Michael van Leest - Poker

BSO Event 12 $500 Heads up

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:40:00 -0000

Cool so I arrived yesterday without too many issues. Got all my stuff, so that's a good thing. Relaxed a bit, played some blackjack, registered for today's event and had some room service before going to bed.

Today started really great. No jetlag, W00T! Went to the seatdrawing which took forever! And had my first match.

Key Hands Level 1

The guy was realy passive and took about 25% of his stack by min raising him every time preflop and when I had the feeling I could take it down, did so. No surprises there. At the end of level 2, the guy was kinda cripple and switched to a aggressive style, by reraising big preflop and moving all-in a few times. And that was the time I was card dead. So around halve way level 3 I picked up some hands, but the stacks were about 13.500 for me and 6.500 for him.

One key hand which I won was the following:

Me: 7 9 hearts, in the big blind
Preflop raise 3x BB (600) from me and a call from him

board: 6c 8c Js
I check and he makes a bet of 1200, I call
turn: Qs
I should have raised him on the flop, but I didn't just to keep pot control for any flush draw. But now there is a second flush draw and the guy was giving me all kinds of tells he was going to call any bet here. As I didn't want him to hit his draw on the river, I moved all in... Dumb move as I could have made more their, but I had the feeling he had a nut flush draw there...

He folds after taking a real long time to do so. He was thinking of calling me there with a A8 of diamonds and thought I was drawing... DAMN! So after that I was all set and done. About 3 hands later I had AQ off and he raised 3x BB and I 4 betted him.. He went all-in and a snap call from brought us to a showdown. JJ vs my AQ Coinflip!

Nothing on the flop, nothing on the river and luckely a Q on the river did the trick. End of Level 1.

Going to play again at 5pm for my level 2 match. And if the field is playing like the guy did for level 1, I could end realy deep!

Atlantic City here I come!

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:04:00 -0000

I can't wait!!! I'm leaving home in 3 hours from now and I still need to pack. Yes I'm a last moment kind of guy.

Besides the CFUG NL announcements, the only thing you'll see here the coming 2 weeks will be poker, poker, strategy, poker, bad beat stories and uhmmm poker.

Everything is set... Cash CHECK, Tickets CHECK, Hotel CHECK... My brain with all percentage calculations, position strategy and more poker madness CHECK!

I feel so much better then last year WSOP. My main goal is to get to 1 final table and hopefully a deep run in one of the 2 Heads up tournaments. So let me know if you're from the Atlantic City area or going to be at Atlantic City between the 16th of June and 3rd of July, more then happy to have a drink somewhere and compare Vegas to AC :-)

Later all!

Borgata Summer Poker Open

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:10:00 -0000

So I had the choice to go and plat the WSOP this year or play something else. I found out about the Borgata Summer Poker Open. I asked some other players about the Borgata and after some more research I made up my mind. I'M PLAYING THE BSPO!

I'll be playing these events for sure:

Event 12: Heads up Single Elimination (16/6 day 1 or 17/6 day 2)
Event 14: No Limit Hold'Em $200K Guaranteed (19/6 day 1 20/6 day 2)
Event 17: No Limit Hold'Em 6-HANDED (23/6)
Event 20: HEADS UP - Double Elimination (25/6 day 1, 26/6 day 2, 27/6 day 3)
Event 21: No Limit Hold’Em $200K Guaranteed (if I don't make it to day 2 of event 20)
Event 22: CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT - $1 Million Guaranteed (28/6 day 1, 29/6 day 2, 30/6 day 3)

Other events are also looking nice, but it depends how I'm doing during the other events. If I'm out early, I'll play some others, but lets hope that will not be the case! I really like the 2 heads up events that are planned and the 6 handed event! Those are my specialties and would like to see more tournaments bring in heads up events and especially 6 handed events.

I'm really looking forward to this trip as I think my chances on a deep run are much more likely then during the minefield of 3 WSOP events!

So I'm sorry if you're not interested in poker, but the next 2 1/2 weeks starting next week Tuesday will be all about poker.

To Vegas or not to Vegas

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:19:00 -0000

A little personal post about one of my big hobbies, poker. So if you're not into poker, just never mind this post and come back later.

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