I traded 10% with my new mate Andy. He moved to our table when I was AI with Q6 suited - it was that time for my stack. I got the blinds uncontested and got 7s the very next hand when Andy got his first hand and I moved in. I said I wish we got to play some hands together and he said yeah I know - and called!
The 8 seat pondered it for about a minute before folding and we flipped 'em and he had AQ suited. When the ace came the guy next to 8 seat said "nice fold" to him.
Afterwards Andy said once he thought about it he shouldn't have called. I disagree because 1) one reason they don't like players trading big percentages is so the integrity of the game isn't in jeopardy, 2) my existence in the tourney doesn't have much equity when I'm short stacked, and 3) calling was protection in a sense and I'm absolutely convinced the 8 seat had AJ and would have called. Better my chips wind up with Andy than with him.
So the punchline - Andy goes down to 10k and goes on dinner break, but it's not dinner. When he and Adrian (Adam's brother) figure out there are no other poker players in the food court they return to find Andy has been blinded off to 5k (when asked if he thought it was dinner break he of course explained to the table that he had an important call). He moves in dark and has 42 against faces and spikes a 2 to double up. He does it again but this time wakes up with AK suited and doubles up again.
Adam, Adrian, and I cheered him on until after 1 am and then bailed. I got an update after 2 am saying there were 18 left. Day 2 starts today at 2 pm. I'm not sure what they payouts are at this level but I'll get a few bucks. First is around 50k...
Today's mega stack is the smaller buy-in. G-ville alum Fish made the final table to Monday's tournament which was played yesterday but I didn't hear how he finished.
We found a fourth for TDL if we can tear ourselves away from the tourneys to play.
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