This all happened with 8 hands. I was halved and then busted. The rebought and doubled up.
Dealt to Chris Jensen [Kd Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jefacrates: shows [Jd Ad] (three of a kind, Jacks)
johny ringo3: mucks hand
Chris Jensen: mucks hand
Jefacrates collected 4750 from pot
Dealt to Chris Jensen [Ah Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chris Jensen: shows [Ah Qd] (a pair of Jacks)
drpkatz: shows [Kd Qc] (a straight, Nine to King)
drpkatz collected 4250 from pot
Chris Jensen said, "weee"
Chris Jensen re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $10.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chris Jensen [Ac Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TAT1: shows [7c 7d] (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
Chris Jensen: shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Chris Jensen collected 3150 from pot
J3 (folded, flop came JJA)
42
34
103
J10 called BB missed flop big time
AQ folded when someone went allin then a caller KK vs 99, set of 9s won
75d. no betting rivered a flush +$750
J9 folded to an allin
K10 flop came K109 heads up he bets 1k I go allin for 4,300 he calls with AA I double up
A3
A9 folded to a big raise
A9
A4h- called BB folded to a bet
K4
84 in BB folded to a raise (blinds at 75/150)
J6
J5
68s
10 7 fold to an allin...crazy huh?
AQ call a raise of $600, fold to a bet of $4200
AK double up! now @$19,034 TCs
10 9 was BB ($200) someone goes allin for $400 I call and lose to 88
A7
57
J5
Q4
73
104
AK, it gets raised to 1000 (blinds are 100/200) flop comes J34, turn is a J, he checks I bet 3k he folds.
104 again
Stack: largest 49740, smallest 825, average 11211
Your current position is 50 out of 511
Time bank balance is 60 seconds
in 5 min blinds 200/400 ante 25
For more information see Tournament Lobby
I'm not in nearly as good position, but I just doubled up.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chris Jensen [7c 7h]
Jefacrates: calls 200
affi: calls 200
Murry: folds
baceolus: calls 200
TAT1: folds
smokerguy: folds
Chris Jensen: calls 200
drpkatz: calls 100
Pwalk15: folds
*** FLOP *** [9c 2h 2c]
drpkatz: checks
Jefacrates: checks
affi: checks
baceolus: checks
Chris Jensen: bets 200
drpkatz: folds
Jefacrates: folds
affi: calls 200
baceolus: folds
*** TURN *** [9c 2h 2c] [7d]
affi: checks
Chris Jensen: bets 200
affi: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [9c 2h 2c 7d] [Qd]
affi: checks
Chris Jensen: bets 1925 and is all-in
affi: calls 1925
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chris Jensen: shows [7c 7h] (a full house, Sevens full of Deuces)
affi: shows [Ks Qc] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
Chris Jensen collected 6075 from pot
Interesting part was my river bet... I didn't know if i should bet half the pot, the pot, or go all-in. What kind of bet would he call? The pot was already decent so I figured I'd try to double up.
blinds 100/200 ante of 25
93s in BB fold to a 1k raise
J4 in sb fold
10/5 fold
Q7 fold
A10 call minimum raise, guy behind me allin for 14k we fold
78 call bb flop KQ2 bet pot and steal it (getting respect, from having very few but profitable showdowns)
blinds now 200/400 ante 25
A10 call BB flop is 3 hearts I fold to a 1k bet with no heart
K5 fold
5/10 in bb folded to a raise
96 fold sb to a raise
95 fold
J2 I call an allin of 15k..just kidding, I actually folded.
84 fold to raise
J3 wow such crap. fold to a raise
74 fold
72 fold (sorry professor)
10/7 fold bb to a big raise
68 in sb fold to another damn raise (down to $18,994 in chips)
"Your current position is 84 out of 431"
AK I raise to 1800 and get a caller allin for 1600 he has k4 I take it when an A flops. (I now move tables for the first time)
AQ raise to 1500 2 callers flop is 822 fold to pot bet
AA raise to 3k (too much) and take the 600 in blinds..played horribly.
do I limp and hope for a limp raise?
A3 fold
53 fold
45 fold to a 2k raise
now a 5 min break
Stack: largest 77313, smallest 465, average 15318
Your current position is 79 out of 374
During current Hold'em session you were dealt 134 hands and saw flop:
- 7 out 13 times while in big blind (53%)
- 5 out 14 times while in small blind (35%)
- 33 out 107 times in other positions (30%)
- a total of 45 out of 134 (33%)
Pots won at showdown - 9 of 11 (81%)
Well, I also survived passed the second break. I'm a longshot but this is where anything can happen...
EDIT: Not today. Very shortstacked. Called with 55 and flop came down all paint KQJ so I folded. My last stand, KT, with the blinds two spots away (they would take 70% of my stack) went up against some aces. That kind of day.
JK in sb call minimum raise- flop 10 7 5 minimum bet of 600 is made with 3 callers, I make a stab at 2500 and get all callers. I check when a 5 hits the turn- fold to an allin bet...bad bad bad.
Q3
10/5
A5 fold to raise
K2 fold I have 2 bullies with huge stacks and they both have position on me.
J4 fold (moved to new table)
7/10
A3 fold in mid position guy right behind goes allin for 8k
A5 fold to 5k raise
Q10 spades call BB fold to a 2k bet when a k flops
63 fold down to 16,900 in chips not feeling so good
J6 in BB guy moves allin i kiss of 600
35 in sb...gee I miss a flop, fold to a pot bet with no pair or draw. I wish someone had raised so i could fold the sb
62 fold to raise of 8k
10/5
A6 fold to a 3k raise with a caller between
QJ I call a raise to 1200 b/c everyone has folded he bets minimum I call, with flop of 522 he bets again on turn i raise and steal
66 flop comes AK8 of hearts I fold to a 2500 bet
52 in BB hooray everyone folds to me!
Q8 in sb fold to 3k raise
84 fold
34 fold
A7 fold
9/10 fold to raise (flop comes QJ3) but my up and down missed. whew.
blinds 400/800
94 fold
" Your current position is 117 out of 265"
sigh. still around the 20k chip count...no real movement.
10/2 fold
66 heads up I bet pot on the turn when it pairs a 10 he folds
62 fold to a 7k raise
93 fold
84 fold
KK ummm this stank SHIT! but oddly enough with sidepot I end up where i started from BRUTAL (moved tables)
blinds 600/1200 $75 ante
96 fold to raise flop is K99 make a boat too on the river
A9 in sb fold to raise, flop QQ5
97 fold to raise
(missed recording a few hands chatting with my cheerleading squad)
J5 fold
65 fold
10/5 in BB fold to a nasty rais0r
35 in sb...can't get better than this
A5 fold to a raise
Q7 down to 16,600 in TCs 10k below average
44 fold to a 6k raise
73...this is hurting!
10/4
K5 in BB hooray have to fold to a 4k raise
blinds 1k/2k OUCH
82 in sb hooray! fold to an allin bet
78 fold
J10 fold to an allin bet
Q8 fold to 6k raise
K9 fold to 8k raise
10/5
63
K8 in BB no raise, miss the flop by a mile, fold to pot bet
Q10 in sb flop the str8 and double up to 25k in chips
Qj fold to allin bet
94 fold
" Your current position is 99 out of 153"
A7 folded to raise
96 fold
K3 fold
A3 in BB no raise miss flop bigtime and fold to big bet
Q10 fold to 6k raise
K6 fold to raise of allin
5 minute break with STILL 21k in chips...geez, thats only a few orbits
the KK hand in a nutshell was a guy in ep makes a big raise, I reraise all in a guy behind me calls and the original raiser calls.
I have KK the chumps show A10 of hearts and the other has AQ..I'm thinking SWEET two aces are gone!
flop comes 3 stinkin' hearts..but the sidepot leaves me where i started before the hand...geez if those hearts don't come, I'd have about 60k in chips.
63. I fold...think it was the right thing to do?
10/7 fold
Q5 bleh
Q4 boy this is fun
62
K6 in BB no raisers, I bet heads up with an A on the flop and take it whew.
J3 in sb fold to 8k raise
64 yippee
62 I'm going to barf for real. I stayed awake for this?
9/10 fold to raise of 11k
A4 fold would've made 2 pair vs a flush
J8 fold
J6 fold
A3 hearts in BB have to fold to a 10k raise
10/9 in sb no raise miss the flop fold to 6k bet
now the average preflop raises are an allin or fold situation.
85 fold
15k in chips. I'm dead soon...heck there is a guy with 126k @ my table.
97 fold
64
AK double up to 37k with allin bet and a caller with A10 of hearts again! he sucks and deserves to lose.
42 in bb fold
K2 in sb steal it on the turn heads up w/ no pair
A3 folded to a raise.
K5
KK raise to 15k all fold
K6 folded
10/7 fold
A3 fold in ep (guy after me goes allin for 98k)
K2 in BB (oops which are now 2k/4k) fold to allin raise
2000/4000 blinds antes 200
J2 in sb fold to raise from mp
K4 fold to allin bet
73...thinking of going allin but i fold
(moved tables)
K5 folded
83 in BB everyone fold to me? no such luck..fold to 19k raise
*blinds 3k 6k ante of 300
fold J2 in sb
J2 again...wow
9/10 fold to allin bet of 54k
A9 fold to 20k bet
Q3
A10 in ep I opt to fold, I really should've raised here to steal the blinds...bad play
k10 my fav hand..i fold to an allin bet and a caller between. I'm in the money now, just wanna see how far i can fold into a higher spot?
A7 all fold to me in sb I go allin on bb and he folds
10/2 fold
10/8 fold
54 fold
84 fold
95 in bb fold to raise
Q2 fold
73 fold
*only 14 k in chips, blinds and antes are eatting me
I get A3 in EP and move allin for a mere 13k or something...only enough for 2 bb's. I get a raiser with a caller behind him. I know I'm dead, but not much left to do. I didn't even see how the hand went down but I went out in 52nd...not bad for being out of 1048
thanks for the support for all those who came to watch! This is such an awesome community of players to come out and cheer for the good guys really felt great.
ya. It was a lot of work for $90 bucks, but hey, it was a shot at 10k for $20 and I did alright. I can't help but wonder how things could've been had my KK held up.
Yeah.. that 10k makes it all worthwhile. Making a slight profit is just a bonus. What was it? $70 dollars for 4 hours?
Also, how did you only spend 20? Didn't you rebuy at the start so you could play with 3k chips? And didn't you add-on? I always spend 30. Also, this tiem I actually rebought once... so I was -40 on the night.
PS: Not only if those kings held, but you also misplayed those aces and got no action on them :P Two big hands right there that could of/ should of meant a lot more chips for you.
"but you also misplayed those aces and got no action on them "
Yes and no...I probably only raised 1k or so more than I should have..it really wasn't all that much more than what a lot of the folks were raising to at that time.
It's better to win a small pot than lose a big one.
Congrats on your good finish. Not only have you done well to get into the money, but you had a healthy stack throughout most of the middle and middle-late stages so that you had a real shot at moving into the large money. That's really all you can realistically hope for when you're playing well--- putting yourself in a position to have a chance to win, and then you will win your share of the time (of course, still exceedingly rarely just due to the sheer numbers of players still in).
As for picking up the blinds with the Aces, this is a good result. It's night and day how you play AA in a NL tournament versus a NL cash game. Hint: You want action in the cash game.
In a tournament, you want to raise the standard size you've been raising because (a) this disguises your hand, and (b) it doesn't allow someone else with a real hand to get away from it cheaply. For example, if you just limp in, or raise small, a good hand like TT or JJ might decide to take a cheap flop. You missed out on their pre-flop action if the flop doesn't come nice for those hands. And if they do spike their set, YGHN.
If you raise *very* small (or limp), you're letting complete trash hands see the flop. Good luck gauging where you're at on the flop, and have fun telling the bad beat story.
The idea with AA specifically is that almost no-one can fold Aces post-flop. If you're one of these kinds of players, you had better be darn sure to get full value from the Aces pre-flop *when they are good* to compensate you (in the long run) for the times you get outflopped and lose. Better to win lots of small pots, and the occasional big pot.
Unless you're attempting a limp-reraise (actually, even this play is quite transparent to good opponents), raise it up the standard amount with those Aces.
Ahhh.. forget about all that. Just raise the minimum with AA. It's all good.
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84
102
97
57
k3** no betting. A 3 came on the river and I won.
k4
92
A3
it's been like this since the tourney started
" Your current position is 557 out of 802" @ 11:21pm rebuy/addon period is now over. 1st break.
Dealt to Chris Jensen [Kd Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jefacrates: shows [Jd Ad] (three of a kind, Jacks)
johny ringo3: mucks hand
Chris Jensen: mucks hand
Jefacrates collected 4750 from pot
Dealt to Chris Jensen [Ah Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chris Jensen: shows [Ah Qd] (a pair of Jacks)
drpkatz: shows [Kd Qc] (a straight, Nine to King)
drpkatz collected 4250 from pot
Chris Jensen said, "weee"
Chris Jensen re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $10.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chris Jensen [Ac Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TAT1: shows [7c 7d] (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
Chris Jensen: shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
Chris Jensen collected 3150 from pot
writing quickly on notepad between hands
J3 (folded, flop came JJA)
42
34
103
J10 called BB missed flop big time
AQ folded when someone went allin then a caller KK vs 99, set of 9s won
75d. no betting rivered a flush +$750
J9 folded to an allin
K10 flop came K109 heads up he bets 1k I go allin for 4,300 he calls with AA I double up
A3
A9 folded to a big raise
A9
A4h- called BB folded to a bet
K4
84 in BB folded to a raise (blinds at 75/150)
"Your current position is 40 out of 621"
J6
J5
68s
10 7 fold to an allin...crazy huh?
AQ call a raise of $600, fold to a bet of $4200
AK double up! now @$19,034 TCs
10 9 was BB ($200) someone goes allin for $400 I call and lose to 88
A7
57
J5
Q4
73
104
AK, it gets raised to 1000 (blinds are 100/200) flop comes J34, turn is a J, he checks I bet 3k he folds.
104 again
Stack: largest 49740, smallest 825, average 11211
Your current position is 50 out of 511
Time bank balance is 60 seconds
in 5 min blinds 200/400 ante 25
For more information see Tournament Lobby
$20,544 in TCs
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chris Jensen [7c 7h]
Jefacrates: calls 200
affi: calls 200
Murry: folds
baceolus: calls 200
TAT1: folds
smokerguy: folds
Chris Jensen: calls 200
drpkatz: calls 100
Pwalk15: folds
*** FLOP *** [9c 2h 2c]
drpkatz: checks
Jefacrates: checks
affi: checks
baceolus: checks
Chris Jensen: bets 200
drpkatz: folds
Jefacrates: folds
affi: calls 200
baceolus: folds
*** TURN *** [9c 2h 2c] [7d]
affi: checks
Chris Jensen: bets 200
affi: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [9c 2h 2c 7d] [Qd]
affi: checks
Chris Jensen: bets 1925 and is all-in
affi: calls 1925
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chris Jensen: shows [7c 7h] (a full house, Sevens full of Deuces)
affi: shows [Ks Qc] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
Chris Jensen collected 6075 from pot
Interesting part was my river bet... I didn't know if i should bet half the pot, the pot, or go all-in. What kind of bet would he call? The pot was already decent so I figured I'd try to double up.
93s in BB fold to a 1k raise
J4 in sb fold
10/5 fold
Q7 fold
A10 call minimum raise, guy behind me allin for 14k we fold
78 call bb flop KQ2 bet pot and steal it (getting respect, from having very few but profitable showdowns)
blinds now 200/400 ante 25
A10 call BB flop is 3 hearts I fold to a 1k bet with no heart
K5 fold
5/10 in bb folded to a raise
96 fold sb to a raise
95 fold
J2 I call an allin of 15k..just kidding, I actually folded.
84 fold to raise
J3 wow such crap. fold to a raise
74 fold
72 fold (sorry professor)
10/7 fold bb to a big raise
68 in sb fold to another damn raise (down to $18,994 in chips)
"Your current position is 84 out of 431"
AK I raise to 1800 and get a caller allin for 1600 he has k4 I take it when an A flops. (I now move tables for the first time)
AQ raise to 1500 2 callers flop is 822 fold to pot bet
AA raise to 3k (too much) and take the 600 in blinds..played horribly.
do I limp and hope for a limp raise?
A3 fold
53 fold
45 fold to a 2k raise
now a 5 min break
Stack: largest 77313, smallest 465, average 15318
Your current position is 79 out of 374
I have just over 21k in chippys.
During current Hold'em session you were dealt 134 hands and saw flop:
- 7 out 13 times while in big blind (53%)
- 5 out 14 times while in small blind (35%)
- 33 out 107 times in other positions (30%)
- a total of 45 out of 134 (33%)
Pots won at showdown - 9 of 11 (81%)
EDIT: Not today. Very shortstacked. Called with 55 and flop came down all paint KQJ so I folded. My last stand, KT, with the blinds two spots away (they would take 70% of my stack) went up against some aces. That kind of day.
I'll be watching Sloth finish this one up.
33 in BB everyone folds to me!
JK in sb call minimum raise- flop 10 7 5 minimum bet of 600 is made with 3 callers, I make a stab at 2500 and get all callers. I check when a 5 hits the turn- fold to an allin bet...bad bad bad.
Q3
10/5
A5 fold to raise
K2 fold I have 2 bullies with huge stacks and they both have position on me.
J4 fold (moved to new table)
7/10
A3 fold in mid position guy right behind goes allin for 8k
A5 fold to 5k raise
Q10 spades call BB fold to a 2k bet when a k flops
63 fold down to 16,900 in chips not feeling so good
J6 in BB guy moves allin i kiss of 600
35 in sb...gee I miss a flop, fold to a pot bet with no pair or draw. I wish someone had raised so i could fold the sb
62 fold to raise of 8k
10/5
A6 fold to a 3k raise with a caller between
QJ I call a raise to 1200 b/c everyone has folded he bets minimum I call, with flop of 522 he bets again on turn i raise and steal
66 flop comes AK8 of hearts I fold to a 2500 bet
52 in BB hooray everyone folds to me!
Q8 in sb fold to 3k raise
84 fold
34 fold
A7 fold
9/10 fold to raise (flop comes QJ3) but my up and down missed. whew.
blinds 400/800
94 fold
" Your current position is 117 out of 265"
sigh. still around the 20k chip count...no real movement.
66 heads up I bet pot on the turn when it pairs a 10 he folds
62 fold to a 7k raise
93 fold
84 fold
KK ummm this stank SHIT! but oddly enough with sidepot I end up where i started from BRUTAL (moved tables)
blinds 600/1200 $75 ante
96 fold to raise flop is K99
A9 in sb fold to raise, flop QQ5
97 fold to raise
(missed recording a few hands chatting with my cheerleading squad)
J5 fold
65 fold
10/5 in BB fold to a nasty rais0r
35 in sb...can't get better than this
A5 fold to a raise
Q7 down to 16,600 in TCs 10k below average
44 fold to a 6k raise
73...this is hurting!
10/4
K5 in BB hooray have to fold to a 4k raise
blinds 1k/2k OUCH
82 in sb hooray! fold to an allin bet
78 fold
J10 fold to an allin bet
Q8 fold to 6k raise
K9 fold to 8k raise
10/5
63
K8 in BB no raise, miss the flop by a mile, fold to pot bet
Q10 in sb flop the str8 and double up to 25k in chips
Qj fold to allin bet
94 fold
" Your current position is 99 out of 153"
A7 folded to raise
96 fold
K3 fold
A3 in BB no raise miss flop bigtime and fold to big bet
Q10 fold to 6k raise
K6 fold to raise of allin
5 minute break with STILL 21k in chips...geez, thats only a few orbits
" Your current position is 101 out of 130"
I have KK the chumps show A10 of hearts and the other has AQ..I'm thinking SWEET two aces are gone!
flop comes 3 stinkin' hearts..but the sidepot leaves me where i started before the hand...geez if those hearts don't come, I'd have about 60k in chips.
just....barely...breathing.
63. I fold...think it was the right thing to do?
10/7 fold
Q5 bleh
Q4 boy this is fun
62
K6 in BB no raisers, I bet heads up with an A on the flop and take it whew.
J3 in sb fold to 8k raise
64 yippee
62 I'm going to barf for real. I stayed awake for this?
9/10 fold to raise of 11k
A4 fold would've made 2 pair vs a flush
J8 fold
J6 fold
A3 hearts in BB have to fold to a 10k raise
10/9 in sb no raise miss the flop fold to 6k bet
now the average preflop raises are an allin or fold situation.
85 fold
15k in chips. I'm dead soon...heck there is a guy with 126k @ my table.
97 fold
64
AK double up to 37k with allin bet and a caller with A10 of hearts again! he sucks and deserves to lose.
42 in bb fold
K2 in sb steal it on the turn heads up w/ no pair
A3 folded to a raise.
K5
KK raise to 15k all fold
K6 folded
10/7 fold
A3 fold in ep (guy after me goes allin for 98k)
K2 in BB (oops which are now 2k/4k) fold to allin raise
2000/4000 blinds antes 200
J2 in sb fold to raise from mp
K4 fold to allin bet
73...thinking of going allin but i fold
(moved tables)
K5 folded
83 in BB everyone fold to me? no such luck..fold to 19k raise
*blinds 3k 6k ante of 300
fold J2 in sb
J2 again...wow
9/10 fold to allin bet of 54k
A9 fold to 20k bet
Q3
A10 in ep I opt to fold, I really should've raised here to steal the blinds...bad play
k10 my fav hand..i fold to an allin bet and a caller between. I'm in the money now, just wanna see how far i can fold into a higher spot?
A7 all fold to me in sb I go allin on bb and he folds
10/2 fold
10/8 fold
54 fold
84 fold
95 in bb fold to raise
Q2 fold
73 fold
*only 14 k in chips, blinds and antes are eatting me
I get A3 in EP and move allin for a mere 13k or something...only enough for 2 bb's. I get a raiser with a caller behind him. I know I'm dead, but not much left to do. I didn't even see how the hand went down but I went out in 52nd...not bad for being out of 1048
thanks for the support for all those who came to watch! This is such an awesome community of players to come out and cheer for the good guys
How much did you win for your finish?
PS: I think he won $90, Jay.
Also, how did you only spend 20? Didn't you rebuy at the start so you could play with 3k chips? And didn't you add-on? I always spend 30. Also, this tiem I actually rebought once... so I was -40 on the night.
PS: Not only if those kings held, but you also misplayed those aces and got no action on them :P Two big hands right there that could of/ should of meant a lot more chips for you.
Yes and no...I probably only raised 1k or so more than I should have..it really wasn't all that much more than what a lot of the folks were raising to at that time.
It's better to win a small pot than lose a big one.
As for picking up the blinds with the Aces, this is a good result. It's night and day how you play AA in a NL tournament versus a NL cash game. Hint: You want action in the cash game.
In a tournament, you want to raise the standard size you've been raising because (a) this disguises your hand, and (b) it doesn't allow someone else with a real hand to get away from it cheaply. For example, if you just limp in, or raise small, a good hand like TT or JJ might decide to take a cheap flop. You missed out on their pre-flop action if the flop doesn't come nice for those hands. And if they do spike their set, YGHN.
If you raise *very* small (or limp), you're letting complete trash hands see the flop. Good luck gauging where you're at on the flop, and have fun telling the bad beat story.
The idea with AA specifically is that almost no-one can fold Aces post-flop. If you're one of these kinds of players, you had better be darn sure to get full value from the Aces pre-flop *when they are good* to compensate you (in the long run) for the times you get outflopped and lose. Better to win lots of small pots, and the occasional big pot.
Unless you're attempting a limp-reraise (actually, even this play is quite transparent to good opponents), raise it up the standard amount with those Aces.
Ahhh.. forget about all that. Just raise the minimum with AA. It's all good.
ScottyZ