w/ 228,600. Started the day w/ 78k, busted a ss early w/ QQ vs 99 and got up to 100k then played this hand.....
Ep limps for 500, I raise to 1750 w/ TT, bb w/ 90k calls, limper calls, flop T84r, bb donks 2k, limper folds, I call, turn 8, bb leads 3k, I raise to 9k, he calls, riv ace, he leads for 10k, I raise to 35,500, he instashoves, I call, he jumps up, slams his cards face up and yells "full house" (I guess he was thinking he was doubling for certain..for a second I thought I had to be beat when I saw how excited he got when I called, quad 88s or a slowplayed AA preflop)...he shows A8o, I show TT, he calls me f**ker and f**k you while we count down our stacks and I ended up covering him and he storms off. GG sir. (to his credit he was more angry at the situation than me, and I understand blowing up like that although I would never do so).
A couple of hands later while I'm basking in the glow from my fortunate big double, I flat a co r w/ 88 on the button, bb calls, flop 753r, chk, pfr cbets 2500, I decide to try to end the hand there and raise to 6k, bb folds, pfr just calls, turn 3, chk, I think for a bit deciding if my 88 is good here or not, but whatever I have 180k and he has 22k more so I elect to just put him all in, he tanks forever and finally calls w/ 75, w/ my 88 being ahead now that 3s paired, riv 7, ouch. Would've had 220k or so early but 155k is not bad.
Anyway I basically chipped up the rest of the day and finished at where I am which is still well above avg (80kish). More importantly blinds are 500-1k when we resume on Monday which gives me plenty of play and manueverability. It's definitely nice having chips to work w/ postflop and obviously I feel very comfortable whenever I see flops. Hope I run well the rest of the way and make everyone some money! (For those invested in me, I would need a min cash to show a profit for the WSOP..anything more is all gravy)
