Day 2 WSOP

I loved my day 2 draw. There were two players capable of bluffing more than one street and the rest were just looking to play ABC style poker. I began opening and C betting much more than I usually do. I was able to chip up with out much headache. I raised on the button with 3d2d and the SB 3 bet me. It was the first time he had done so all day so I put him on a huge hand. I called and the flop was Ad7c7h. He bet like 1/3 pot. I felt like he had AK or a hand I could easily get to lay down, so I called. Turn was the Jd, actually giving me a flush draw. He checked and I bet 1/3 pot thinking he has to lay down everything but AK. He did and I of course showed the bluff. I was on the right side of a cooler with middle set vs top and bottom on a J52 board. The pot put me around 140K when our table broke. The new table had Chris "bushman" on my left which I didnt like, but it looked like a fun table. There were a bunch of nits and a few guys that would bluff with no real plan. I knew it would have more volitility, but I also knew I could end up with 300K if things went right. A guy who I had pegged as the 2nd biggest nit at the table opened to 2200 at 400/800. I looked down at KK and made it 6500. A fishy guy decides to flat from the SB and the nit insta makes it 22200. I know I am supposed to fold. I was already fine with being wrong, but then the what ifs started. And I began to talk myself into it. So I ended up making a horrific raise all in. Fish folded and the nit of course had AA. I flopped a flush draw, but I got what I deserved when AA held up and I was down to 65K. I followed it up with turning a flopped set into a bluff for no reason and falling under 50K. I took the break to reorganize my thoughts and layout the plan for the last level. I still had just under 50BB and was essentially freaking out over nothing. I made a couple of semi bluffs against stacks I felt really wanted to make day 3 and then I busted a short stack with 1010 vs QJhh to put me over 90K. Then I raised to 2500 with A4hh from the cutoff and both blinds called. The flop was 10h8h6c. The SB, who was the biggest nit at the table bet full pot 8K. BB folded and I had a decision. I felt like he had A10, JJ, or even QQ in this spot leaving me 9 to 12 outs. I also felt like he would lay down A10 and JJ if I raised and represented a huge over pair. So I made it 25K total. He quickly moved all in for another 15K making it over a 85K pot. He turned over 88 for middle set, and my hopeful 12 outer turned into a 8 outer with him having the redraw. The 7h hit the turn and now I had to fade. The river was a black Q and I was up over 130K. With the newly found stack and a table full of guys looking to make day 3, I opened my game up. I opened about 1/3 of the time and managed to push my stack near 150K without even seeing a flop. Day 3 is Friday and I will be doing research on my table tonite.

Justin "robert07" Young