Busted but not broken

I got back yesterday with 66k and on paper what looked a handy enough table, by the end of the first two hours I thought the table was better then it looked on research.

The first two hour session didn't go well, with lots of raises snapped off and no continuation bets getting through. I did three bet twice light over the two hours, which allowed me keep my stack at 50k at least, which was over 40 bigs.

When we returned after the break I got over the 60k again, when I picked up 1010 in the SB. UTG raised to 3k blinds 600/1200-200 ante, something he seemed fond of doing and got one caller. I usually flat here but my read his UTG was weak and the caller was folding 100% of the time, having seen him fold QQ face up earlier to late position raise and three bet.

I raised to 11k fairly sure it would take the 9,600 in the middle. To my surprise the initial raiser pushed. My read was that the tens were good but my head said calling for 42 bigs with 1010 was nuts, so I folded. I kind of regret not going with my gut.

Soon after I was playing 52k and with blinds 800/1600-200 ante. I'm BB holding AK and the button opens for 3900 and I make it 11,000. It's the fourth time in an hour I've three bet him, once from the BB with AA and twice from the button with dirt. The guy has also dropped from 150k to about 70k in the previous hour.

Basically I'm expecting him to four bet, so when he shoves, I can't get the chips into the pot fast enough with the AK. He held 44 and won the race. While I'll three bet light in position, I'm never doing it from the blinds with over 20 bigs, so his shove is questionable I think. My three bet range here is crushing his hand and I don't think I'm ever folding once I do it.

It's a pity, as I felt I had a really good handle on the table at that stage and if I won the race I'm confident I could have built on that for the rest of the day.

Obviously I'm very disappointed to exit, but pragmatic enough about it at the same time. I'll do a review blog on the trip when I get home later in the week.