First hand of the night

djgolfcan

This is literally the very first hand I played tonight. Should I even bother playing any more ?

PokerStars Game #72230322442: Tournament #551011344, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (40/80) - 2011/12/15 18:30:09 ET
Table '551011344 24' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: kriek77 (4930 in chips)
Seat 2: Rbownds (2120 in chips)
Seat 3: Anjou1987 (3820 in chips)
Seat 4: claudiu19563 (3185 in chips)
Seat 5: JCMM0000 (3715 in chips)
Seat 6: Whoabidoo (2330 in chips)
Seat 7: djgolfcan (3000 in chips)
Seat 8: nzrats (6770 in chips)
Seat 9: RichRiu4 (5085 in chips)
kriek77: posts the ante 10
Rbownds: posts the ante 10
Anjou1987: posts the ante 10
claudiu19563: posts the ante 10
JCMM0000: posts the ante 10
Whoabidoo: posts the ante 10
djgolfcan: posts the ante 10
nzrats: posts the ante 10
RichRiu4: posts the ante 10
kriek77: posts small blind 40
Rbownds: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to djgolfcan [Js Jh]
Anjou1987: folds
claudiu19563: folds
JCMM0000: calls 80
Whoabidoo: calls 80
djgolfcan: raises 320 to 400
nzrats: folds
RichRiu4: folds
kriek77: folds
Rbownds: folds
JCMM0000: folds
Whoabidoo: calls 320
*** FLOP *** [2h 4h 9s]
Whoabidoo: bets 545
djgolfcan: raises 2045 to 2590 and is all-in
Whoabidoo: calls 1375 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (670) returned to djgolfcan
*** TURN *** [2h 4h 9s] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [2h 4h 9s 3s] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Whoabidoo: shows [Qd 9d] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
djgolfcan: shows [Js Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
Whoabidoo collected 4930 from pot

djgolfcan

then this beauty, in another tourney, almost same exact scenario.
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PokerStars Game #72231148734: Tournament #551010754, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2011/12/15 18:47:02 ET
Table '551010754 43' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Sattoga (4825 in chips)
Seat 2: BigWilli007 (3419 in chips)
Seat 3: ratajpoker (5299 in chips)
Seat 4: Struma270 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: sr_peligro (2199 in chips)
Seat 6: FIVES SQUARE (5406 in chips)
Seat 7: slidan1337 (12005 in chips)
Seat 8: djgolfcan (2788 in chips)
Seat 9: wongsifu1 (2788 in chips)
BigWilli007: posts small blind 50
ratajpoker: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to djgolfcan [Qs Qh]
Struma270: folds
sr_peligro: calls 100
FIVES SQUARE: folds
slidan1337: folds
djgolfcan: raises 300 to 400
wongsifu1: folds
Sattoga: folds
BigWilli007: calls 350
ratajpoker: folds
sr_peligro: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [3d 9d Tc]
BigWilli007: checks
sr_peligro: checks
djgolfcan: bets 1000
BigWilli007: folds
sr_peligro: raises 799 to 1799 and is all-in
djgolfcan: calls 799
*** TURN *** [3d 9d Tc] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [3d 9d Tc 7h] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sr_peligro: shows [9h Kd] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
djgolfcan: shows [Qs Qh] (a pair of Queens)
sr_peligro collected 4898 from pot

Milo

Why wouldn't you keep playing? You were miles ahead both times when the chips went in . . . nothing else matters after that.

djgolfcan

Milo;290517 wroteWhy wouldn't you keep playing? You were miles ahead both times when the chips went in . . . nothing else matters after that.

It would be nice to be rewarded, getting it in as a huge favourite. I am in a good mood tonight and was feeling really confident that I was going to play well. It would be nice to run good, while playing well.

Milo

But you WERE rewarded. Both donkeys got their chips in as substantial dogs . . . after that it is out of your hands. Keep making the right decisions and the $$$ will follow.

trigs

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