Sunday, October 16, 2005
I'm currently about 3rd in chips with 19 remaining in a $2600 Empire tournament. Only the top 8 get paid though. Here is the sweet ass hand that put me up near the top in chips (sorry for the shitty hand history, but I can't get the converter to work on tourney hands).
***** Hand History for Game 2854992286 *****
150/300 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 16461095) - Sun Oct 16 12:56:49 EDT 2005
Table $1500 Daily Guaranteed(485330) Table 2 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: GodsmackBLS (3693)
Seat 2: Edward57 (2988)
Seat 3: ShiptheChez (4930)
Seat 4: dragan_hemsk (4675)
Seat 5: Dan_Banan (9590)
Seat 6: st0rballe (10631)
Seat 7: Nada10 (7185)
Seat 8: zidane84 (5162)
Seat 9: jamie834 (12870)
Seat 10: biboune2004 (1316)
Nada10 posts small blind (75)
zidane84 posts big blind (150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GodsmackBLS [ 7c, 7h ]
jamie834 calls (150)
biboune2004 folds.
GodsmackBLS raises (600) to 600
Edward57 folds.
ShiptheChez folds.
dragan_hemsk calls (600)
Dan_Banan folds.
Nada10 calls (525)
zidane84 folds.
jamie834 calls (450)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2s, 7d, 8d ]
Nada10 bets (150)
jamie834 folds.
GodsmackBLS raises (800) to 800
dragan_hemsk raises (2000) to 2000
Nada10 calls (1850)
GodsmackBLS raises (2293) to 3093
GodsmackBLS is all-In.
dragan_hemsk calls (1093)
Nada10 calls (1093)
Creating Main Pot with $11829 with GodsmackBLS
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2d ]
Nada10 checks.
dragan_hemsk checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ Jh ]
Nada10 checks.
dragan_hemsk checks.
** Summary **
Main Pot: 11829 |
Board: [ 2s 7d 8d 2d Jh ]
GodsmackBLS balance 11829, bet 3693, collected 11829, net +8136 [ 7c 7h ] [ a full house, Sevens full of twos -- 7c,7h,7d,2s,2d ]
Edward57 balance 2988, didn't bet (folded)
ShiptheChez balance 4930, didn't bet (folded)
dragan_hemsk balance 982, lost 3693 [ Th Td ] [ two pairs, tens and twos -- Jh,Th,Td,2s,2d ]
Dan_Banan balance 9590, didn't bet (folded)
st0rballe balance 10631, sits out
Nada10 balance 3492, lost 3693 [ Qd Qc ] [ two pairs, queens and twos -- Qd,Qc,Jh,2s,2d ]
zidane84 balance 5012, lost 150 (folded)
jamie834 balance 12270, lost 600 (folded)
biboune2004 balance 1316, didn't bet (folded)
We just came back from the 2nd break and it's hand for hand all the way to the final table. I've been in this position many times before. I think I'm just going to lay low and try to slowly work my chipstack up to a good point.
I'm gonna blog my way through the rest of the tournament starting now:
- I'm currently 2nd in chips with 11904. #1 is on my right.
- I get 79 hearts. 118 limpers, I check in the big blind. Flop came A,7,5, with the 5 of hearts. MP bets minimum. Me and another guy call. Turn is 8 hearts. Now I have a flush draw with a straight draw and middle pair. I think about betting, but decide to check. It's checked around. Checked around on the river and I take the small pot to give me the chip lead.
- I lose a small pot with A5 against AA when he tried to slow play and the board got too scary for him to do anything.
- Tournament play is boring and slow. I was playing some $2/4 short handed on Stars, but decided to focus on this tournament. Not a lot of action so far.
- Uninvolved in a hand, I became 2nd in chips. Dude won a nice pot and took the chip lead.
- I raise with AJ from MP and take the blinds.
- Still 19 players, but there are quite a few short stacks. Avg is 6200, but there are 12 out of 19 below that. Most of those are extremely below that.
- We get one to bite the dust on our table. AJ rivered 2 pair, but lost to a set of 5's.
- Some asshole is stalling even though it's hand for hand.
- I try to steal from the button with KT offsuit. BB reraises 1000, I call. Flop came A,3,5. He checks, I bet 1200 as a stab. He folds. I'm back in the chip lead.
- I raise with QJ offsuit from late-middle position and take the blinds.
- I just noticed that this was a rebuy tournament. Shows you how much attention I paid at the beginning of this thing. Guess what? I didn't have any rebuys :)
- Another one bites the dust at our table. However, I've moved to 2nd in chips with 17 remaining.
- Chip leader went for a blind steal, but I called with QK suited on the button. Flop was all rags. He bet small. I raised and he folded. I'm back in the chip lead.
- They ain't doing shit on that other table.
- Down to 16. 55 lost to 66, I'm 2nd in chips as a result though.
- 15 remaining. I'm 3rd in chips. I'm not losing any, but the 2nd and 3rd place guys are just knocking people out. It's a close battle at the top though.
- Agggh. These people suck. Dude has the damn nuts and a short stack reraises him. The bigger stack doesn't put the short stack all in, he just called.
- I lost a small pot with the chip leader. His J8 beat my KJ. Still 3rd in chips though.
- Down to 14. 3rd in chips.
- Down to 13, AK beat AQ on the other table. Chip leader also had his KK cracked, but lost less than he should have. It's a 3 way battle at the top.
- I just won a very nice pot when I rivered a flush against a couple limpers. One of those limpers happened to be the chip leader with KK. They kept min betting, then I put in a huge raise on the river with the nuts and chip leader called. I'm new chip leader and have almost 2 to 1 advantage on 2nd.
- AK beats A3 and we are down to 12. I'm still 1st in chips, but the gap was closed after that last hand. 4 more til the money.
- I'm 2nd in chips. Chip leader is on the other table. He only has a couple on me.
- Down to 12. 2nd in chips.
- Down to the final table. I'm not sure where #11 went, but I don't care. 2 more til the money. I'm barely in 2nd place behind the chip leader.
- Still 10 left. Things are going slow and I'm card dead. I did get one blind steal with K5 suited from the CO. I'm still 2nd in chips though and the chip leader is on my right and he is a DONK! At least I got good position.
- I regained the chip lead when I caught a king high flush with 4 spades on the board. I should have won more, but I was playing it careful.
- Before I got the above typed I lost the chip lead when 2nd won a hand. However, I regained it by coming over the top of donkey 3rd place with KT suited when he tried a blind steal from the CO.
- By the way, we are down to 9. It's been like that for a while. 1 more til the money. There are 3 extremely small stacks. I'm gonna play it safe. Folded 55 from UTG. Of course the flop brought a 5.
- 2nd in chips again. Damn I'm starving.
- In the money. 8 left.
- Down to 7. I just won a coin flip with AK vs 99. I'm leader again.
- I just missed a chance to eliminate a guy. He limped and I checked from BB with 4-2 off. He had less than 1/2 a bet remaining. I put him all in. He called with KJ and I caught a 2 on the turn. He caught a J on the river.
- I had drifted back to 2nd in chips, but made a move on the chip leader with pocket 6's and it worked out. Back in the lead.
- All in from small stack, 2nd in chips calls, small stack win.
- big hand transpired between 2nd and 3rd in chips. 2nd just took 2/3 of 3rd's stack. Now I'm 2nd in chips.
- Down to 6. 2nd in chips.
- Almost even at top of chips. Had pocket 8's in the small blind. Chip leader limped from the button (he's a donk). I raise to 6 times BB. He calls. I push on a 7 high flop and take it down.
- Empire is getting ready to fuck up. My client is getting very slow for some reason.
- I just lost a pot to the chip leader. I'm still 2nd in chips though.
- Only the me and the chip leader have over 10,000 in chips. He has 59,000, I have 32,000.
- Down to 5 as teh chip leader takes another one out. He's playing every hand and catching cards right now. This will be tough. He's min raising every hand too. I'm gonna get that douche.
- This thing has been running 4 hours and only 50 entries. Rebuy tournaments suck. Even if you don't know it's a rebuy tournament.
- small stack went all in with AJ, BB went all in with 10J. AJ held up. Still at 5 people
- Small stack goes in, chip leader calls with better hand. Small stack catches a boat.
- I take out the 5th place guy when my A7 suited holds up against his K9.
- Down to 4. 2nd in chips. 2 small stacks.
- bridge between me and the chip leader has dwindled to almost nothing.
- I'm new chip leader after I hit a straight against chip leader's 2 pair.
- Down to 3, I'm 1st in chips.
- Still 3 left, I'm still the chip leader and punishing.
- 2 left. My QQ beat 10-10.
- 2.5 to 1 advantag in chips.
- I kept dwindling his chipstack until this hand:
#Game No : 2855117082
***** Hand History for Game 2855117082 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:16461095 Level:13 Blinds (750/1500) - Sunday, October 16, 15:30:01 EDT 2005
Table $1500 Daily Guaranteed(485330) Table #1 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 1: st0rballe ( $20746 )
Seat 2: GodsmackBLS ( $97754 )
Trny:16461095 Level:13
Blinds (750/1500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to GodsmackBLS [ Qd 6d ]
GodsmackBLS raises [3850].
st0rballe calls [3100].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, 4s, 6h ]
st0rballe checks.
GodsmackBLS bets [21900].
st0rballe is all-In [16146]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
GodsmackBLS shows [ Qd, 6d ] two pairs, eights and sixes.
st0rballe shows [ Th, 4h ] two pairs, eights and fours.
GodsmackBLS wins 5754 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, eights and sixes.
GodsmackBLS wins 41492 chips from the main pot with two pairs, eights and sixes.
Congratulations to player GodsmackBLS for winning tournament $1500 Daily Guaranteed
Player st0rballe finished in 2 place and received $520
Player GodsmackBLS finished in 1 place and received $780
st0rballe has left the table.
GodsmackBLS has left the table.
Victory is mine!
That's MTT victory #2 for me. Victory #1 came some time last year after I busted out on the 2nd hand of a blogger tournament.
It's time to clean myself up and hit the grocery store. I'm fucking starving.