Unbelievably, Grant didnt get pocket 2s all night long so there was no "IM ALL IN BABY!" heard from him. What Grant did do was gather a healthy stack pretty early on and coast the rest of the way to take down his first DEEPStack title.
We used a modified structure for this event...Eitan's structure. personally i dont think i would use it again because even though we started with TC150,000 it was less chips in relation to the blinds than what we are accustomed to. starting with 150bb instead of 200bb was noticeable. 30 min levels did somewhat offset the difference in chips but the fact there was less room to play once you lost one big hand or 2 decent pots made it feel less like a DEEPStack.
We tried it and it wasnt bad but next time we'll go back to the usual stuff.
ok, on to the game. no big confrontations, no big setups nothing really happened until John and Joanne got busy in the 2nd or 3rd level.
Joanne raises it up with KK, John re-pops it with AK. After Joanne shoved John was obligated to call the difference but he did not hit the Ace so his big stack at the time was severly shortened. not long after John eeded to make a move and when "Ken Leeeeee" arrived John was more than willing to gamble (who wouldnt?). Unfortunately, Bill was right next door with a pair of Kens (KK) and hasta la vista baby! John was toast.
Eitan left next when his AT lost to Joanne's flopped flush with the 5d6d. Eitan had the Ad redraw but missed
Next one gone was Julia. earlier she had doubled Joanne up when she limp for 2000 or 3000 (i cant remember what the blinds were) and then called Joanne's all-in for another 65,000. Joanne tabled pocket 4s and Julia had A9. no help for Julia and her stack was crippled. she left in 9th when her A7 could not outdraw Bill's AK.
Jane was next on the chopping block when she put her faith in 8d9d vs Grants JJ. the Jacks would hold and Jane was flambayed in 8th.
Althalee aka "Alt+Delete" had amassed a very healthy stack early but lost a critical hand to "White Spot" Grant. on a K92 flop a series of bets, raises and then an ALL-IN from Alt+Delete put Grant in a position to call of all his chips. Grant thought it through and figured his KQ must be good and he made the call. Alt+Delete showed the KT for top pair-shittier kicker and it bricked for her the rest of the way to give Grant an absolutely huge amount of chips! not long after that she was crushed by Bill. her AT vs his AK = Althalee out in 7th
down to 6-handed play the blinds were eating away at the shorties, myself included.
Matt would be the first to succumb to these blinds when his A3 ran into Joanne's 56. somehow she won and Matt was politely asked to leave. this was his reaction:
Yours truly was next to go. i had TC102,000 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and looked at 99. i jammed and Joanne quickly called with AK. a god-damned Ace on the turn was all she wrote for me and i had another out of the money finish ending up in 5th spot.
Bubble time! And of course 240 couldnt make it in. he never gets into the money and thats too bad because he is a nice big cuddly teddy bear. once again as well, "Ken Leeeee" was what 240 decided to run with but when Bill called and showed KJ the big cuddly teddy bear was looking for a little 7 love. unfortunately for him it did not arrive and out in 4th was 240.
now we are in the money!
Grant and Joanne were leading at this point (i think) and Bill would have to battle hard to oust them for the title. too bad for Bill he flopped top pair vs Grant on a Qxx board. Bill went All-In after a bet a raise and another raise. again Grant had to think about this call because he had limped in the SB with AA. he did call and Bill displayed Q3--> top pair no kicker. no help for Bill meant he secured $140 for third place and we were heads up!
it didnt take long to end it. rather than explain here is a picture of the hand.
Grant had 96...Joanne had 73...ALL-IN on the flop
(the flop starts on the right and the river is the card on the far left)
Grant hits the river 9 to win DEEPStack 14!
FREE SHAKES NEXT WEEK!!! (i like chocolate Mr Quail)
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