The secret to winning poker tournaments

SirWatts

You really would like to win a pot like this one, I hear 40K with 200/400 blinds is good. It doesn't guarantee you the win, but it sure doesn't hurt. Sorry if this is bad beat like but what a hand.

Seat 1: limobiz (12380 in chips)
Seat 2: SirWatts (12463 in chips)
Seat 3: txholdemred (13505 in chips)
Seat 4: JARussell (2800 in chips)
Seat 5: rvitt (15480 in chips)
Seat 6: bheinima (15940 in chips)
Seat 7: foldumnow (39984 in chips)
Seat 8: TroyLay (6697 in chips)
Seat 9: jenn76 (10990 in chips)
limobiz: posts the ante 25
SirWatts: posts the ante 25
txholdemred: posts the ante 25
JARussell: posts the ante 25
rvitt: posts the ante 25
bheinima: posts the ante 25
foldumnow: posts the ante 25
TroyLay: posts the ante 25
jenn76: posts the ante 25
jenn76: posts small blind 200
limobiz: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Ks As]
SirWatts: raises 800 to 1200
txholdemred: folds
JARussell: folds
rvitt: folds
bheinima: calls 1200
foldumnow: folds
TroyLay: folds
jenn76: calls 1000
limobiz: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s Ts Js]
jenn76: checks
SirWatts: bets 2000
bheinima: raises 12715 to 14715 and is all-in
jenn76: calls 9765 and is all-in
SirWatts: calls 9238 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [9s Ts Js] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [9s Ts Js 9c] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SirWatts: shows [Ks As] (a flush, Ace high)
bheinima: shows [Jh Jc] (a full house, Jacks full of Nines)
bheinima collected 2946 from side pot
jenn76: shows [Kd Qh] (a straight, Nine to King)
limobiz said, "vnh"
bheinima collected 33520 from main pot
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*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 36466 Main pot 33520. Side pot 2946. | Rake 0
Board [9s Ts Js 9c 6d]
Seat 1: limobiz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: SirWatts showed [Ks As] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: txholdemred folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: JARussell folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: rvitt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bheinima showed [Jh Jc] and won (36466) with a full house, Jacks full of Nines
Seat 7: foldumnow folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: TroyLay (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jenn76 (small blind) showed [Kd Qh] and lost with a straight, Nine to King

the_main

wouldve been nice to take that one down, tough luck

you cant fault his play too much though - with top trips, i would like to think id raise to 6k on the turn, then get out of the way after the fireworks .... but id probably call

SirWatts

I think my favourite part is that all those chips got into the pot in less than 5 seconds, once I made my initial 2K bet the 3 allins happened almost instantaneously. I think everyone played the hand right, the set of jacks can't put anyone on a a better hand, and while waiting for the turn and then pushing is often a good idea there are just too many scary cards that can come off I think, and even against a 15 out draw he is a nice favourite because of his redraw. In the situation as it was he was getting the right odds to draw to a full house anyways.

cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Qd Kh 0 0.00 902 99.89 1 0.11 0.000
As Ks 589 65.23 313 34.66 1 0.11 0.653
Jc Jd 313 34.66 589 65.23 1 0.11 0.347

Tilter

Qs on the river would have looked nice. tough luck.

SirWatts

Yeah that'd be a bit too sick, even for pokerstars

Zithal

Yeah, can't fault him too much. If someone's got the made flush, he's got 7 outs on the turn, and is redrawing to 10 outs on the river if he misses. Plus, assuming someone's drawing to a 4 card flush, he needs to kill thier odds right there and then.

BBC Z

Yeah, can't fault him too much.

You can't fault him at all.