$1k day 1 update

Finished day 1a yesterday with 18250 chips (started with 3000). It's a little confusing b/c day 1b is still going on today, but it looks like around 330 people survived day 1a out of around 2500 total, and there were 1400 more entrants on day 1b. I was in 162nd out of 331 after day 1a, and am playing day 2 starting tomorrow.

My tables were all really weak yesterday until my final table, which had 3 aggro players to my left. Here were a few interesting hands:

Hand 1) Blinds were 100/200 and the hijack (2 before button) moved all-in for around 1300. It folded to the small blind who quietly said "I call, but I'm not very happy about it ..." It was pretty obvious to me that she was being sincere and probably didn't even realize I was still in the hand. I'm pretty sure she didn't have it in her to be deceptive. Anyway, I looked down at A5o -- not a great hand, but I thought it was a little ahead of the shover's range since he was pretty short. I was positive the SB had me beat -- I thought she had something like 66 or AT. But I was also pretty sure she'd fold if I reraised, since she was already not very happy about calling the first raise. So I reraised, she quickly folded (claiming she had AQ afterwards, which I believe). So I ended up getting over 2-1 against the hijack when I was ahead of his range, which is a great situation. Fortunately he had A4s and I hit my 5 to win a nice pot.

Hand 2) This was a little earlier, at 75/150. I was button with 25-30 bbs, and CO also had 25-30 bbs. He opened to 400, and I looked down at T4 of clubs -- obviously not a great hand. But I had position, and had a feeling if I 3bet this he wasn't going to go broke without a premium hand (based on my read of the player). So it seemed like a good spot to make a play, and I reraised to around 900. Surprisingly, he called my reraise (I expected him to fold or go all-in). But fortunately, the flop had 3 clubs, so I hit my flush. He checked, I made a smallish bet, he went all-in and I called. He had AQ with 1 club, so he still had a draw to a better flush, but fortunately I held.