Day 2 Bellgaio Main Event

The day started off really well as I got a terrific starting table. Scott Clements was moved to my left and I still did not want to move. The soft spots were all over the place and Scott wasn't messing with me. Unfortunately we were one of the first ones to break. My new table had Carter King, Billy Kopp, Steve Brecher, David Singer, Ralf Perry, Ted Lawson and a guy named Cary whom has owned me everytime we have played. I started to open a lot to see who was going to be a pain. After the 6th 3-bet from a different person I decided everyone, so I played fairly tight. I limped UTG with 66 (blinds 600/1200 100 ante) and Carter made in 4100 in middle position. Both blinds called as did I. The flop came down Js10c6s giving me bottom set. Also with the texture of the board I knew it would be hard for anyone to give me credit for a real hand with so many draws out. It checked to Carter and he bet 10.2K, both blinds folded and I of course raised so I could ensure us to get all the money in the pot. I made it 33.2K and he pushed rather quickly for about 70K total. I called and he was almost drawing dead with the AcJh. The pot pushed me up to 190K. A guy whom I had played with before took David Singers seat. I remembered him to overplay his hands, but he came to the table with a stack of over 250K. I found A10hh UTG+1 and made it 4200 (blinds 800/1600 200ante). The new guy called from the button. His range was wide open at this point. The flop came down 8c7h5c missing me completely, but I liked a c-bet here so I bet 6500. He called quickly, so I gave him credit for a medium to small pair or some kind of draw. The turn was the Qs. As long as he doesnt have a flush draw with a Queen a bet for me made since. So I bet 13.5K, again he called quickly. Although a draw is now most likely now, I still didnt know if I was ahead. The river was a 2d bricking everything. A lot of the time I would check call here to induce a bluff, but I thought hands like 99, 1010, 98, and 97 were in his range so I fired again to get those hands to fold. I put out 5 5K chips for a bet of 25K. He quickly went for chips and I felt sick. Except he grabbed enough for a raise and made it 75K total. I decided to hollywood for 5 seconds before mucking, but in that 5 seconds I thought the raise made absolutely no sense. I know him to overplay his big hands so there was no way he was slow playing a set or a straight. So the only two hands I was worried about was the 9c6c (flopped straight with flush redraw) or the 22 for a rivered set. I was also a bit scared he was bluffing with AJcc. After a long tank I decided to call and he quickly mucked his cards. Part of me was hoping he did have AJcc at that point so I tabled my A10hh for ace hi to see his reaction. The table went nuts, but appartly he only had king high. The hand gave me confidence and also gaurenteed me not to get bluffed much for the rest of the day. The pot pushed me up to 280K, but the last level saw little action and I dribbled down to 260K to end the day. Day 3 is today and I hope to have more good news tommorrow.

Justin "robert07" Young