What's up Poker Fans! In this post today I'll be going over some hands that I found myself in playing The $15K Guarantee PKO ( so we're playing with a $3.50 Bounty where we are rewarded with a minimum of $3.50 per person you knock out and as you continue to progress in the game you have the ability to earn more from each player as 50% of the Knock Out we get to keep and 50% goes towards are overall Bounty for the game!! 

The First hand I'm going to mention here i found myself looking down at 3-4 suited clubs Now normally i would fold but my position and for the bet I had to see a Flop/ flopped the open ended straight draw and turned the 2nd nuts (bottom Straight0 player moves all in and I Snap call and he shows Top Pair with Top Kicker

Soo far at this point in the tourney I'm sitting with (309,000 chips/160K) Big Blinds and looking to get too The Final Table and have a Fighting chance to take this one down and bring home the W!! Lets get it!!! 

thru the 3rd break we've been able to avoid bad spots except for one that I couldn't get any photos for

I had A(s)Q(d) (no preflop betting) Flop comes Q(s)T(h)6(c) I lead out and bet 7BB I get 2 callers  turn comes a 8(c) I lead out for 17BB small blind folds and Big Blind Makes the call (I'm putting him on a possible Club Draw/ straight draw //// Well leaves him behind 5BB's so when I check the river and he moves All In I'm not folding ( but he has Pocket 6's for a Flopped Set)

8 Levels Remaining Before Buy-In's Stop and we start looking to get on the Final table and take this Tournament down!!

So in the next interesting hand I find myself in (we have a photo TAKE A LOOK)  I have AQ Diamond i re-raise the initial raiser (A9) was initial raiser QJ clubs Moves all in (ALL THIS ACTION IS HAPPENING PREFLOP) so when it gets to me i 4 bet raise to 45k and get the remaining players to fold except for A9 the original raiser makes the call  3 way ALL- IN Preflop  Flop comes a blank (Turn comes a 9 and i have to avoid a J for the 3 way win ( I have the side pot Locked Up against A9 on the turn) and as you can see the River was the 4 of diamonds witch was the exact card i was calling for and wanted to see in that moment! so not only do we win this nice pot we have also just knocked to additional players out of the tourney and have a added a nice raise in my Bounty earnings and my over all bounty up for Grabs (more people will be coming for me since my bounty is larger then average)

AS I'M TYPING THE FIRST SENTENANCE TOO EXPLAIN THE PREVIOUS HAND A GET DEALT AK OFF and just like that I have my second biggest hand that quick! Back to back hands I've found myself with Monster hands and in the position to take someone out ---> TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROOF

long story short AK flops Top/Top = Top Pair Top Kicker  Small Blind leads out and bets, I call turn comes an A of diamonds so now I have TOP 2 pair and am only loosing to a Set of 6's or 4's because having AK here its unlikely for them to have a set with either of those 2 cards So on the turn SMALL BLIND CHECKS And i make a bet to go for some value And To my surprise SB makes the call and we go to the river of a K of clubs filling us up with A's over K's and now When He moves all in, I'm no longer worried if he's holding pocket 6's or 4's because I have the 2nd nuts, the only thing to beat me would be AA and if that's what SB had, I'm positive we would have been all in by now already ( **** SO OFCOURSE I MAKE THE SNAP CALL ***) AND HERE'S WHERE IM SHCOKED HE SHOWS 3/6 AND IS Acting like he had AA or like the K scared me on the river when in reality it made my hand...   Now by him going  all in on the river like that, my first thought is HE MISSED His Draw, but nope he was Bluffing and it got caught Quickly!!! 

5th Break and getting back to action, currently sitting with 115 Big Blinds and Sitting 7th/522 currently Where Top 135 will be getting paid and over 1200 Entrants in this field we're currently playing with about 60% of original field of paly gone, we're just looking to Chip Up and make some Great Plays in position and Get the Run GOOD going!! 

As I say this we GET POCKET J'S   JJ  UTG+1 with JJ Lead out  Button Goes all in when I call and he Shows QQ and i take a Hit and loose 40 Big blinds and currently sitting with 80 big blinds and looking to Chip up  and run good from here on out, I could have got away from JJ there I only had 4 BB's in but I put him on 8-10's but he was stronger in his Range there having QQ, sad thing is the way the hand ran out, if he did have 10's 9's he would have had a set!

Fast forward through some small hands where I've been able to take a couple blinds down pre-flop I wake up with another Premium AK Diamonds

now I'm in the UTG+1 and the SMALL BLIND calls my raise preflop, on the flop of QT8 (rainbow board) I lead out and C bet for 15bb into a pot of 40 BB total and small blind min raises me, i put him on K9 possibly with the flush draw now (well that's kind of not but kind of is the case as the Flush blanks and he Checks and now I'm thinking will i get a dbl up here if I go all in? (if I for sure knew he had K9 and maybe not a set there, I would have went all in) but in the moment I was thinking about how much VALUE I could possibly get with some of the Hands he could possibly have in that spot with how the hand was played out (YES I HAVE PROOF HERE ----> Take a look at this hand and let me know what and how you would have bet/played the River in my spot and what do you think ok his play there by Not re-raising in that spot with the 2nd nut's... I believe as the preflop Raiser a small part of him believed that there is a VERY STRONG possibility that I have AK there and know matter what especially with all flush draws missing and he has the 2nd nut straight he is just getting coolered in that spot, just like earlier when I had JJ against QQ you're normally just going to get coolered there.... but then again you also have to ask yourself is this what they get for calling K9 off there from a 3X raise preflop? 

we've made it too another Break.. Now THERE ARE NO MORE BUY-INS AND CURRENTLY WE have 150BB's and am sitting 1st out of 338 

now its ok, but none of this matters right now, the only thing on my mind is Getting too the Final Table and Taking this Tourney Home for us!!

well here an update as we've made it IN THE MONEY and am currently on break so wanted to update, currently sitting with 50 Big Blinds we're in position 25/138 and looking to get our time to get #THERUNGOOD   

going to start playing a couple other low stakes 2500 and 1500 Guarantee while we battle our way to the Final Table and Fight For The 1st Place and Grande Prize of $1,600+ Bounty's 

well as it goes Blinds started eating at my stack and I had to make a move with low Chips AND THIS END's the dream for at least now busted out in 104th for 150% increase on buying + another $27 made from bounty's so this was a Profitable Game but we want always want to battle and get it in the best and make these final table runs!!  ....

here's Some of the other hands and positions I was in during this tournament! Feel free to let me know if i should / take away anything and you're thoughts on this Blog and similar Post of this kind?  LMK in the chats! 

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We will Get Better We will make longer and stronger Runs!!! But until the next one Good Luck on the Felt!! 

eyeing some smaller tournaments like 1500-2500 Guarantee to warm Up for the great 100k $33 buy-in tomorrow