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Stout’s Sunday Report: June 13, 2010

To those of you who read my last blog: you remember how much my last Sunday session sucked? Picture the exact OPPOSITE of that. =)

I definitely punted a few stacks today and didn’t play my A-game in just about every spot like I expect myself to, but the horseshoe up my ass was just too big today to be ignored. I ran really ridiculously well in some tournaments and managed to cash more than 25% of the tournaments I entered for the day.

My roommate Jon Eaton and I were both top stacks in the Cake tournament as we started to get pretty deep. Fortunately we didn’t have to play together until the final table, and 100% played it straight when we did. That donkey even shoved K-Q into my A-A after I raised from early position at the final table and put himself on tilt.

I’m sure my needling and the fact that I took over the chip lead in this hand didn’t help much either!

I got a bit short during the heads up match, but managed to pull off a gigantic bluff and regain the chip lead.

We battled for a while before I executed a semi-bluff that I loved and definitely stand behind. My opponent somehow made an insane call with third pair after three-betting me with 6-9o pre. Sigh. 2nd place for $14.4k wasn’t terrible for my first final table of the day though.

However, I still had some business to finish after that. I had a pretty big stack in the Sunday 500, which is one of my favorite tournaments because of the huge prize pool, great structure, and the fact that it is still the tournament that gave me my biggest online win ($105k, December 2008).

I got very lucky when I had flopped top two with K-Q. I got it all in after a Jack hit the turn, only to find out that my opponent had A-10. Not a problem, though, Kinggggggggggggballllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!! It was only a 300k+ pot, no big deal.

I became a bit short near the final table bubble for a while, but was basically able to ride that lucksack King on the river right to the final table. I was completely in the zone and my opponents were constantly doing just what I wanted them to.

I ended up with a pretty big chip lead shorthanded, then was pretty close to even with the other two players when I picked up 9-9 and stacked off against A-A. I think it was standard to get it in, and that it was just pretty cooler-ish for three-handed play.

But anyone who frequently reads my blog knows, I refuse to focus on the negative and whine that I left almost $40k on the table against two unknown players. I had a ~$65k day, and life is good! I’m also near the bubble of the WSOP $1k NL right now with 16k at 300/600, so life is EXTRA good right now! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Total tournaments played: 35

Total amount of buy-ins: $9,383

Total number of cashes: 8

- 82/1639 in Stars $109, $262.24

- 168/5507 in Stars $55, $330

- 60/476 in special Tilt $117 super-turbo heads-up, $235.62

- 53/856 in Stars $162 short-handed $436.56

- 2/555 in Cake $162 Sunday major, $14,400

- 3/969 in the Stars Sunday $500, $47,500

- 33/498 in Stars $109+rebuys, $1,034.55

- 32/783 in Stars $162, $528.52

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $64,777.49

Length of session: 14:25

Net win/loss for the day: +$55,394.49

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$105,105.10

- Matt Stout

 

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Ivey’s Prop Bet Sweetens the Pot

Both have cross-booked action on the win. If Vedes wins, Ivey will pay him an additional 30% of the prize pool-approximately $189k. If Ivey wins, then Vedes will owe him 20% on top, or approximately $126k.

It’s common knowledge that Ivey’s bankroll knows no bounds. Vedes is no stranger to throwing around some Benjamins either. The night before he won the first round of this year’s $5k shootout, Vedes stayed up all night playing blackjack at the Wynn. He reportedly pocketed in excess of $75k after an initial investment of less than $3k.

If neither player wins then all bets are off. Let’s hope we see both of them at Wednesday’s final table.

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Stout’s Sunday Report: May 16, 2010

This Sunday was one of the biggest and most epic Sundays of all time as far as online donkament action goes. It was the culmination of the Spring Championship of Online Poker series, which included a $1k event, a $2k event, and even a $10k event with a $5M guaranteed prize pool.

Naturally the $10k was all I focused on the entire day, and mindlessly played my other tournaments in the background while giving them little to no attention.

I made a deep run in the Lock $162 but ended up bricking 14 outs twice for a huge pot against the pocket threes of one of the biggest fish I’ve ever played against. I’d give the hand history but don’t want to whine … but trust me, he sucks LOL =)

I also managed to make a deep run in the turbo $109+rebuy again, but came up just short of making the final table of it in back-to-back weeks.

So that leaves the $10k. I really put everything I had into this tournament all day long, and got off to the right start early when someone decided to gift me their entire $10,000 investment. I was very grateful, as this set me up to remain in the top 15-40 players in chips (out of a 600+ starting field) throughout the tournament.

I cruised through most of the mid stages of the tournament while slowly chipping up and really playing my best, which can be tough when you’re playing nine tables other than the $10k. I managed to stay focused all day, but lost traction and wasn’t able to pick up many chips from the time there were 50 players left until there were about 30.

As a result, my stack slipped down to just under 30 big blinds (~110k @ 2/4k), the lowest it had been all tournament. I was dealt A♣ Q♦ in the cutoff, and AJinOK opened to 12k from the hijack. I made a pretty standard shove despite my vast hatred for the hand, and he called with 9♣ 9♠. His pair held, and I busted in 29th place for $30,750.

As usual I wasn’t really bitter or mad after this elimination, even though it happened almost 17 hours into my session and 5 minutes before the tournament broke for day 1.

The only thing that’ll usually frustrate me is if I feel I’ve made some mistakes that led to me losing chips/busting. I really feel that I played my A-game throughout this tournament, and had I won a flip I’d have most likely made the final table and been playing for $1.16 million.

Total tournaments played: 20

Total amount of buy-ins: $17,872

Total number of cashes: 

- 701/6827 in the PokerStars SCOOP 37-mid (SCOOP version of Sunday Warmup), $409.62

- 28/615 in SCOOP 38-high, the $10k main event, $30,750

- 29/589 in Lock $162, $100k gtd, $550

- 36/1,056 in the Sunday 500, $1,953.60

- 11/634 in the Full Tilt Poker $109+rebuy turbo, $2,278.50

Total amount of cashes/bounties: $35,971.72

Length of session: 16:39 (record for Sunday tournies, but doesn’t beat my ~35 hr session of Tropicana Atlantic City cash games on New Years’ Eve 2006)

Net win/loss for the day: +$18,099.72

Net win/loss in online tournaments on Sundays since the start of the Sunday Report (February 7, 2010): +$39,991.02

- Matt Stout

More Sunday Report Posts from Matt Stout

Stout’s Sunday Report: May 9, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: May 2, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report Video Edition: May 25, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 11, 2010
Stout’s Sunday Report: April 4, 2010 + Extras

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