A final table with SirWatts
I like reading stories about big scores and close misses, so here's mine from last night, hopefully you'll enjoy it.
This is probably gonna get long because it's really late and I'll probably get to rambling. 109 NL on Stars. OK first the random luckiness that leads to all final tables.
Seat 1: Smack13x (18199 in chips)
Seat 2: GWat01 (5908 in chips)
Seat 3: PlayaPlz (7211 in chips)
Seat 4: iMsoLucky0 (13769 in chips)
Seat 5: tyson219 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (5410 in chips)
Seat 7: gables300 (6573 in chips)
Seat 8: isaacp (7736 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (11516 in chips)
gables300: posts small blind 300
isaacp: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Th Qh]
folded to me on button
SirWatts: raises 1200 to 1800
gables300: raises 4723 to 6523 and is all-in
isaacp: folds
Crap, I thought I could get away if this happened but doing math in your head as you enter a raise at 3:30 am mistakes can happen. He doesn't need much to do this, I"m pot committed. I should either raise less so I can actually fold to a reraise or just push and hope no one has the nerve or hand to call.
SirWatts: calls 3560 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [9s 3d Qc]
*** TURN *** [9s 3d Qc] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9s 3d Qc 6c] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gables300: shows [As 7s] (high card Ace)
SirWatts: shows [Th Qh] (a pair of Queens)
SirWatts collected 11770 from pot
Yes there are donkeys (other than me) in the 109 buyins:
Seat 1: Smack13x (20499 in chips)
Seat 3: PlayaPlz (7161 in chips)
Seat 4: iMsoLucky0 (14119 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (10520 in chips)
Seat 8: isaacp (7136 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (12529 in chips)
isaacp: posts small blind 300
tonyplo: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Ah Ac]
Smack13x: folds
PlayaPlz: folds
iMsoLucky0: raises 11400 to 12000
SirWatts: calls 10470 and is all-in
isaacp: folds
tonyplo: folds
*** FLOP *** [7c 4h 5s]
*** TURN *** [7c 4h 5s] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [7c 4h 5s 5h] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
iMsoLucky0: shows (a pair of Fives)
SirWatts: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
SirWatts collected 22140 from pot
A gift, wow.
PokerStars Game #2456733510: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (1000/2000) - 2005/08/30 - 03:59:17 (ET)
Table '11805443 17' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: SammyBenz (15602 in chips)
Seat 2: Stats1 (42332 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (50505 in chips)
Seat 5: muledave (22984 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (18640 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (34441 in chips)
SammyBenz: posts the ante 100
SammyBenz: posts small blind 1000
Stats1: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Qh Ac]
JBOCCO: folds
muledave: raises 20884 to 22884 and is all-in
SirWatts: calls 18540 and is all-in
tonyplo: folds
SammyBenz: folds
Stats1: folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 5s Ad]
*** TURN *** [2h 5s Ad] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [2h 5s Ad 9d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
muledave: shows [Qd Qc] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
SirWatts: shows [Qh Ac] (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
SirWatts collected 40680 from pot
This was a very loose call, I would normally fold here. The table had been somehwat recjkess and I thought my hand was good this time. OK on to the final table as promised. First key hand.
PokerStars Game #2456804770: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1500/3000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:26:43 (ET)
Table '11805443 17' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: Stats1 (52355 in chips)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (49316 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (39055 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (148028 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (24330 in chips)
Seat 8: Dgamf (35269 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (53647 in chips)
Stats1: posts the ante 150
$NaUd$: posts the ante 150
JBOCCO: posts the ante 150
gthumb: posts the ante 150
SirWatts: posts the ante 150
Dgamf: posts the ante 150
tonyplo: posts the ante 150
Dgamf: posts small blind 1500
tonyplo: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [9h 9c]
$NaUd$: raises 3000 to 6000
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: calls 6000
SirWatts: raises 18180 to 24180 and is all-in
Dgamf: folds
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: folds
gthumb: calls 18180
*** FLOP *** [4d 4h 8d]
*** TURN *** [4d 4h 8d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [4d 4h 8d Jd] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb: shows [Ac Td] (a pair of Fours)
SirWatts: shows [9h 9c] (two pair, Nines and Fours)
SirWatts collected 59910 from pot
This next hand is VERY marginal. gthumb has basically been spewing chips most of the FT playing quite recklessly.
PokerStars Game #2456820510: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1500/3000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:33:02 (ET)
Seat 2: Stats1 (65555 in chips)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (26032 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (33205 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (119048 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (47344 in chips)
Seat 8: Dgamf (27919 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (82897 in chips)
Stats1: posts the ante 150
$NaUd$: posts the ante 150
JBOCCO: posts the ante 150
gthumb: posts the ante 150
SirWatts: posts the ante 150
Dgamf: posts the ante 150
tonyplo: posts the ante 150
Stats1: posts small blind 1500
$NaUd$: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Qs Kd]
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: calls 3000
very suspicious, but he's been a bit crazy
SirWatts: raises 6000 to 9000
a smallish raise, i don't want to overcommit, I'm hoping to take the pot down on the flop with a continuation bet when he calls. Maybe overlimping is better but I really didn't think his limp meant true strength.
Dgamf: folds
tonyplo: folds
Stats1: folds
$NaUd$: folds
gthumb: raises 109898 to 118898 and is all-in
Ah crap. What I feared most. I just can't put him on a monster the way he's been playing, why not raise a monster, you've raised everything else.... Looks like 66 to me. I didn't come this far to fold into 6th or something.
SirWatts: calls 38194 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7s Kh 5d]
*** TURN *** [7s Kh 5d] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [7s Kh 5d 2h] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb: shows [Th Td] (a pair of Tens)
SirWatts: shows [Qs Kd] (a pair of Kings)
SirWatts collected 99938 from pot
He really did limp a (fairly) strong hand, I got lucky here. All of a sudden I'm the chip leader.
Now things get crazy. When we get down to 5 handed people start proposing a chop, At one point I have 100K and am 20-30K ahead of the other 4 (who are pretty even). A chop by chip count here would have to be +EV, since my extra chips will probably get me a few hundred extra if we chop by count, but they really aren't a big advantage in the tournament. Everyone seems to be in for it, but I decline. I hadn't even really looked at the numbers,. I try not to look at payouts because you can't play scared, i just concentrate on playing, and playing to win, though I knew what I just mentioned (the +EV thing), and I knew the deal would net me over 4K. That's a LOT of money for me. But I wanted to play. Not because I wanted the 7K for first, or because I thought I was a far stronger player, I JUST WANTED TO WIN. No more 3rds or 4ths. No more coming close and failing. So on we go.
PokerStars Game #2456850045: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:45:40 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (64014 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (68834 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (64267 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (102288 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (102597 in chips)
$JBOCCO: posts small blind 2000
gthumb: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Ac Kc]
SirWatts: raises 8000 to 12000
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: folds
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: raises 52067 to 64067 and is all-in
There is no way I can even think of folding this hand against this particular player, especially since I've folded to a fair # of reraises so far.
SirWatts: calls 52067
*** FLOP *** [4c 7d Kd]
*** TURN *** [4c 7d Kd] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [4c 7d Kd 4d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb: shows [4s 4h] (four of a kind, Fours)
SirWatts: shows [Ac Kc] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
gthumb collected 131134 from pot
How can I take a deal when this guy is trying to give his chips away?! I'm in bad shape now.
PokerStars Game #2456855034: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:47:58 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (99214 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (66034 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (124534 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (31421 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (80797 in chips)
$NaUd$: posts small blind 2000
JBOCCO: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [6s Ad]
gthumb: folds
SirWatts: raises 27221 to 31221 and is all-in
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: calls 29221
JBOCCO: raises 34613 to 65834 and is all-in
$NaUd$: calls 34613
*** FLOP *** [3d 3c Qc]
SirWatts said, "hmm"
*** TURN *** [3d 3c Qc] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [3d 3c Qc 2h] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
$NaUd$: shows [Ac Jh] (a pair of Threes)
JBOCCO: shows [Ah Ks] (a pair of Threes - King kicker)
JBOCCO collected 69226 from side pot
SirWatts: shows [6s Ad] (two pair, Sixes and Threes)
gthumb said, "wow"
SirWatts collected 94663 from main pot
Just sick, I'm right back where I was.
PokerStars Game #2456862247: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:51:22 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (18180 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (69226 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (131334 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (75663 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (107597 in chips)
JBOCCO: posts small blind 2000
gthumb: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Jh Jd]
SirWatts: raises 8000 to 12000
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: folds
JBOCCO: raises 57026 to 69026 and is all-in
gthumb: folds
snauds is on a terribly shortstack, i could prboably fold and wait him out with ease to move up a spot. The player who reraised me actually seemed fairly solid, but the aggression level at the table (both mine and everyone else's) is way too high to fold a hand this big i think.
SirWatts: calls 57026
*** FLOP *** [8h 6s Ah]
*** TURN *** [8h 6s Ah] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [8h 6s Ah Qd] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JBOCCO: shows [Ks Ad] (a pair of Aces)
SirWatts: shows [Jh Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
JBOCCO collected 143052 from pot
I'm really crippled this time, and BB next hand, no waiting out snauds now.
PokerStars Game #2456863966: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:52:11 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (17980 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (143052 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (127134 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (6437 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (107397 in chips)
gthumb: posts small blind 2000
SirWatts: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [9s Jc]
tonyplo: raises 4000 to 8000
$NaUd$: folds
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: calls 6000
SirWatts: calls 2237 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7h 9d 9h]
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
gthumb: bets 8000
tonyplo: folds
gthumb said, "wow"
gthumb: shows [7c Ah]
*** TURN *** [7h 9d 9h] [Qh]
I hate you..
*** RIVER *** [7h 9d 9h Qh] [4h]
Lee Jones....
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb collected 3526 from side pot
SirWatts: shows [9s Jc] (three of a kind, Nines)
gthumb collected 19711 from main pot
I made 1600 for my trouble, that's signifcantly less than 4500 by the way. I think I'm supposed to care, but I really don't, even now after the fact. I played great Dammit now I just sound like Matusow doing post WSOP interviews. Anyways that's my story, I think I've come down from the rush enough to go to sleep now. Comments on all hands are welcome and appreciated as always. Call me a lucky donkey or whatever. Still got a bit of time before school starts to get my first big NL MTT win. (I have a limit holdem win and a stud H/L win somehow?) . Making up for that 3 grand would be ok too.
On another note:
Harthgosh: Sorry I couldn't bust JJ for you guys in the 109 PL Holdem earlier today, I misplayed a hand and the other guy ended up making a pretty nice call on me.
This is probably gonna get long because it's really late and I'll probably get to rambling. 109 NL on Stars. OK first the random luckiness that leads to all final tables.
Seat 1: Smack13x (18199 in chips)
Seat 2: GWat01 (5908 in chips)
Seat 3: PlayaPlz (7211 in chips)
Seat 4: iMsoLucky0 (13769 in chips)
Seat 5: tyson219 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (5410 in chips)
Seat 7: gables300 (6573 in chips)
Seat 8: isaacp (7736 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (11516 in chips)
gables300: posts small blind 300
isaacp: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Th Qh]
folded to me on button
SirWatts: raises 1200 to 1800
gables300: raises 4723 to 6523 and is all-in
isaacp: folds
Crap, I thought I could get away if this happened but doing math in your head as you enter a raise at 3:30 am mistakes can happen. He doesn't need much to do this, I"m pot committed. I should either raise less so I can actually fold to a reraise or just push and hope no one has the nerve or hand to call.
SirWatts: calls 3560 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [9s 3d Qc]
*** TURN *** [9s 3d Qc] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9s 3d Qc 6c] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gables300: shows [As 7s] (high card Ace)
SirWatts: shows [Th Qh] (a pair of Queens)
SirWatts collected 11770 from pot
Yes there are donkeys (other than me) in the 109 buyins:
Seat 1: Smack13x (20499 in chips)
Seat 3: PlayaPlz (7161 in chips)
Seat 4: iMsoLucky0 (14119 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (10520 in chips)
Seat 8: isaacp (7136 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (12529 in chips)
isaacp: posts small blind 300
tonyplo: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Ah Ac]
Smack13x: folds
PlayaPlz: folds
iMsoLucky0: raises 11400 to 12000
SirWatts: calls 10470 and is all-in
isaacp: folds
tonyplo: folds
*** FLOP *** [7c 4h 5s]
*** TURN *** [7c 4h 5s] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [7c 4h 5s 5h] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
iMsoLucky0: shows (a pair of Fives)
SirWatts: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
SirWatts collected 22140 from pot
A gift, wow.
PokerStars Game #2456733510: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (1000/2000) - 2005/08/30 - 03:59:17 (ET)
Table '11805443 17' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: SammyBenz (15602 in chips)
Seat 2: Stats1 (42332 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (50505 in chips)
Seat 5: muledave (22984 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (18640 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (34441 in chips)
SammyBenz: posts the ante 100
SammyBenz: posts small blind 1000
Stats1: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Qh Ac]
JBOCCO: folds
muledave: raises 20884 to 22884 and is all-in
SirWatts: calls 18540 and is all-in
tonyplo: folds
SammyBenz: folds
Stats1: folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 5s Ad]
*** TURN *** [2h 5s Ad] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [2h 5s Ad 9d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
muledave: shows [Qd Qc] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
SirWatts: shows [Qh Ac] (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
SirWatts collected 40680 from pot
This was a very loose call, I would normally fold here. The table had been somehwat recjkess and I thought my hand was good this time. OK on to the final table as promised. First key hand.
PokerStars Game #2456804770: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1500/3000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:26:43 (ET)
Table '11805443 17' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: Stats1 (52355 in chips)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (49316 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (39055 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (148028 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (24330 in chips)
Seat 8: Dgamf (35269 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (53647 in chips)
Stats1: posts the ante 150
$NaUd$: posts the ante 150
JBOCCO: posts the ante 150
gthumb: posts the ante 150
SirWatts: posts the ante 150
Dgamf: posts the ante 150
tonyplo: posts the ante 150
Dgamf: posts small blind 1500
tonyplo: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [9h 9c]
$NaUd$: raises 3000 to 6000
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: calls 6000
SirWatts: raises 18180 to 24180 and is all-in
Dgamf: folds
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: folds
gthumb: calls 18180
*** FLOP *** [4d 4h 8d]
*** TURN *** [4d 4h 8d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [4d 4h 8d Jd] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb: shows [Ac Td] (a pair of Fours)
SirWatts: shows [9h 9c] (two pair, Nines and Fours)
SirWatts collected 59910 from pot
This next hand is VERY marginal. gthumb has basically been spewing chips most of the FT playing quite recklessly.
PokerStars Game #2456820510: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1500/3000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:33:02 (ET)
Seat 2: Stats1 (65555 in chips)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (26032 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (33205 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (119048 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (47344 in chips)
Seat 8: Dgamf (27919 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (82897 in chips)
Stats1: posts the ante 150
$NaUd$: posts the ante 150
JBOCCO: posts the ante 150
gthumb: posts the ante 150
SirWatts: posts the ante 150
Dgamf: posts the ante 150
tonyplo: posts the ante 150
Stats1: posts small blind 1500
$NaUd$: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Qs Kd]
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: calls 3000
very suspicious, but he's been a bit crazy
SirWatts: raises 6000 to 9000
a smallish raise, i don't want to overcommit, I'm hoping to take the pot down on the flop with a continuation bet when he calls. Maybe overlimping is better but I really didn't think his limp meant true strength.
Dgamf: folds
tonyplo: folds
Stats1: folds
$NaUd$: folds
gthumb: raises 109898 to 118898 and is all-in
Ah crap. What I feared most. I just can't put him on a monster the way he's been playing, why not raise a monster, you've raised everything else.... Looks like 66 to me. I didn't come this far to fold into 6th or something.
SirWatts: calls 38194 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7s Kh 5d]
*** TURN *** [7s Kh 5d] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [7s Kh 5d 2h] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb: shows [Th Td] (a pair of Tens)
SirWatts: shows [Qs Kd] (a pair of Kings)
SirWatts collected 99938 from pot
He really did limp a (fairly) strong hand, I got lucky here. All of a sudden I'm the chip leader.
Now things get crazy. When we get down to 5 handed people start proposing a chop, At one point I have 100K and am 20-30K ahead of the other 4 (who are pretty even). A chop by chip count here would have to be +EV, since my extra chips will probably get me a few hundred extra if we chop by count, but they really aren't a big advantage in the tournament. Everyone seems to be in for it, but I decline. I hadn't even really looked at the numbers,. I try not to look at payouts because you can't play scared, i just concentrate on playing, and playing to win, though I knew what I just mentioned (the +EV thing), and I knew the deal would net me over 4K. That's a LOT of money for me. But I wanted to play. Not because I wanted the 7K for first, or because I thought I was a far stronger player, I JUST WANTED TO WIN. No more 3rds or 4ths. No more coming close and failing. So on we go.
PokerStars Game #2456850045: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:45:40 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (64014 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (68834 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (64267 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (102288 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (102597 in chips)
$JBOCCO: posts small blind 2000
gthumb: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Ac Kc]
SirWatts: raises 8000 to 12000
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: folds
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: raises 52067 to 64067 and is all-in
There is no way I can even think of folding this hand against this particular player, especially since I've folded to a fair # of reraises so far.
SirWatts: calls 52067
*** FLOP *** [4c 7d Kd]
*** TURN *** [4c 7d Kd] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [4c 7d Kd 4d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb: shows [4s 4h] (four of a kind, Fours)
SirWatts: shows [Ac Kc] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
gthumb collected 131134 from pot
How can I take a deal when this guy is trying to give his chips away?! I'm in bad shape now.
PokerStars Game #2456855034: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:47:58 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (99214 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (66034 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (124534 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (31421 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (80797 in chips)
$NaUd$: posts small blind 2000
JBOCCO: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [6s Ad]
gthumb: folds
SirWatts: raises 27221 to 31221 and is all-in
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: calls 29221
JBOCCO: raises 34613 to 65834 and is all-in
$NaUd$: calls 34613
*** FLOP *** [3d 3c Qc]
SirWatts said, "hmm"
*** TURN *** [3d 3c Qc] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [3d 3c Qc 2h] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
$NaUd$: shows [Ac Jh] (a pair of Threes)
JBOCCO: shows [Ah Ks] (a pair of Threes - King kicker)
JBOCCO collected 69226 from side pot
SirWatts: shows [6s Ad] (two pair, Sixes and Threes)
gthumb said, "wow"
SirWatts collected 94663 from main pot
Just sick, I'm right back where I was.
PokerStars Game #2456862247: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:51:22 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (18180 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (69226 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (131334 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (75663 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (107597 in chips)
JBOCCO: posts small blind 2000
gthumb: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [Jh Jd]
SirWatts: raises 8000 to 12000
tonyplo: folds
$NaUd$: folds
JBOCCO: raises 57026 to 69026 and is all-in
gthumb: folds
snauds is on a terribly shortstack, i could prboably fold and wait him out with ease to move up a spot. The player who reraised me actually seemed fairly solid, but the aggression level at the table (both mine and everyone else's) is way too high to fold a hand this big i think.
SirWatts: calls 57026
*** FLOP *** [8h 6s Ah]
*** TURN *** [8h 6s Ah] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [8h 6s Ah Qd] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JBOCCO: shows [Ks Ad] (a pair of Aces)
SirWatts: shows [Jh Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
JBOCCO collected 143052 from pot
I'm really crippled this time, and BB next hand, no waiting out snauds now.
PokerStars Game #2456863966: Tournament #11805443, Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (2000/4000) - 2005/08/30 - 04:52:11 (ET)
Seat 3: $NaUd$ (17980 in chips)
Seat 4: JBOCCO (143052 in chips)
Seat 5: gthumb (127134 in chips)
Seat 6: SirWatts (6437 in chips)
Seat 9: tonyplo (107397 in chips)
gthumb: posts small blind 2000
SirWatts: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SirWatts [9s Jc]
tonyplo: raises 4000 to 8000
$NaUd$: folds
JBOCCO: folds
gthumb: calls 6000
SirWatts: calls 2237 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7h 9d 9h]
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
gthumb: bets 8000
tonyplo: folds
gthumb said, "wow"
gthumb: shows [7c Ah]
*** TURN *** [7h 9d 9h] [Qh]
I hate you..
*** RIVER *** [7h 9d 9h Qh] [4h]
Lee Jones....
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gthumb collected 3526 from side pot
SirWatts: shows [9s Jc] (three of a kind, Nines)
gthumb collected 19711 from main pot
I made 1600 for my trouble, that's signifcantly less than 4500 by the way. I think I'm supposed to care, but I really don't, even now after the fact. I played great Dammit now I just sound like Matusow doing post WSOP interviews. Anyways that's my story, I think I've come down from the rush enough to go to sleep now. Comments on all hands are welcome and appreciated as always. Call me a lucky donkey or whatever. Still got a bit of time before school starts to get my first big NL MTT win. (I have a limit holdem win and a stud H/L win somehow?) . Making up for that 3 grand would be ok too.
On another note:
Harthgosh: Sorry I couldn't bust JJ for you guys in the 109 PL Holdem earlier today, I misplayed a hand and the other guy ended up making a pretty nice call on me.
Comments
You should've shown some hands where you folded, b/c it seems like you were calling everything
I know these final tables get crazy with the escalating blinds, and most of the betting is done preflop - which I believe is a shame. I mean, you're at a final table, and this should be a chance to display your poker skills, not working on clicking the all in button.
For this particular reason, I'm in favour of taking a deal. If you want the 'win', leave 1k on the table or something. Everybody gets paid, and there is still something worth playing for.
On another note: I busted JJ twice this week for you HG
Busting JJ isnt an issue. Its giga we want to lose lose lose.
Ah I see. I think that hand was onthe bubble and he was just trying to make sure no one could play back at him figuring they probably wouldn't call off their chips without a monster. Still pretty reckless though.
True, I was doing a lot of that for a change. This was the WPT style replay of my tournament. I don't think I made any huge laydowns on the way, just a lot of steal attempts getting picked off with a reraise, or semi-legitimate raises with mediocre hands like AT/AJ getting popped all-in and having to fold. I might be forgetting some nice hands because it was kind of late. Normally I would probably fold the AQ vs QQ hand and KQ vs TT hand most of the time, and it's hard to argue against that being the right play in both cases (I really should have limped the KQ preflop, but I hate letting the blinds in, and I really felt he was making a move with a small-middle pair when he came over the top, and folding seemed like it weas gving up too much given the pot odds).
but gigabet isnt even close... ?
Nice job on the FT too... 1st is always elusive