1K Wynn Classic

I came into day 2 with about 110K which was good for just under average. Of the 13 players remaining there was still some soft spots. I took advantage of the short handed play early and was very active including my KK holding against JJ. The pot pushed me over 225K which was good for a top 4 stack going into the final 10. I busted a shortish stack when he slowplayed aces against my set of 8's. The pot pushed me over 300K, but I quickly dripped down to 200K. A guy with 18BBs opened from early and the SB (Matt "hazards" Gianatti sp?) called with 15BBs. I found AQo in the BB and ripped. The original raiser called quickly and Matt tank folded a pair. The raiser showed A6ss and the board bricked out giving me the nice pot. I hovered between 300 and 400K as we were whittled down by Shawn Glines winning every pot. We got down to 3 handed and I was a distant 2nd place with 300K. A nice italian man was sitting in third with 175K. He had only been playing for a few months and was super nitty. He min raised from the SB and I called with 104o from the big. His bet sizing usually dictated the strength of his hand, so instead of trying to 3 bet him off of something marginal I decided to see a flop and out play him from there. The flop was Jd10d4d giving me bottom two. He checked and I bet half pot. He looked back at his cards and called. I put him on a big diamond so I did not think I could lose a big pot. The turn was the Qc. He checked and I put him in for 1.5x pot. I thought he may call with worse, but due to his nittiness I expected a fold. He tanked for 3.5minutes before announcing call. I proudly said 2 pair and he showed Kd9h for a straight and a redraw. The pot put me down to about 125K. I found a spot to push my 12BB with K10hh and was called by 66. I was fortunate to win the race and was back in the game with 25bb. I opened from the button with KsJc and Shawn 3 bet to 50K total. I am never getting called by worse and I felt he would gamble with some marginally better hands, so I elected to call. It puts him in a awkward spot with me having 1.5x pot behind. He will have to rip almost any flop meaing all I have to do is find a flop I like. The flop was Kc4c2s and Shawn ripped. I beat him in the pot and he showed A10dd for ace high and a back door str8 draw. But....the turn was the Ac giving him a pair, but giving me a flush draw. River bricked me out in 3rd place. As always I am dissapointed about not winning and receiving a bad beat, but 3rd is a great showing and helps my dismal tournament showing this year.
I will write a blog about the 2k and the 5k events at the Wynn soon as I was dispatched early from both.

Justin "robert07" Young