Rettenmaier and Trickett Advance to Main Event Day 2

This entry was posted on Saturday, July 9th, 2011 at 6:34 pm

Marvin Rettenmaier

The 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event attracted 897 players for Day 1a and a total of 985 players took their seats on Day 1b. These numbers are less than last year’s but no doubt there will be larger participation in the remaining two starting days.

Among the players who sat down at the tables on Day 1b were Team Titan’s Sam Trickett and Marvin Rettenmaier.

Place: Rio Hotel – Amazon Poker Room
Levels: 2 hours each
Starting Stack: 30 000 chips

Level 1- Blinds 50/100

Marvin Rettenmaier and Sam Trickett arrived at the middle of the first level of the day. Marvin joined French player and runner-up of the WPT Marrakech Guillaume Cescut at his table.

Marvin Rettenmaier bet 300 in middle position and the big blind called.

Flop: K♦ 9♥ 4♠ and Marvin made a continuation bet of 425, which was called by his opponent.

On the turn J♥, Marvin bet 1,050 and it is another call.

Finally on the river Q♥, our German member of Team Titan fired a third barrel for 3,000 chips and his opponent mucked his cards when he saw the pocket 4s of Marvin for a flopped set.

Good start for Marvin Rettenmaier who climbed to 35K after half an hour.

At the end of the level and thanks to an aggressive game, Marvin was up to 38K.

During this time, Sam Trickett was a bit quieter at his table alongside Kevin Vandersmissen, the runner-up of EPT Snowfest who won €260,000. Sam finished the first level with 28.2K.

Sam TrickettLevel 2 - Blinds 100/200UTG player limped 200, the high-jack player raised to 700 and Sam called on the button as did the big blind and the limper.Flop: Q♠ 2♠ 9♠Big blind and UTG players both checked. The raiser bet 1 800 and Sam Trickett was the only one to pay.Turn: 2♠The raiser continued betting 3 200 and Sam called again.Both players checked on the river, the 8♦ and Sam Trickett won the pot with K♦ Q♥ against the Q♣ J♣ of his adversary and was up to 35,9 K.Unfortunately a while later Sam lost a consequent pot and fell down below the starting stack with 23 K. UTG player raised to 600 and Sam Trickett called at the button. The big blind decided to pay as well.Flop: J♣ 6♦ 2♠The big blind checked, Sam opened to 1 500 and his two opponents called.Turn: 6♣Big blind player checked, Sam sent a 4 K bet and the button made the call. Big blind player gave up.River: 3♦Check, Sam fired a last bet of 6,5 K and was paid again.His opponent showed 2h 2c for a fullhouse and took down the pot. Marvin Rettenmaier focus on the action

At the opposite side of the Amazon Room, Marvin Rettenmaier was running really good.

After a limp from a player in middle position, Marvin bet 625 with A♥ 6♥ The big blind and the limper made the call.

Flop: 6♣ 4♥ 2♥
Marvin bet 1,050 after his opponents had checked. Finally the big blind paid.

Turn: 5♥
Check-call of the big blind after a bet of 1,825 K from our German pro.

River: Q♣
Big blind checked and Marvin fired a last bet for 5.6K.

His opponent paid and showed 4-4 for a flopped set but it was not enough.

Marvin Rettenmaier ended this second level with a little bit more than 61K after losing a few small pots.

Level 3 – Blinds 150/300

Sam Trickett didn’t succeed in increasing his stack. He was down to 20K and then slowly slided down to 14K and even less. But just after the dinner break, the English player won a huge pot and went to his 90 minutes-break with 28K.

A player in middle position raised to 800 and Sam 3-bet to 2,400 in the small blind. His opponent made the call.

On the flop: 9♦ 10♦ 2♣, Trickett bet 1,600 and his adversary moved all-in. Sam Trickett made the call and we saw the cards.

Sam Tricket: A♥ A♦
Opponent: 10♥ 10♠

Sam was ready to leave the tournament when he saw the insignificant 5 of club coming on the turn but the river brought one of the two As left in the deck saving him miraculously.

Marvin Rettenmaier bet 725 in middle position and his immediate aggressive neighbor called. The button paid too.

Flop: J♣ 6♣ 3♣

Marvin bet 1,050 and the button hesitated for a minute before giving the call.

On the turn Q♦, Marvin check-raised to 4,625 his opponent’s bet of 1,675.

River: 2♥
Marvin bet 8.6K and was quickly paid by his opponent.

Marvin turned A♣ 8♣ for the nuts and his opponent mucked his cards.

Rettenmaier said to us with a nice smile: “Let’s win the Main Event !”

He went to the break with a confortable stack of 74K.

End Level 4 – Blinds 150/300 ante 25 and Level 5 (200/400)

Sam Trickett raised 700 and a player 3-bet him for the first time to 2.1K. Sam called and the flop came Q♣ 2♣ ♦
Sam check-called a first bet.

Then the turn came A♠
Sam check-called 6.5K.

River: 4♥
Sam Trickett check-called 14.5K. Sam had 18K total before deciding to call.

His opponent showed 5-6 for a failed draw. Sam’s queen was enough and the English pro was up to 40K.

Less than one hour later, Sam Trickett went all-in on a flop 10♠ 7♠ 8♦
He held pocket jacks and was facing A♠ Q♠

The turn was the J♥ bringing him the top set but the river came the 4♠ and his oppponent hit the nut flush and Sam Trickett was back to a frustrating 23K.