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I am back from Jeju, but still have a backlog of posts to catch up on. My plan is to get all the posts finished ASAP and once I catchup to the backlog I will resume the normal MWF, Saturday Week in Review, Sunday Special schedule.
Busting day 1 of the Invitational was not what I had planned for, although I of course knew it was a possibility. Fortunately I busted in the last level, which meant I did not need to re-enter until the next day. I went back to my room, looked up some hands, polished off some POTD rough drafts, went to bed and, as has been routine for me this trip, woke up at ~7AM. Fortunately, today’s day 2 started at noon, or was it 1? I can’t recall. Either way it was not 3, which meant there would only be a 5-6 hour gap between the time I woke up and the time I played my first hand of a poker tournament. I was hoping that being not quite well-rested but not actively fatigued would help me against my competition, who were playing late and on a different sleep schedule than me.
The rhythm of most of the big-stakes, deep-stacked high rollers is the same. Day 1 you play until registration closes, Day 2 you usually play until the money or the final table, Day 3 you finish things out. This means that when I sit down in my chair to start Day 2, I know there is a chance I’ll be ending the day with more money than I started the day with. I am an underdog to accomplish this goal, and ultimately my primary goal— the process-based goal— is to make good decisions and ignore the rest of the noise. That being said, there is a results-based goal that is always in the back of my mind: If I can keep chips in front of me for the next 8 hours or so, I’ll have cashed the tournament. I’ve done it before and I can do it again. So while entering with 30bbs and one starting stack after paying for two starting stacks is not what I wanted yesterday, there is a different story today. Double up once and things start looking pretty nice; double up twice and I could be looking at my first cash of the series. Of course, “let’s try to double up twice” is not poker strategy, it’s a wish, but I am in a drought, so anything vaguely resembling cashing a poker tournament is enough to get me daydreaming and wishing. So let’s see what I did with my 30bbs and a dream.
$200K NLH Triton Invitational – Event #10 | Triton SHRS Jeju II 2026
(5k/10k/10k) (SB/BB/BBA) 300k Starting Stack
I am (337k) UTG8 with J♣️9♣️ and make it 22k, Ben Heath (451k) makes it 52k next to act, it folds back to me who calls.
Flop (129k) T♠️T♥️9♦️: I check, Ben bets 32k, I make it 77k, he calls
Turn (283k) 7♣️: I bet 100k of my remaining 208k, Ben calls
River (483k) 5♦️: I check, Ben checks. I lose to Q♠️Q♦️
