Tour 23,832 $1 + .10 (won) End 17,825 31 Hands $1 Main Evt Seat Qual

Payout: 1-5  Entry to the 2010 Main Event, "Five $12,000 packages are Guaranteed to the '2010 Main Event.'" I'm a little confused on this because the entry is to tournament #149038231 on July 5th that has a $12,000 Buy-in where 364 of 1000 players win a $12,000 Prize Package.

Well I did not last too long in this one. A LAG player to my right took out my pocket Q's hitting a gutshot straight on the River. Overall I played OK. I think I let myself lose some chips that I might have avoided but no big poor plays stick out.

Hand 31. I'm BB w/pocket Q's (Qh Qs). Seven players, 2 sitting out. UTG+1 limps in w/80, HJ & SB (LAG) call, I raise to 200, HJ & SB call. Flop 7h 6h Js. Looks ok for my Q's. SB checks, I bet 320 into the 680 pot, HJ folds, SB calls. Turn 9s. SB bets 320 into the 1320 pot. He's raised me often and when I feel he could beat me, I have folded most times. this time I decide to re-raise him all-in w/my last 1345 chips as I don't feel he has anything solid here. He calls showing 9c 10d. He paired his 9 on the Turn & he has a gut shot straight draw. River 8d. He hits the gutshot straight. :-/ I'm outta here. I don't know what else I might have done differently as it looks like he is pretty hard to shake off a hand. Maybe if I'd gone all-in pre-flop he'd have folded his 9 10, but I didn't want to do that pre-flop this early in the tournament and have an Ace or a K show up on the flop.

Hand 14. Here is a hand where I shook him, but only after the River came up. I'm UTG+1 w/pocket K's (Kd Kh), UTG limps in w/50, I raise to 3 1/2 BB (175), all fold & UTG calls. Flop 5s 9c 3s. Looks good for my K's. UTG bets 150 into the 425 pot and I raise to 300, he calls. Turn Jd. UTG checks & I check. River 8c. UTG checks & I bet 500 into the 1025 pot. UTG folds. I probably should have bet the Turn as well.

Hand 19. Here is a hand where I took it to the end w/LAG. I'm CO w/pocket 3's (3s 3h), action folds to HJ (LAG) who limps in w/60, I call, CO & BTN folds, BB checks. Flop 7h 9c 4h. I miss my flop; at least they aren't big cards. All three of us check. Turn 2d. Still a low card. Maybe my 3's are good. River BB checks, HJ bets 90 into the 210 pot. I decide to call. If the deuce meant anything to him my 3's still win. Turn 9h. That pairs the board. HJ bets 150 into the 390 pot. Since the HJ didn't do anything w/the 9 after the flop I feel that didn't help him and I call. HJ shows Kh 5c. I win. My assumptions were correct.