Sam Trickett
We’re following our players at the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series Paris by ACFPoker.fr in the Aviation Club de France on the Champs-Elysées. The buy-in to this event is: €5,000.
91 players started on Day 1A and 37 players survived and qualified for Day 2. Now we join the action on Day 1B with 97 players registered. Team Titan mates Sam Trickett and Marvin Rettenmaier have started on Day 1B.
Level 1 – Blinds – 50/100:
Sam Trickett and Marvin Rettenmaier arrived at the end of the level and finished it with 22K from a starting stack of 25 K.
Level 2 – Blinds 75/150:
The UTG +1 player, Aurelien Guiglini raised to 400. Marvin called with pocket Nines in small blind.
Flop J♥ 9♦ 6♥
Marvin check-raised to 1425 the bet of 500 of Guiglini.
Turn: 8♣
Marvin Rettenmaier bet 2225. His opponent raised to 7200 and Marvin called.
On the river, the Q♥, Marvin checked and Guiglini moved all-in. Marvin Rettenmaier spent few minutes thinking before folding. He is down to 11K. A few minutes later, the German player from Team Titan raised to 400 and only one player called.
Flop: Q♥ 2♦ 3♠
Marvin check-called the 1K bet of his opponent.
Both players checked on the turn, the Q♠
And on the river, the A♥, Marvin checked. His opponent bet 4K and Marvin moved all-in. His opponent instantantly folded.
Marvin Rettenmaier: 17K.
Sam Trickett raised 600 after the cut-off players had limped.
Flop J♦ 6♠ 9♦
The cut-off player led for 1200 and Sam Trickett called.
Turn: 6♥
Cut-off made 1600 and Sam raised to 4500. He was called.
River: 10♦
The cut-off player bet 3K and Sam moved all-in. His opponent folded and Sam showed the As.
Marvin Rettenmaier finished the level with 17K and Sam with 32K.
Level 3 – Blinds:100/200 -
A player limped in early position and Sam Trickett raised to 800. Then he called the 4-bet of the cut-off player for 2100.
Flop: 8♠ 6♣ 7♦
The cut off player opened to 11K!!! and Sam Trickett folded laughing because of the bet sizing of his French opponent who answered: “Misclick, I wanted to bet 6.5K”.
Then the Italian player Calia raised UTG to 625. Marvin called in middle position and the big blind called as well.
Flop: 8♠ 3♠ 8♥
The big blind checked, Calia checked and Marvin Rettenmaier bet 925. Calia made the call.
Turn: 6♠
Calia check-called the 2225 bet of Marvin.
River 6♣
Both players checked and we take a look at the hands.
Marvin Rettenmaier: K♠ K♥
Nicola Calia: 10♠ 10♦
After this hand Marvin is up to 31K.
The English member of Team Titan won some pots preflop to grind some chips.
In small blind, he limp-called a bet of 600 of the big blind and the flop came J♠ J♣ 7♦
Sam check-raised to 2.2K the 950 bet of his opponent.
Turn: 5♠
Sam Trickett fired a 4200 bet and was called.
And on the river, the 9♣, Sam Trickett advanced all his stack in front of him putting his opponent all-in. The young player in big blind position had to fold.
Sam finished Level 3 with 60K, Marvin with 27K, when the average stack is 28,197 and 86 players are left.
We lost 13 players during Level 4 and 7 in Level 5 (with Blinds 150/300, Ante 25).
Our two Team Titan members maintained their stacks with 55K for Sam Trickett and 25K for Marvin Rettenmaier. The average was 36,742 for 66 players remaining at the end of Level 5.
Level 6 – Blinds 200/400 Ante 50:
Sam Trickett is really aggressive and played many pots. He gave up a lot of small ones and was down to 45K. He was really active.
For example, he raised UTG to 1200. A player made the call in middle position.
The flop came K-4-3 and a simple contination-bet from Trickett was enough to see his opponent giving up.
A French player limped under the gun and a French pro player, Aurelien Guiglini, did the same at the button. Sam Trickett decided to raise to 2K.
The first limper 3-bet to 6.4 K and Sam Trickett announced all-in. The French player said: “You are a monster man ! Impossible to play with you”.
Marvin Rettenmaier was fighting to keep his stack at a correct level in order to find the right spot to double-up. But it was really complicated. “I cannot win a real hand”.
At the end of the level, the average was 37,890 with 64 players left. Marvin Rettenmaier: 25,525, Sam Trickett: 49,525.
Level 7 – Blinds 300/600 Ante 75:
Sam Trickett raised to 1.5K in middle position and short-stack moved all-in for around 12K. Sam called with A♣7♦
His adversary showed 5♣5♥
Board: 4♦3♣6♣6♦7♣
But 5 hands later, a French player raised to 1500. Sam made the call from the small blind.
Flop: 5♥10♦10♥
Sam check-called the 4.6 K bet of the French man.
Turn: J♦
Trickett checked, the French player bet 6.8 K. Sam Trickett shoved and was called.
Sam Trickett: Q♥9♥
French player: 10♠8♠
The river is the 3♥ and Sam Trickett won this huge pot, eliminating the French player and climbed to 110K.
But the action was not over for Sam Trickett at this level. The next hand, Aurelien Guiglini raised to 1.6 K in small blind. Sam Trickett made it more expensive. 3K more for a total of 4.6 K. The French pro moved all-in for approximatively 20K and Sam Trickett snap-called.
Guiglini showed pocket 10s but was just behind the Jacks of Trickett. No surprise on the flop and Trickett was happy to reach 130K at the end of the level.
Marvin Rettenmaier 3-bet many times preflop and finished the 7th hour with 32K. 55 players are left with an average of 44K.
Level 8 – Blinds 400/800 Ante 50:
Sam Trickett bet 2K under the gun. Everybody folded until the 2 players in the blinds who made the call.
Flop Q♣3♣7♥
The small blind moved all-in for 7100 and the big blind just called. Sam Trickett advanced enough chips in the middle to put the big blind all-in. The big blind decided to fold.
The hands:
All-in player: Q-J
Sam Trickett: A♠7♠
The all-in player was in front but it was impossible to beat Sam Trickett during his small rush of the day and the river was the 7♦. The all-in player left the poker room completely knocked out. The whole table which was in admiration started to joke about Sam “It is Jesus, walking on the water” and “Sick, Jesus is english”.
Unfortunately, the things were not going that good for Marvin Rettenmaier. He raised to 1750 from the cut-off and the small blind shoved for 20.8K. Marvin Rettenmaier decided to call with 9♠9♣
His opponent showed a better pair: 10♦10♣
Board: 4♦K♣7♦4♠3♠
At the end of the day, Sam Trickett finished with 135.4K and Marvin Rettenmaier 15.8K.
Average chipstack: 47,549 with 51 players left.
88 players will play Day 2 and amongst them our 2 friends from Team Titan.
Tags: Marvin Rettenmaier, Sam Trickett, WPT
