Sunday, October 23, 2005
Results of the official blogger tournament:
Lee Jones: 2
Me: 0
I bubbled out of the prizes taking 138th place. I started off well at my first table. I was fortunate enough to get a table where nobody knew what they were doing. One guy was king donkey and I put my sights on him. I ended up taking 3 big pots off this guy. Here are the hands:
Hand #1:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter
Button (t1805)
SB (t1900)
BB (t1680)
Hero (t1620)
UTG+1 (t1670)
MP1 (t1890)
MP2 (t1615)
MP3 (t2220)
CO (t3600)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with As, Qd.
Hero raises to t120, 4 folds, CO calls t120, 2 folds, BB calls t90.
Flop: (t375) Ad, 5h, Ts (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t300, CO raises to t600, BB folds, Hero raises to t1500, CO calls t900.
Turn: (t3375) Tc (2 players)
River: (t3375) 8s (2 players)
Final Pot: t3375
Results in white below:
Hero has As Qd (two pair, aces and tens).
CO has Ac 2d (two pair, aces and tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t3375.
Here's the 2nd nice pot:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter
UTG+1 (t1820)
MP1 (t1870)
MP2 (t1740)
Hero (t3510)
CO (t2820)
Button (t3387)
SB (t1725)
BB (t1985)
UTG (t2783)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 2s, 2c.
UTG calls t50, 3 folds, Hero calls t50, 3 folds, BB checks.
Flop: (t175) Th, 2d, Jd (3 players)
BB checks, UTG bets t50, Hero raises to t250, BB folds, UTG calls t200.
Turn: (t675) Qc (2 players)
UTG bets t500, Hero raises to t3210, UTG folds.
Final Pot: t4385
Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t4385.
And finally hand #3 where I put him out of his misery:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter
BB (t1820)
UTG (t1870)
UTG+1 (t1965)
Hero (t4385)
MP2 (t2820)
MP3 (t3237)
CO (t1700)
Button (t1910)
SB (t1933)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with Ks, Kh.
2 folds, Hero raises to t250, 4 folds, SB raises to t450, 1 fold, Hero raises to t4385, SB calls t1483 (All-In).
Flop: (t6368) 7c, 8d, 2d (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t6368) 5h (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t6368) 5d (2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t6368
Results in white below:
SB has Th Ad (one pair, fives).
Hero has Ks Kh (two pair, kings and fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t6368.
Here's my next important hand. I had a lot of outs on the river to take a nice pot:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter
Button (t1540)
SB (t1490)
Hero (t5293)
UTG (t5945)
UTG+1 (t1515)
MP1 (t4685)
MP2 (t1505)
MP3 (t1535)
CO (t3700)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 9s, Qs.
UTG raises to t200, 7 folds, Hero calls t150.
Flop: (t425) Td, 6s, As (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t300, Hero calls t300.
Turn: (t1025) 8d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t400, Hero calls t400.
River: (t1825) 7h (2 players)
Hero bets t1450, UTG calls t1450.
Final Pot: t4725
Results in white below:
Hero has 9s Qs (straight, ten high).
UTG has Qd Ac (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t4725.
I forgot to copy the hand history, but my only mistake of the tournament which I have a hard time playing differently is when I raised pre-flop, cold called by the small blind. flop came A,K,Q. We get it all in and he turns of AK for top two pair.
The next pot was only a couple hands later. I had tried stealing on this table a few times and each time, the guy on my left came over the top on me. I figured he was bluffing, but I couldn't call. I had also seen him bluff at a lot of pots by check raising the flop. Now lets see the hand:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed) converter
MP1 (t34811)
MP2 (t3740)
MP3 (t5720)
Hero (t6668)
Button (t8595)
SB (t4520)
BB (t2020)
UTG (t6040)
UTG+1 (t10280)
Preflop: Hero is CO with 5h, Ah.
5 folds, Hero raises to t1200, 1 fold, SB calls t1000, 1 fold.
Flop: (t2400) Qd, 5s, 9h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t1200, SB raises to t3295, Hero calls t2095.
Turn: (t8990) 4s (2 players)
River: (t8990) 2d (2 players)
Final Pot: t8990
Results in white below:
SB has Ac Tc (high card, ace).
Hero has 5h Ah (one pair, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins t8990.
I thought that was a pretty sick read to call that all in on the flop. I was pretty much putting the whole tournament on the line with my read.
Then started my demise. I got put at a table with one of the chip leaders. He was an aggressive donkey raising every other hand. I patiently waited for a hand, but it never came. Then Lee Jones apparently showed up to work, saw me prospering, proceeded to kick me in the nuts:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (9 handed) converter
CO (t34986)
Button (t5200)
SB (t2495)
Hero (t11563)
UTG (t15000)
UTG+1 (t3998)
MP1 (t4560)
MP2 (t18855)
MP3 (t8380)
Preflop: Hero is BB with Qs, Qc.
UTG calls t600, 2 folds, MP2 raises to t2400, 2 folds, Button raises to t5150, 1 fold, Hero raises to t11513, UTG folds, MP2 folds.
Flop: (t19963) 8c, 9d, 7h (2 players)
Turn: (t19963) Tc (2 players)
River: (t19963) Th (2 players)
Final Pot: t19963
Results in white below:
Hero has Qs Qc (two pair, queens and tens).
Button has Kd Js (straight, jack high).
Outcome: Button wins t19963.
However, 2 hands later, I got this hand:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (9 handed) converter
UTG+1 (t36136)
MP1 (t13900)
MP2 (t3945)
Hero (t5913)
CO (t13300)
Button (t2298)
SB (t3760)
BB (t17605)
UTG (t8180)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 7d, 7s.
4 folds, Hero raises to t1800, 1 fold, Button raises to t2248, 2 folds, Hero calls t448.
Flop: (t4846) Kh, 9s, Qs (2 players)
Turn: (t4846) Qc (2 players)
River: (t4846) 7h (2 players)
Final Pot: t4846
Results in white below:
Hero has 7d 7s (full house, sevens full of queens).
Button has Ah Ts (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t4846.
However, it was not to be. I got cold decked and blinded down from there. I made my final stand and was shot down as a 4 to 1 favorite:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (8 handed) converter
UTG (t48526)
UTG+1 (t13075)
MP1 (t11244)
Hero (t4836)
CO (t13350)
Button (t13715)
SB (t19230)
BB (t27195)
Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 7s, 7d.
3 folds, Hero raises to t4761, 3 folds, BB calls t3561.
Flop: (t8847) Ah, Kh, 5d (2 players)
Turn: (t8847) 8h (2 players)
River: (t8847) 6h (2 players)
Final Pot: t8847
Results in white below:
BB has 5s 5h (flush, ace high).
Hero has 7s 7d (one pair, sevens).
Outcome: BB wins t8847.
Basically, I played near perfect poker. The best I've played in a while. However, Lee Jones loves to torture me.
I really wanted an Xbox 360.