I bought into today’s $1500 WSOP event at 5 pm yesterday, approx. 2 hours before it sold out.  I played in a Rio 2/5 cash game for about 1 1/2 hours and came out a big winner.  I can credit  going on a heater, but one hand stands out from all the others.

About 5 hands into the game (it’s brand new) I make it $15 from UTG with JJ and 5 call including both blinds.  Flop comes J,T,2 rainbow.

Blinds check, I bet $35, next guy makes it $75, all fold to BB who calls.

I have about $275 behind if I just flat call here.  It’s obvious to me that somebody is drawing and somebody is there already.  I weight my options of flatting here, raising about $100, and shoving.  Flatting seems dangerous since any A,K,Q,9,8,7 could complete a straight.  Nearly half the deck is a scare card.  I’m not in the mood to see myself get blown off my hand due to this, so flatting is out.  The small raise creates the same thing, but builds the pot for the turn and pot-commits me.  I think that shoving here is the right move, since whatever made hand (TT, 22, and JT) will call my all-in and the draw should/might fold.

I shove $275 over the top and the raiser actually folds.  The BB CALLS with 2,2.  Wow, he played that slow.  The raiser announced he had KQ and another guy in the hand says the same thing.  Turn is a 9.  YIKES!  River… Jack.  Quadzilla.

I’m playing in the $1500 event today.  At last, I’m in the Amazon room for one of these tournaments.  I really don’t like playing in the Brasilia and Miranda rooms.  Something about it just doesn’t strike me favorably.