From dead to first in 16 hands

stpboy

I know comebacks like this have been posted in the past, I thought some of you might enjoy this one. Better to be lucky and good I say! Starts at the bottom with me only having 70 chips and the blinds 200/400 25ante. I've omitted some folds.

PokerStars Game #8647428259: Tournament #44027873, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit -
Level IX (300/600) - 2007/02/27 - 02:15:28 (ET)
Table '44027873 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (6290 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (7210 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts small blind 300
Pedro Brazil: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [As 6h]
stpboy77: raises 1800 to 2400
Pedro Brazil: raises 3840 to 6240 and is all-in
stpboy77: calls 3840
*** FLOP *** [6s Ah 3c]
stpboy77 said, "YES"
*** TURN *** [6s Ah 3c] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [6s Ah 3c 2h] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pedro Brazil: shows [4d Ad] (a pair of Aces)
stpboy77: shows [As 6h] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
stpboy77 collected 12580 from pot


*********** # 3 **************
Table '44027873 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (10070 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (3430 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts small blind 300
Pedro Brazil: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [Qc Tc]
stpboy77: calls 300
Pedro Brazil: raises 9420 to 10020 and is all-in
stpboy77: calls 2780 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7c 2s Qs]
*** TURN *** [7c 2s Qs] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [7c 2s Qs 2h] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pedro Brazil: shows [Qd 8h] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
stpboy77: shows [Qc Tc] (two pair, Queens and Deuces - Ten kicker)
stpboy77 collected 6860 from pot
Seat 9: stpboy77 (button) (small blind) showed [Qc Tc] and won (6860) with two
pair, Queens and Deuces


*********** # 6 **************
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (5520 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (4550 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (3430 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 50
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts the ante 50
Pedro Brazil: posts small blind 300
FunkyJunkie: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [Tc Jh]
stpboy77: raises 1800 to 2400
Pedro Brazil: folds
FunkyJunkie: folds
stpboy77 collected 1650 from pot
stpboy77: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1650 | Rake 0
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: stpboy77 (button) collected (1650)

*********** # 7 **************

Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (4765 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (4600 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (55 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (4080 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 50
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 50
ZERO_77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts small blind 300
Pedro Brazil: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [9h 4d]
FunkyJunkie: folds
ZERO_77: calls 5 and is all-in
stpboy77: calls 300
Pedro Brazil: raises 4115 to 4715 and is all-in
stpboy77: folds
stpboy77 said, "dumb move pedro"
*** FLOP *** [3c Td Ah]
ZERO_77 said, "fkin clowns"
stpboy77 said, "idiot"
*** TURN *** [3c Td Ah] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [3c Td Ah Kd] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pedro Brazil: shows [2h 7c] (a pair of Sevens)
Pedro Brazil collected 1190 from side pot
ZERO_77: shows [6s 3s] (a pair of Threes)
Pedro Brazil collected 215 from main pot



*********** # 10 **************

Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (2395 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (3345 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (2980 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (4780 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
Pedro Brazil: posts small blind 200
FunkyJunkie: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [4d Qc]
ZERO_77: folds
stpboy77: folds
Pedro Brazil: raises 1970 to 2370 and is all-in
FunkyJunkie: calls 1970
*** FLOP *** [3d 8h 2c]
stpboy77 said, "A"
*** TURN *** [3d 8h 2c]
*** RIVER *** [3d 8h 2c Td] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pedro Brazil: shows [Ts Kc] (a pair of Tens)
FunkyJunkie: shows [Ah 5d] (high card Ace)
Pedro Brazil collected 4840 from pot


*********** # 11 **************
PokerStars Game #8647399093: Tournament #44027873, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit -
Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/02/27 - 02:11:52 (ET)
Table '44027873 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (2820 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (3370 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (3005 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (4305 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts small blind 200
Pedro Brazil: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [8c 5d]
FunkyJunkie: folds
ZERO_77: folds
stpboy77: raises 2000 to 2400
Pedro Brazil: folds
stpboy77 collected 900 from pot
stpboy77: doesn't show hand


*********** # 12 **************
PokerStars Game #8647396453: Tournament #44027873, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit -
Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/02/27 - 02:11:33 (ET)
Table '44027873 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (2845 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (2695 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (3230 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (4730 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts small blind 200
stpboy77: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [Qc Jd]
Pedro Brazil: folds
FunkyJunkie: raises 2270 to 2670 and is all-in
ZERO_77: folds
stpboy77: folds
FunkyJunkie collected 1100 from pot
FunkyJunkie: doesn't show hand


*********** # 13 **************
Seat 2: vtecnhokie (2010 in chips)
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (2870 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (2920 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (3655 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (2045 in chips)
vtecnhokie: posts the ante 25
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts small blind 200
ZERO_77: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [2h 2d]
stpboy77: raises 1620 to 2020 and is all-in
vtecnhokie: calls 1985 and is all-in
Pedro Brazil: folds
FunkyJunkie: folds
ZERO_77: folds
*** FLOP *** [As Qh 6d]
*** TURN *** [As Qh 6d] [2c]
stpboy77 said, "22222"
*** RIVER *** [As Qh 6d 2c] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stpboy77: shows [2h 2d] (a full house, Deuces full of Sixes)
vtecnhokie: shows [Tc Qc] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
stpboy77 collected 4695 from pot


*********** # 14 **************
Seat 2: vtecnhokie (2035 in chips)
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (3095 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (3805 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (3680 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (885 in chips)
vtecnhokie: posts the ante 25
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
Pedro Brazil: posts small blind 200
FunkyJunkie: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [6s Ac]
ZERO_77: folds
stpboy77: raises 460 to 860 and is all-in
vtecnhokie: folds
Pedro Brazil: folds
FunkyJunkie: calls 460
*** FLOP *** [Ks Td Th]
*** TURN *** [Ks Td Th] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Td Th 6h] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FunkyJunkie: shows [Ah 3c] (a pair of Tens)
stpboy77: shows [6s Ac] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
stpboy77 collected 2045 from pot


*********** # 15 **************
Seat 2: vtecnhokie (2260 in chips)
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (3520 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (3830 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (3675 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (215 in chips)
vtecnhokie: posts the ante 25
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
vtecnhokie: posts small blind 200
Pedro Brazil: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [6d Th]
FunkyJunkie: folds
ZERO_77: raises 800 to 1200
stpboy77: calls 190 and is all-in
vtecnhokie: folds
Pedro Brazil: folds
*** FLOP *** [9d 8d Kd]
*** TURN *** [9d 8d Kd] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [9d 8d Kd Kh] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ZERO_77: shows [Ah 2d] (a pair of Kings)
ZERO_77 collected 430 from side pot
stpboy77: shows [6d Th] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
stpboy77 collected 885 from main pot

*********** # 16 **************
PokerStars Game #8647380558: Tournament #44027873, $25+$2 Hold'em No Limit -
Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/02/27 - 02:09:38 (ET)
Table '44027873 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: vtecnhokie (2330 in chips)
Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (3545 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (3855 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (3700 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (70 in chips)
vtecnhokie: posts the ante 25
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 25
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 25
ZERO_77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts the ante 25
stpboy77: posts small blind 45 and is all-in
vtecnhokie: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [4h Jh]
Pedro Brazil: folds
FunkyJunkie: folds
ZERO_77: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 2h Kc]
*** TURN *** [Js 2h Kc] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [Js 2h Kc 8s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stpboy77: shows [4h Jh] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
vtecnhokie: shows [3s 9s] (a pair of Kings)
stpboy77 collected 215 from pot


stp

Metro

Typical of how I would expect you to do this well...









J/k - well done - oh and J4 is my favourite hand. Well until I realized how easily two pair being counterfeited can cost you your whole stack. Now I prefer J3 - It has never cost me more than my BB.

stpboy

Lol, yes see signature below. That was the 2nd of back to back wins at that level, of course I was a tad luckier on this one to come back from the dead

stp

g2

My fave is calling for the 222222 and getting it. gg

/g2

specialK

LUCKBOX, i did something like this in FTOPS event 1 with 225 chips left and the 250-500 level.

moose

I don't understand hand 16. Every player on that table should have limped the big blind and checked it down.

ScoobyD

*********** # 7 **************

Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (4765 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (4600 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (55 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (4080 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 50
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 50
ZERO_77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts small blind 300
Pedro Brazil: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [9h 4d]
FunkyJunkie: folds
ZERO_77: calls 5 and is all-in
stpboy77: calls 300
Pedro Brazil: raises 4115 to 4715 and is all-in
stpboy77: folds
stpboy77 said, "dumb move pedro"
*** FLOP *** [3c Td Ah]
ZERO_77 said, "fkin clowns"
stpboy77 said, "idiot"
*** TURN *** [3c Td Ah] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [3c Td Ah Kd] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pedro Brazil: shows [2h 7c] (a pair of Sevens)
Pedro Brazil collected 1190 from side pot
ZERO_77: shows [6s 3s] (a pair of Threes)
Pedro Brazil collected 215 from main pot

I actually kind of like this hand. I know why everyone will say it's dumb, but IMO, it's not that bad. I'll leave it up to somebody else to explain why.

ScoobyD

Quote:
*********** # 7 **************

Seat 4: Pedro Brazil (4765 in chips)
Seat 6: FunkyJunkie (4600 in chips)
Seat 8: ZERO_77 (55 in chips)
Seat 9: stpboy77 (4080 in chips)
Pedro Brazil: posts the ante 50
FunkyJunkie: posts the ante 50
ZERO_77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts the ante 50
stpboy77: posts small blind 300
Pedro Brazil: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to stpboy77 [9h 4d]
FunkyJunkie: folds
ZERO_77: calls 5 and is all-in
stpboy77: calls 300
Pedro Brazil: raises 4115 to 4715 and is all-in
stpboy77: folds
stpboy77 said, "dumb move pedro"
*** FLOP *** [3c Td Ah]
ZERO_77 said, "fkin clowns"
stpboy77 said, "idiot"
*** TURN *** [3c Td Ah] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [3c Td Ah Kd] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pedro Brazil: shows [2h 7c] (a pair of Sevens)
Pedro Brazil collected 1190 from side pot
ZERO_77: shows [6s 3s] (a pair of Threes)
Pedro Brazil collected 215 from main pot
I actually kind of like this hand. I know why everyone will say it's dumb, but IMO, it's not that bad. I'll leave it up to somebody else to explain why.

Does ANYONE else like villain's play here? Cause I do. Maybe high variance, but with a reasonable read, I think it's easily +EV.

beanie42

ScoobyD wrote: »

Does ANYONE else like villain's play here? Cause I do. Maybe high variance, but with a reasonable read, I think it's easily +EV.

Yes, I like it, especially if your opponent has shown a little bit of knowledge on tournament strategy. The question is did Pedro understand he was making a good play?

Eclipse

How is that even possibly a good play?

-he GREATLY, GREATLY lessened the chance that the short stack would be eliminated

-no one calls? he has maybe a 15-40% chance of winning a few chips

-he gets called? he is losing all of his money 80% of the time

In fact, I think this is the most donkish play I have ever seen from someone deep in a real money tournament. Am I missing something here??

stpboy

I'm not sure about it either, I think it's a donk call. Perhaps we can talk about it tommorow at the Royal.

stp

ScoobyD

Am I missing something here??

Hint: Ignore the main pot (villian is).

QueenNine

He made a great play to win the 1100+ side pot.

Who is the real idiot for not realizing that? Yes its all about eliminating people, but if he can pick up an 1100 side pot, who cares about the 200 main? Its also about getting chips whenever you can.

stpboy

I don't agree with the play. I think poker is about making profit based decisions and this wasn't one of them. Sure there is a strong correlation between more chips and winning but in this particular play he is gambling all of this stack with the worst hand in poker against a player who is on the bubble. He doesn't need to gamble this much to win the hand or the tournament. If I can come back from 70TC then anyone can, he could have easily been called and lost his $27 entry. In the long run I think it's a loosing play.

stp

QueenNine

He wasn't gambling against the smaller stack, he was gambling against the other stacks at the table that they wouldn't call his all in. Then if you all fold, going against the small stack is irrelevant to him for only 215 chips vs the 1190 side pot he just stole.

Either way the short stack is still the short stack.

Eclipse

Hmm, didn't notice the side pot was quite that big. I can see the justification for that move, but I still don't like it in the context.

stpboy

Ok, so which of you guys would make this move with that hand in that situation?

*keeping notes lol....

seriously though.

stp

beanie42

stpboy wrote: »

Ok, so which of you guys would make this move with that hand in that situation?

Against you, I would. Not a shot against you, but you are a decent player. I can't see you limping in there with a big hand first to act, so I doubt you'd call. For the few times you actually do call, it's still a profitable play.

Against an unknown or less skilled player, I just fold.

Zithal

The other neat part of this hand is, if Pedro loses it to the short stack, not only has he still gained money, but he's prevented the bursting of the money bubble (I'm assuming this is a STT), which will have the effect of keeping stp and Funky playing tight because there's a micro-stack on the bubble and Pedro can bust either two.

stpboy

Zithal wrote: »

The other neat part of this hand is, if Pedro loses it to the short stack, not only has he still gained money, but he's prevented the bursting of the money bubble (I'm assuming this is a STT), which will have the effect of keeping stp and Funky playing tight because there's a micro-stack on the bubble and Pedro can bust either two.

That's an excellent point, one I really didn't consider. I'll need to let this percolate for awhile me thinks.

stp