, Shaffer
takes a chunk from Van in the early going.
I
limp UTG with 56d – board comes 47Q (2 hearts).Turn is an 8, river a 6 & Josh misses his flush to lose a small pot.
Matty
& Josh battle in the blinds with identical hands & split a pot.
Blinds
15-30, we have the 1st Freddy reference when agro-maniac bets all
streets and gets called down with 4th pair on board to knock out
aggro-maniac.
John
Shaffer collects several pots.
My
UTG JJ takes down a small pot from Shaffer.
With
the blinds 20-40, Matty takes a small pot from Stackloser18
Van
button-raises again, but wins round 2 of the battle of the Johns.
Josh
& Shaffer chop my money in a pot when they flop top pair with their Ace - kickers didn't play.
Blinds
30-60, Matty takes a pot off Shaffer.
Matty
takes another pot off Stackloser18
Blinds
50-100, I take a small pot off Shaffer when my top pair beats his 2nd
pair.
Matty’s
Q9 takes out Stackloser’s all-in shove with 33.
Blinds
75-150, my AJ flops top pair to win a good pot on a J-10-2 board.
Matty’s
A10 takes down Shaffer’s A4 as they both flop top-pair, but Matty out-kicked
Shaffer and sent him out in 7th place.
My
check-raise all-in gets Matty to fold a flush draw to my top-pair.
Blinds
150-300, Van shoves on the button with K7 for (3BB), I called with 33, Matty
iso-shoves for 1700 more with 88, and I fold.Matty’s 8s hold and Van goes out in 5th.My 3s would have flopped a set.
Bubble
Time! -- Matty
and Random guy (Misty) are healthy.Josh
and I are short-stacked.
Josh
goes out in 4th when his A3 goes down to Misty’s AK (A pattern is starting).
Matty
doubles me up when my KK beats his QQ.
Misty
takes me out with 10-10 vs. my unimproved AKs.
Blinds
200-400, and we’re heads-up.Matty is a
2-to-1 dog against Misty18.
Blinds
get traded for a while.Matty’s 66 go
down to Misty’s Q-10.
