Round Four Is No More

So I got through round four,  which was quite an interesting round...

I played AJ suited to a raise from a good position, but I missed the flop and had to fold.

I raised with KJ off from an early position,  was three bet,  and had to fold.  Down 5,000 quick.

Sidebar : I really need to reconsider my valuation of KJ, particularly from an early position.

Then it happened...  I'm big blind and watch a raise and a three bet from...  seat one.  I look down at big slick and call.  Flop comes A, K,  9 with two spades.  I check top two pair,  initial raiser checks,  and seat one bets 6,200. I call and the third guy drops. 

Turn was six of spades and I bet 12,000 on a 28,000 pot. It was actually kind of a dumb bet because I had the ace of spades and top two pair...  I should have checked to let seat one continue betting into me.  But I didn't and he folded... maybe I could have made that pot a lot bigger...  I don't know,  but it's still bothering me.

Next up,  aces in good position...  except everyone folded to me!  I raised little and got big blind to call. We both checked a weak flop...  I was hoping he would catch a pair.  The turn was weak and I bet small...  and got a call.  I tried to value bet the river,  but he folded. 

I had AQ off on the button,  but missed the flop...  then missed the turn...  then folded.  As last to act,  maybe I should have bet two overs,  but there were three other players,  so I took  a free turn.

About this time,  seat 9 crushed seat 1 for a 90,000 double up that left seat one with under fifteen.  This is great because seat nine is cocky and thinks I bluff a lot and I can set him up.  Moreover,  seat one will push all in before me,  which is obviously better than after me.

Then I'm big blind with K10 off and everyone folds to the small blind...  he calls,  I raise,  he folds,  free blinds and antes!

70,000... seat one is crippled to my right...  seat nine is setup...  I know the table...  everything is going so well...  wait...  wait what...  what's that you say?  You're breaking my table?  You're breaking my table?!!!

Yep,  I got moved to a new table with all new players three hours before the end of the night...  after I spent five hours learning my last table and developing a persona for them. 

Curses,  I hate new tables. So everyone at my new table has a lot more chips than me...  that's awesome, I'm glad I got moved here.

I moved with an hour left and 70,000 in chips.  I played the following hands after moving:

Which was fun.  63,500 at the last break and I've folded for an hour straight.

If I can end the night alive,  I will be happy.  Above 42,000 and I would head into tomorrow with a fighting chance.  Where I'm at now,  63,000 would be awesome,  and I would be ecstatic at 84,000 or above...  that would be twenty times around the table with tomorrow's round one blinds.

But first I have to get through round five of day two...