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Readers of POTD may have noticed that my posting has slowed down. It’s not a coincidence that my posting has slowed down as we entered week two of the trip and my fatigue has increased. Another thing that has increased is my bullet count. I keep firing tournaments and I keep not cashing them. This trip has not been going well, but the $50k NLHE really kicked it into hyper-drive. I entered the $50k four times. Bullet 1 ended when I called a three-bet with Ad7d and the flop was Kd4d3d. After the flop checked through, I bet a 4c turn and shoved a Jh river and was ousted by JJ. Bullet 2 concluded when I lost a flip with KTs vs. 88, but before then I played a couple interesting hands, one of which I’ll be writing about today. Bullet three showed some signs of progress, as I busted Danny Tang with my AJs vs. his A4s all-in preflop and had just over two starting stacks with reg closing in ~20 minutes. Then I ran a solver-approved bluff into what I think was the nuts and busted the tournament shortly after (become a premium subscriber and read more about that hand in #onemorehand at the bottom of this post). On the final bullet, I turned my 200k into around 300k, called a three-bet with QTs and called a shove on JT7. I ran into AK; by the turn my pair of tens was no longer good, and I did not improve on the river.
Tritons are a difficult series to play because they are unrelenting; even dinner break is only 45 minutes. There is a new tournament every day, and once I travel overseas I try my best to register every tournament on time and play as many hands as I can. They are the most prestigious and elite tournaments in the world. On the other hand, and I say this with respect, they are glorified turbos. Even with action clocks speeding up the pace of play, you are getting maybe 10-20 hands per level. You’re going to be playing a lot of sub-20bb poker, and while there is immense skill in perfecting those stack depths and perfecting tournament poker, there are a lot of hands where you have KTs and your opponent has 88 and you hope you have the best hand by the river. So when you do get to play the hands that aren’t “standard” hands, it’s important to execute to the best of your ability. Two reliable ways to be a great MTT player are by finding the best plays in tricky spots and not punting in standard spots. When I four-bulleted the $50k, I felt I was unlucky in most of the standard spots, but I did not punt in them. However, I missed an opportunity in some trickier spots to play elite A-level poker. Today’s hand will be about a hand where I could have found the best play and settled for a just-okay play.
$50K NLH 8-Handed – Event #8 (Final Day) | Triton SHRS Jeju II 2026
(1.5k/3k/3k) (SB/BB/BBA) 200k Starting Stack. Registration is still open.
I (137k/46bbs) make it 7k in the LJ with J♠️9♠️, it folds to Ben Tollerene (219k/73bbs) who makes it 19k on the button, I call.
Flop (45.5k) A♦️J♦️6♣️: I check, Ben bets 12k, I make it 28k, Ben calls
Turn (101.5k) A♠️♠️: I check, Ben checks
River (101.5k) Q♠️: I have 90k behind and check, Ben checks and I lose to K♦️K♥️
